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2010-2023
Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas
August 14, 2025
Media Release

More oil and gas production, fewer workers

A focus on cost-cutting and rewarding shareholders over the last decade have led to a steep decline in the number of jobs per barrel produced in Canada’s oil and gas sector
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie Portrait of Megan Gordon
The cover of the report, featuring a worker using a wrench while wearing high-vis clothing and a hard hat, outdoors with the sun setting in the background
Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas
August 14, 2025
Publication

Drilling Down

Oil and gas jobs in transition
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie Portrait of Megan Gordon
A well site in Alberta, in a rural setting with fields in the background
Oil & Gas
June 26, 2025
Op-ed

In 2025, what is an energy superpower?

Canadian decision-makers must look at global trends and make a call
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie
A truck in an oilsands mine in Alberta
Oil & Gas
June 17, 2025
Article

Grand bargains and perilous pitfalls

Before any new pipeline is seriously discussed, Alberta’s recent emissions claims should be put into context
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Oil & Gas
January 14, 2025
Publication

Design considerations for the oil and gas emissions cap

Pembina Institute comments and recommendations
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Large excavators and dump trucks mining the Alberta Oilsands.
Oil & Gas
December 26, 2024
Op-ed

Let’s face it, we are going to need a leaner, cleaner oil and gas sector

Regulating the oil and gas sector is not a road to economic destruction, but a prudent choice to opt in to the prosperous clean-energy future that all Canadians deserve
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Oil & Gas
December 13, 2024
Publication

Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas Production

Pembina Institute response to questions from the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources
Portrait of Simon Dyer Portrait of Janetta McKenzie
A Canadian flag flying on the top of the Peace Tower, part of the Canadian Parliament Building in Ottawa.
Oil & Gas
November 21, 2024
Article

Remarks at the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

For the Committee's study 'Climate Change: Canadian Oil and Gas Industry'
Portrait of Simon Dyer
Oil & Gas
November 4, 2024
Media Release

Oil and gas emissions cap an important element of Canada’s economic future

Regulation of oil and gas emissions a key step to ensuring a cleaner, futureproofed industry
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie
Wind turbines on the horizon in rural Alberta with hay bales
Buildings, Electricity, Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas, Transportation
October 18, 2024
Article

The new energy economy has arrived, and Canada must pay attention

International Energy Agency’s 2024 World Energy Outlook full of proof points of the scale and pace of the world’s transition to clean energy
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Oil & Gas
October 15, 2024
Media Release

Oil and gas emissions cap necessary backstop to industry promises

Regulation will complement existing suite of financial incentives on offer for oil and gas companies that invest in projects to reduce emissions
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Oil & Gas
September 19, 2024
Publication

Waiting to Launch

2024 mid-year update
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Oil & Gas
September 19, 2024
Media Release

Oilsands companies increasing spending on production, not on reducing emissions

Latest update of Waiting to Launch series finds even previously modest gains on emissions intensity have started to be undone
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