
Matt Dreis is a senior analyst with the Pembina Institute's oil and gas program. Prior to joining the institute, Matt worked on resource and technology development for novel lithium extraction from subsurface oilfield brines with Prairie Lithium, building on his previous critical minerals work quantifying the environmental impacts of global lithium extraction methods and developing technologies.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in geology and Master of Science in sustainable energy development, both from the University of Calgary, in addition to multiple years of oil and gas experience working for contractors across North America. In his free time, you can find Matt training for adventure races and growing giant pumpkins.
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Matt Dreis's Research & Analysis
Growing Carbon Storage in Alberta
Pembina Institute submission to Alberta Environment and Protected Areas


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




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