Environment committee  It would prohibit any drilling of a well on Sable Island—

Environment committee  —in the exclusion zone.

Environment committee  Not in the same context of what you're using. You have the possibility of collecting geotechnical-type samples. You're probably there with a shovel and a spade, or you might have a hand auger or something like that to collect some samples, but it's not the drilling that you're th

Environment committee  Exploratory drilling is defined in the act as exploratory drilling of a well that is for hydrocarbons.

Environment committee  That would be prohibited.

Environment committee  It would be extremely limited to none, in terms of environmental impact. There are programs called aeromagnetics that look at fluctuations in the magnetic field. People who specialize in that area can interpret distortions of a magnetic field as an indicator of oil and gas rese

Environment committee  Actually, one of your unmanned platforms is even closer, though. I think the South Venture platform is about six kilometres from the island.

Environment committee  If I understand the question correctly, what we call SDL, significant discovery licences, were voluntarily amended ahead of this legislation in consultation among government, the regulators, and the interest holders like ExxonMobil. Everybody has agreed that there would be, with

Environment committee  The legislation has a couple of notes in that regard. One is that it would prohibit exploratory drilling for drilling of a well, either an exploration well or a production well. For the purposes of exploring for or producing hydrocarbons, drilling is prohibited on the island and

Environment committee  Along with Parks Canada we have already committed to immediately developing guidance and interpretive notes around what low impact would mean, and we will publicly consult.

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for the invitation to appear before the committee this evening. I'll try to jump through my speaking notes which I think all of you have copies of, and try to hit some of the highlights to try to meet the five-minute time commitm

Natural Resources committee  I think safety, culture, and leadership is probably number one. Collectively, as regulators, we want to figure out how we can deliver a message back to the industry. Industry operates the facilities. It's industry that's taking the risk. It's industry that's in business. Our role

Natural Resources committee  As I said, at the meeting in Vancouver, we identified five top priorities. Another one is blowout preventer integrity and operational issues. We have a work plan in place to have something that all regulators--members of the IRF and others--can use to zero in on that. We're hopin

Natural Resources committee  In general, there's a training and qualification document that's been put together for use on the east coast. It identifies all the different types of training for all the different types of positions. Those are minimum requirements. The companies themselves will have a look at t

Natural Resources committee  I was just going to add that I agree with what Mr. Ruelokke has communicated. Our boards--all three boards, actually--assist in providing technical advice to the governments on drafting regulations. As you're aware, the drilling and production regulations have been updated. There