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Cenovus buys Husky Energy for $3.8 billion in shares, CEO will be Alex Pourbaix

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A surprise move by Cenovus Energy Inc. to buy rival Husky Energy Inc. for $3.8 billion in shares will create the third-largest Canadian oil and natural gas producer by total production, the companies announced Sunday. The all-stock transaction was cast as a $23.6-billion deal by the Calgary-based companies by including the value of Cenovus and net debt, reported at the end of the second quarter as $8.2 billion for Cenovus and $5.1 billion for Husky. The combined company will be better able to weather energy market volatility while generating more cash flow, reducing debt and cutting overall costs, said Cenovus CEO Alex Pourbaix, who will head the merged entity. “It is unique for the assets of two companies to complement each other this well,” he said on a conference call on Sunday. “We’re bringing together Cenovus’s top-tier (steam-driven oilsands) assets at Foster Creek and Christina Lake with Husky’s extensive refining and upgrading network.” Husky CEO Rob Peabody added it’s the “start of a new chapter.” “Over the past several months as we worked together on this transaction, from a value and strategic perspective, the merits and overall fit have become abundantly clear,” he said on the call. Combining the companies will create annual savings of $1.2 billion, largely achieved within the first year and independent of commodity prices, the companies said.

That’s bad news for Calgary office workers as about $400 million of the savings are expected to come from “workforce optimization,” along with savings from IT and procurement, said Pourbaix, though he did not explicitly say there would be job losses. “When you combine two companies with similar geographies and somewhat similar operations, you’re always going to have some overlap ... in this case, there would probably be relatively a little more weight on the head office functions, just because we aren’t quite as overlapping in the field,” he said. He added about $200 million in savings will come from sharing technical expertise and the other $600 million through better use of capital by focusing on assets with higher return potential. The combined companies are expected to be able to sustain output at about 750,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day for about $2.4 billion a year, 25 per cent less than required separately, Pourbaix said. Husky is controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing through Hutchison Whampoa Europe Investments SARL, with 40.1 per cent, and L.F. Investments SARL, which holds 29.32 per cent of the company’s common shares. Both entities have agreed to support the transaction, which will leave them with about 27.2 per cent of the merged company. They’ve also agreed to a standstill agreement under which they are subject to certain voting requirements and transfer restrictions for a maximum of five years. - Canadian Press

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CAODC Applauds release of the Government of Alberta’s Natural Gas vision and strategy The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors applauds the Alberta Government’s commitment to developing the province’s natural gas industry, that includes blue hydrogen, petrochemicals, LNG, and plastic recycling, with the goal of becoming the “global preferred source for responsible natural gas.” After struggling through a downturn and other significant challenges over the past half-dec-

ade, long term commitments for development, that include such an enormous capacity to reduce global GHGs and plastics waste, are the bedrock for future growth in Canada’s oil and gas industry. “Initiatives like this show Canadians the importance of our oil and gas industry in any type of energy transition,” says CAODC President and CEO Mark A. Scholz. “In particular, the Canadian energy services industry is

the same group of skilled women and men whether the energy produced is oil, or hydrogen, geothermal, or LNG.” Today’s announcement underpins the opportunity for all Canadians at a time when unemployment is high and people need good paying, long-term jobs. “We have been losing skilled labour for years due to poor policy that has prevented investment and infrastructure, and created

the misinformed notion that ours is a dying industry,” notes Scholz. “The truth is we have a huge opportunity for the type of exciting growth that will lead the world, and initiatives like Alberta’s vision and strategy for natural gas will help us bring back the people and investment to make it happen.” The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC) represents Canada’s drilling and service rig industry.

CAPP CEO on the BC election The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) congratulates Premier Horgan on securing a majority government in British Columbia. We also congratulate new and returning Members of the Legislative Assembly and thank all candidates for their commitment to public service.

As British Columbia looks to economic recovery, it is more important than ever for industry leaders and governments to work together. CAPP is committed to working with the B.C. government on collaborative strategies that will create and sustain jobs for British Columbians

and leverage the strengths of B.C.’s energy sector. The province’s resources and tremendous potential for a growing sustainable LNG industry can generate government revenues and help meet global demand for greener energy. Working together we can cre-

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The Sukunka Project: 8,056 hectares of contiguous coal licences Located in northeastern British Columbia, the Sukunka Project comprises a lease area of 8,056 hectares of contiguous coal licences in the Peace River region. The property is southeast of the Sukunka River, and northwest of the Bullmoose Creek, within the Peace River Regional District. The project is about 55 kilometres south of Chetwynd and about 40 kilometres west of Tumbler Ridge.

A detailed project description and other documents related to this project have been filed with the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office (BC

EAO) and will continue to be made publicly available as the Sukunka Project proceeds through a rigorous environmental approval process.

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Glencore is proposing to develop and operate an open cut mining operation and a coal handling and processing plant to produce premium steel-making coal for export to overseas steel manufacturers. The Project is currently in the application review phase with the British Columbia provincial government. Preliminary studies indicate the Sukunka Project will create approximately 700 jobs during construction and 250 permanent jobs once it is operational.

Drive the Sukunka Trunk Road, oil and gas, seclusion and scenic beauty The drive from Tumbler Ridge to Hole in the Wall involves 69 km of pavement on Hwy 29, then 52 km of unpaved road up the Sukunka Forest Service Road (FSR). The last ten kilometres are rough. If the recommended side trips are enjoyed, the one-way distance is 160 km. En route there are many attractions: a wetland hiking area, three lakes, two waterfalls, and a resurgence spring, with three provincial parks. These form the seven suggested stops described in this guide. Short

hiking trails lead to most of these attractions. With the exception of Martin Falls, they lie within the Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark. There is no circular route option, so it is necessary to return to Tumbler Ridge the same way, or to head for Chetwynd (21 km away) when Hwy 29 is reached on the return journey. Hwy 29 and the Sukunka FSR pass through pleasant foothills scenery of the Hart Ranges of the Rocky Mountains.

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Why LNG in Kitimat is good for Gus’s Pizza in Sault Ste. Marie It’s not hard to understand why Dawson Creek Mayor Dale Bumstead is an LNG booster. Dawson Creek sits on one of North America’s richest natural gas plays – the Montney – and his community has benefited from billions of dollars invested in upstream natural gas development in northeastern B.C. The ability to export that gas in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG) will lead to continued upstream investments. For every dollar that’s invested downstream [in an LNG plant] … the industry is going to spend $3 to $5 in the upstream,” said Bumstead. Those kinds of private sector investments create jobs and provide tax revenue that helps governments provide the services Canadians expect, he said. “Whether it’s municipal, provincial, federal, we need the revenue in order to provide the services we provide. Health, education, social programs – that comes from resource development.” It may be a little harder to understand why Rory Ring, president of the Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce in Ontario, is as enthusiastic as Bumstead about an LNG industry. He thinks it could be critical to Canada’s post-pandemic recovery and long-term prosperity. At a webinar last week on the benefits LNG will bring to Canada, Ring and others pointed to a recent Conference Board of Canada report that estimated the full buildout of two large LNG projects, and three smaller ones, would contribute $11 billion annually to Canada’s GDP between 2020 and 2064, and would boost total wages in Canada by more than $6 billion a year, with B.C. realizing $4.6 billion of that increase. While B.C. would benefit most, the report estimates it would create 10,800 jobs in Ontario and 9,200 in Alberta. “When we have private sector investment in our economy, it dominoes across the entire country,” said Bryan Cox, president of the BC LNG Alliance. Ring pointed to Algoma Steel Inc. (TSX:AGA) and Tenaris (NYSE:TS) , which manufactures pipe for the energy sector, as examples of manufacturers in his city that supply the oil and gas industry across Canada. He also pointed out Sarnia is major hub

in Eastern Canada for refining and petrochemicals. “We are very, very tied to projects like this in Ontario,” he said. “We, in Sault Ste. Marie, have a port, so we are able to ship heavy units and material out west to supply developments like this.” Ultimately, the investments trickle down to local small businesses, Ring said. “What it comes down to is it’s all about Gus’s Pizza – the guy who started a pizza business, who supplies ship workers on their meal tickets. That person then hires three more people, and those people then go out and spend their money in the local business community.” In 2016, after oil prices crashed, numerous LNG Canadian proposals were scrubbed. Apart from LNG Canada – now under construction – the others still in play include two in B.C. – the ChevronWoodside Kitimat LNG project, and the smaller Woodfibre LNG plant in Squamish – and two in Eastern Canada: Pieridae Energy’s (TSX:PEA) Goldborough project in Nova Scotia, and GNL Quebec’s Energie Saguenay project in Quebec. The Energie Saguenay project would source its natural gas from Western Canada. More recently, a global pandemic has again contributed to an oil price crash and dramatically shrunk global energy demand in general, raising questions about whether investments in large LNG projects will again be deferred. In its recent World Energy Outlook, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates the global demand for oil will not recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2023. The prospects for coal are even worse, but good for natural gas and LNG – and there is a direct link between the two. “Coal demand does not return to pre-crisis levels … with its share in the 2040 energy mix falling below 20% for the first time since the Industrial Revolution,” the outlook predicts. One of the reasons for that decline in coal use is that it is being displaced by renewable energy – notably solar power – and natural gas. The outlook predicts: “demand for natural gas grows significantly, mainly in Asia, while oil remains vulnerable to the major economic uncertainties resulting from the pandemic.” Proponents say an LNG industry isn’t just good for the economy,

but also for the environment as well. Natural gas produces about half the greenhouse gases that coal does, provided that fugitive methane emissions from upstream production are minimized – not to mention fewer air pollutants, like sulphur and nitrogen oxides. It’s not just LNG industry boosters who say that. In its 7 Energy Systems, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says: “lifecycle assessments indicate a reduction of specific GHG emissions of approximately 50% for a shift from a current world-average coal power plant to a modern NGCC (natural gas combined cycle) plant depending on natural gas upstream emissions.” And thanks to B.C.’s abundant clean hydropower, LNG produced in the province would have some of the world’s lowest emissions intensities. Electrification of upstream natural gas production – which has been underway in B.C. for a few years now – reduces the emissions intensity at one end.

At the other end, it can be used to reduce the carbon intensity in the liquefaction process. Though the $40 billion LNG Canada project will use natural gas to drive the liquefaction process, other projects – Woodfibre LNG and Kitimat LNG – plan to use electricity (e-drive). The average emissions intensity for an LNG plant is 0.33 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of LNG produced, said Woodfibre LNG president David Keane. Using e-drive, the Woodfibre LNG project would have a per-tonne emissions intensity of just 0.03. According to a Clean Energy BC analysis, for a plant the size of Kitimat LNG, e-drive processing would reduce the annual emissions by about 70%. “We’ll be setting a new global standard for clean natural gas exports,” Keane said. “Our site’s access to renewable hydroelectricity means that we can reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by about 80%.” — Business in Vancouver

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Zimmer: The world needs more of Canada’s natural gas Canada, and especially northeast B.C., has been blessed with an abundant supply of clean and affordable natural gas. As a strong supporter of the responsible development of our local natural gas supply, I have always enjoyed being able to see and speak with those who are working so hard for this vital sector. recently had the opportunity to take a tour of Tourmaline’s NEBC Montney operations, where I visited a compressor station and viewed a 20 well pad site. I was also able to see how the gases are separated and sent to different areas to be processed or used. The tour also included a stop at the AltaGas rail loading facility where propane from Tourmaline’s plant is loaded onto railcars and shipped to port. Thank you to Curtis Whitford and everyone at Tourmaline for giving me such an insightful tour. I also recently spoke with Ken James, President and CEO of West Coast Olefins Ltd., about the proposed NGL Recovery Plant in Prince George. They have some interesting ideas about how natural gas liquids like ethane, propane, butane, and natural gas condensates can be recovered from the existing Enbridge Westcoast Energy Pipeline and sold separately, adding even more value to British

Columbia’s natural gas supply. What stood out to me when visiting the Tourmaline facility and in speaking with West Coast Olefins Ltd. was the importance they have placed on developing British Columbia’s natural gas responsibly, and the need to support innovation as a way to help reduce global emissions. I also learned that Tourmaline-processed fluids like propane are being sent to Asia and used to make much-needed building materials, and that West Coast Olefins plans to make these materials right here in British Columbia. I know right now many people are concerned about what the future may hold. Our oil and gas workers need a federal government that shows confidence in the sector in order for it to be able to thrive. It’s unfortunate that some have shown such distain for our natural resource sector, with the Green Party going so far as to include banning hydraulic fracturing operations in Canada in their platform during the last federal election. What they don’t seem to realize is that banning hydraulic fracturing would almost certainly shut down our natural gas sector. If we prevent Canadian resources from reaching market, they are just going to be replaced by resources from countries with poor records of human rights and environmental standards. Conservatives recognize that Canada produces the most sustainable and environmentally responsible oil and gas in the world. We also

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Big energy projects hit key milestone over the summer LNG Canada, Coastal GasLink and Trans Mountain were able to ramp back up construction over the summer after a brief dip in workforce numbers, and achieve some key milestones. As of the end of August, the four big energy megaprojects in B.C. employed roughly 12,500 workers. That includes 4,600 at Site C dam, 2,849 for the Coastal GasLink pipeline and 3,000 with LNG Canada. Trans Mountain employed 6,000 workers in B.C. and Alberta on its pipeline twinning project. Trans Mountain does not break those numbers down by province, but does report that one-third of those jobs – 2,000 – were held by British Columbians. “More than 600 of those are Indigenous people,” said Trans Mountain spokesperson Ali Hounsell. To date, the project has awarded 120 contracts to B.C. contract-

ors and suppliers valued at $2 billion. The first spread of the pipeline in the Edmonton area is 90% complete, in terms of pipe in the ground. The second spread, which runs to the B.C. border, is 20% complete. About 30% of the work to expand the Westridge marine terminal and Burnaby terminal is done. “Overall, we’re about 16% complete,” Hounsell said. “We are where we want to be. We gain about 3% to 4% completion every month. We’re on track to be in service still by the end of 2022.” Hounsell added that, despite an oil price crash and plunging demand, the existing Trans Mountain pipeline has been full and oversubscribed throughout the spring and summer. “We continue to be full and it speaks to the diversity of the markets we serve,” Hounsell said. files by Nelson Bennett / Business in Vancouver

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Suncor says end of Alberta oil quotas a “positive signal” The Alberta government’s decision to end its oil production curtailment program in December after almost two years is “a very positive signal” for oilsands and refining giant Suncor Energy Inc., CEO Mark Little said Thursday. The end of the quota system imposed to support oil prices will allow Suncor freedom to make better decisions as it recovers from nine months marked by low oil prices, the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions in retail fuel sales and a fire in August that hurt production at its base oilsands mining operations, Little said on a conference call. “The indication is that the government does not plan to resume production limits and this is a very positive signal for us and we’re really looking forward to this being a fully unencumbered market,” said Little on the call. “We will be agile and disciplined as we consider the impact of these changes on our

production plans for Fort Hills.” Production at the 194,000-barrel-per-day Fort Hills oilsands mine had been throttled back because of the quotas to allow room for more profitable oil streams. Early this year, Suncor shut down one of the mine’s two production trains because of low oil prices. The train was restarted in September and Little said it is on track to achieve overall production of between 120,000 and 130,000 bpd in the current quarter, with growth beyond that to be ramped up gradually to ensure cost savings are retained. In the wake of a proposed merger of oilsands rivals Husky Energy Inc. and Cenovus Energy Inc., Little said Suncor is more concerned with improving operational performance and strengthening its balance sheet than taking on debt to grow by buying other companies. — Canadian Press

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$100-million fund to be used to cut oilpatch emissions, fuel new product development A contribution of $100 million from Ottawa will assist with the commercialization of new products from Canada’s oil and gas industry, as well as help reduce its environmental impact, according to the head of a consortium that will administer the money. The funding, first announced in the federal budget in March 2019, is to be provided over four years to the Clean Resource Innovation Network, said Navdeep Bains, minister of innovation, science and industry, on Thursday. With the $100-million commitment ... and matching leveraged investments from CRIN members, we are able to accelerate technology development and support innovators who bring forward transformational solutions to our challenges,” said CRIN president Joy Romero, who is also the vicepresident of technology and innovation for oilsands producer Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. About $80 million has already been earmarked for three technology competition challenges for “high-impact projects with clear

paths to commercialization,” she said. The challenges are aimed at creating alternative value-added products, reducing environmental footprints and exploring new digital solutions for the oilpatch. “For example, rather than combusting bitumen, generating carbon fibres to create stronger cement and lighter car bodies,” she said from Calgary during a virtual conference call. “There’s also the option to convert greenhouse gases to valuable products like hand sanitizer and soap, our two most basic weapons in the fight to flatten the COVID-19 curve.” According to CRIN’s website, the other $20 million will be aimed at ecosystem development and administration and management. Bains said the contribution through the government’s strategic innovation fund supports Canada’s plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

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