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This document was authored by Marla Orenstein of the Canada West Foundation and Juli Rohl of the Energy Futures Lab with help from the core team members, and design by Emma Gammans.
The core team members who contributed this project were:
Alyssa Bruce - Independent Land Professional
Ariane Bourassa* - Senior Analyst, Government Affairs, Cenovus Energy
Daryl Bennett - Action Surface Rights, Surface Rights Federation, My Landman Group
Grant Strem - Chairman, Proton Technologies
Holly Vaughan* - President, Sweetgrass Environmental Consulting
Jamie Bonham* - Director, Corporate Engagement, NEI Investments
Jana Erickson - Senior Environmental Scientist, Millennium EMS Solutions
Juli Rohl* - Animator/ Project Lead, Energy Futures Lab
Keely Cameron - Associate, Bennett Jones LLP
Keith Hirsche - Founder, Elemental Energy/ RenuWell
Kelley Thompson* - Lab Operations Manager, Energy Futures Lab
Kenryo Mizutani - Student-at-Law, Bennett Jones LLP
Lisa Mueller - President, FutEra Power Corp.; VP New Ventures, Razor Energy Corp.
Liz Lappin* - VP Corporate Affairs & Exploration, E3 Metals
Marla Orenstein* - Director of the Natural Resources Centre, Canada West Foundation
Yannick Champollion - Senior Consultant, Alberta No. 1, HydroGeo+ Inc.
* EFL Fellows or staff
Citation:
Orenstein M. and J. Rohl (2021). The LEAD Project: Leveraging our Energy Assets for Diversification. Energy Futures Lab, Canada West Foundation, Calgary, AB. March 2021.
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This document presents a set of recommendations to the Alberta government that have come out of the LEAD (Leveraging our Energy Assets for Diversification) project. The LEAD project is intended to clear roadblocks to allow entrepreneurs to utilize existing oil and gas infrastructure and sites for new development, attract investment to Alberta for these developments, protect landowners and create an alternate path for aging oil and gas assets and liabilities.
“A process-change approach within the current regulatory framework, as this report outlines, enables the repurposing of well sites for alternate uses to occur in a timely and effective manner while considering all stakeholders.” – Jenny Yeremiy, Liability Management Specialist at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.