Canadian natural gas key to a clean, secure energy future

Natural gas has a critical role to play in meeting the world’s energy demands – and Canada is poised to be the ideal provider, bolstering energy security and lowering emissions across the globe. Not only does Canada have an immense, low-cost resource base, but our energy industry is currently producing among the lowest GHGand methane-intense natural gas on the planet. And with our commitment to continuously improving our environmental performance in all areas, Canadian natural gas will only become cleaner.

Canadian upstream natural gas producers have already made tremendous strides on the environmental front. At Tourmaline, Canada’s largest natural gas producer, we are proud to be a leader in sustainability –a role evidenced by our recent achievements. We have reduced scope 1 emissions intensity by 41% since 2013 while increasing production by 490%. We have also reduced our methane emissions intensity by 26% between 2018 and 2020 and are now targeting a 55% reduction by 2027, using 2020 as a benchmark. Tourmaline also recovers and reuses more than 95% of water used in completions and we plan to eliminate the use of fresh water throughout our core gas operations. Conserving and protecting land is also a priority. Among other initiatives, we minimize surface impact by drilling multi-well pads rather than single-well pads, expanding existing facilities rather than building new sites, and paralleling existing pipeline rights-of-way whenever possible.

The efforts that Tourmaline and our peers have been making to produce the most environmentally and socially responsible natural gas possible have catapulted Canada into the very top tier of climate sustainability rankings among major gas exporters, according to the MIT Green Future Index, which ranks countries on their progress and commitment toward building a low-carbon future. Similarly, Canada’s LNG facilities will have world-leading emissions intensities. Canada is also home to the Natural Gas Innovation Fund Emissions Testing Centre, a firstof-its-kind initiative providing cleantech start-ups the ability to test and validate emissions- measurement and -reducing technologies for the energy industry. These projects have served as models to the world. But Canada is a world leader in another critical aspect: economic reconciliation with First Nations. At Tourmaline, for example, we aim to go above and beyond as we strive to achieve our goal of shared prosperity. We continuously engage with all First Nations, Inuit, and Métis whose traditional territories may be impacted by our operations in Alberta and British Columbia; we endeavor to hire Indigenous vendors, contractors and partners who work in the communities in which we operate; and we are investing in the next generation of Indigenous leaders by offering scholarships for students from Alberta and British Columbia pursuing post-secondary education anywhere across Canada.

In Canada, Indigenous involvement in all natural gas initiatives, from production to export, is a priority. Indeed, many First Nations communities hold significant ownership in Canada’s upcoming LNG projects and are helping to spearhead their development. Our industry is committed to building prosperity and working hand in hand with Indigenous communities to ensure Canada’s energy opportunity benefits everyone.

For these reasons and more, Canada is the ideal partner for a secure energy future – and Tourmaline is the ideal producer for the growing, global natural gas and LNG market. We are dedicated to responsibly developing Canada’s world-class assets and producing energy North Americans and international citizens can feel proud to use. Because in addition to selling our low-emission natural gas in Canada and the United States, in 2023 Tourmaline began supplying LNG internationally through a unique cross-border marketing arrangement with Cheniere Energy, the leading producer and exporter of LNG in the United States. As we look to the future, we are excited about Canada’s natural gas – and we are eager to share it with the world