Natural Resources committee  There are at least two or three reasons for that. Number one, we already have a pipeline in place that could serve them, but it's been flowing in the other direction. It was built back in the 1970s and then reversed to bring oil from offshore into Ontario. Now it's being looked

Natural Resources committee  I'll answer quickly as well. I think that technology is the answer. I think technology is the answer that has unlocked a lot of these resources, be it shale gas or tight oil or even the oil sands. Technology is also the answer to the environmental challenges that we face as well.

Natural Resources committee  What we found in talking to Canadians in general—I think there are two aspects of what we've been doing—is first of all, you have to perform. You have to improve your performance. It's not just a matter of going out and talking about it. You actually have to do that and put the t

Natural Resources committee  Sure, I'll make my answer brief, then. The answer is that given the surge of what we've seen in shale gas across North America and the research that was done in cooperation with the industry and governments, and I think there were about 60 countries and 100 scientists who were

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  I think a decade ago everybody was doing mostly their own thing, although in some of the major projects, be they oil or natural gas, they were in consortiums or joint ventures with nine or ten companies. Syncrude, for example, has eight or nine companies in it. They have a resear

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, we appreciate the opportunity to join you today to share our views from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers in regard to your market diversification study. In particular, as you know, we have a very impor

Natural Resources committee  Of the greenhouse gas emissions for the full wells-to-wheels, as you know, about 70% to 80% actually comes out of the tailpipe of the vehicle that is driving it. Of the remaining 20% to 30%—

Natural Resources committee  On the production side, the remaining 20% to 30% depends on the nature of the upgrader. If it's integrated with a refinery, then actually there's no loss in reheating of the fuel, so it's a smaller percentage, but I don't have the exact number for you. I would guess it's probably

Natural Resources committee  In Canada right now, we upgrade about 60% of the bitumen into light oil. In that 60% right now, just about half and half are using a combination of both coking on one side and hydrogen addition on the other side. In fact, some facilities use both. Remember, the hydrogen addition

Natural Resources committee  The technology that's being used is pretty well generally used around the world and is very similar. There have been modifications to deal with what's going on with the direct oil sands feed, but the technologies themselves are quite similar. It depends upon when they were built.

Natural Resources committee  As we look at the opportunities for adding additional upgrading capacity, there are several of them that are planned, as you know. The North West upgrader is one. It was just announced in the last couple of weeks that it is moving ahead, and there are also expansions to existing

Natural Resources committee  It depends on the source of the upgrading technology, but we certainly can pull out for you the scientific studies that have been done most recently by Jacobs Consultancy, which have that information.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. Yes, Mr. Trost, I think there are a couple of exemplars of really good practice that need to be enhanced. As you mentioned, transparency is really key for us. As an industry, we've been standing on this foundation of making sure that we have transparent information av

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. I'll take the opportunity to comment on it. Over the last five years, from the oil and gas sector, some of the major innovations have been both on the recovery and on the environmental side of things. Let me start with a few of them, just to give you examples. For ex