Canadian Energy in Multiple Crises: From Pipeline and Climate to Covid-19Pierre-Olivier PineauHEC Montréal, CanadaApril 15, 2020
Webinar Outline
1. Canada’s Energy Sector: Production & Consumption2. Energy Crises in Canada:
• Oil prices• Pipelines• Regulatory / First Nations / Social licence• Climate & GHG reduction paths• Other: LNG, hydro, transmission lines
3. Sustainable Paths
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1. Canada’s Energy Sector: Production & Consumption
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Top 10 - World Energy Producers, 2017
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Biofuels and wasteSolar/wind/otherGeothermalHydroNuclearNatural gasCrude & NGLCoal and coal products
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World Average78.277.854.1
Per Capita Total Final Consumption Breakdown, Countries >5 million people, Top 10, 2017
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GJ p
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Canadian Oil Production: 4.6 Mb/d, 2018
7NRCan (2020)
SuncorCanadian Natural Resources
Imperial Oil (ExxonMobil)Husky
Cenovus
> 50%Total Production
Oil & Gas Production in AlbertaMonthly, 2007-2020
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Energy SectorGDP by Province2016
by Provincial Share of Canadian GDP, 2016
andEnergy Sector Share of Provincial GDP, 2018
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2014 $110B
2016 $49B
2. Energy Crises in Canada
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Oil Prices: A Double Price Crisis, 2014-2020
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US$
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West Texas IntermediateWestern Canadian SelectWTI-WCS
Alberta Government (2020)
Recent low:March 30th
2020:WTI $20.09WCS $4.69
12CAPP (2019)
Pipelines &Refineries
Pipelines: Western Canada Takeaway Capacity vs. Supply Forecast, 2015
13CAPP (2015)
DelayedDelayed20192015
Regulatory Crisis: Assessment of Infrastruture Projects• Bill C-69 An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the
Canadian Energy Regulator Act• Impact Assessment Agency• Canadian Energy Regulator
• Bill C-48 Oil Tanker Moratorium Act• Prohibits oil tankers along BC’s north coast (northern tip of Vancouver
Island to the Alaska border)
Both bills passed in June 2019 – but are objected by the industry and the Alberta government.
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Emissions Crisis: Canadian GHG 1990-2017, million tonnes CO2-eq.
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14.8%5.8%
24.3%
Oil & Gas Extraction
28.1%Transport
EC (2019)
Paris Agreement
Target
LNG Canada3.5 Bcf/dShell-Petronas-PetroChina-Mitsubishi -KOGAS
Other Crisis: Rail Blockades Feb.-March 2020LNG Canada & Coastal GasLink
16CBC (2020)
BC Alberta
Other Crisis: Hydropower
Site C – British Columbia
1,100 MW5.1 TWh/yrCompleted in 2025>$9 billion
BC Hydro (2020)
Muskrat Falls – Newfoundland and Labrador
824 MW4.9 TWhCompleted in 2020>$11 billion
Nalcor Energy (2020)
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Other Crisis: Transmission Lines
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Massachusetts Clean Energy RFP
20-yr contract 9.45 TWh/yrAwared to Hydro-Quebec in 2018 (pending transmission)
Covid-19 impact
• Catastrophic economic situation in Alberta (+ Saskatchewan and Newfoudland & Labrador)
• Economic slowdown => lowers investment prospects in the energy sector (Oil and Gas + LNG, but also in hydro and otherrenewables)
• Forced GHG reduction
How to help the energy sectors?
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3. Sustainable Paths
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No Easy Solution
• Consolidation in the oil & gas industry, to prepare for a possible steady or declining production
• Seek a fundamental change in consumption levels• Develop a sustainable fiscal framework
• End preferential fiscal treatments for fossil fuels• Higher carbon prices
• For decarbonization, Canada has to reconsider its provincial approach to electricity and better integrate planning and operations
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Thank You
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