Transcript CAPP_EDMS-216238-v1-Paul_Barnes_ESRF_Presentation_for_Panel_US

MANAGEMENT BOARD
Working Safely While Protecting the
Environment – Role of the ESRF
Paul Barnes, ESRF Management Board Chairperson
U.S. – Canada Northern Oil and Gas Research Forum
November 13, 2012
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Purpose of Funds
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“ To finance environmental and social studies pertaining to the
manner in which, and the terms and conditions under which,
exploration, development and production activities on frontier
lands authorized under this Act or any other Act of Parliament
should be conducted.”
Canada Petroleum Resources Act, s. 76 (2)
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Legislative
Background
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• Originated in 1983
• Described in Part VII of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act
(CPRA)
• Ministers of NRCan, IANC responsible
• NL, NS Accord legislation provides for application to Accord
areas
• C-NLOPB, C-NSOPB approve levies for their respective areas of
jurisdiction
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Administration
of Funds
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• 12-member Management Board
• Jointly, Ministers appoint 10 members:
• Federal departments (4)
• Offshore industry (4)
• Offshore Boards (C-NLOPB, CNSOPB - 1 member each)
• Respective Ministers appoint 1 public member each (1 north
- IAND, 1 south - NRCan)
• Chair – Appointed by Ministers from within the Management
Board
• Administrator – Appointed by the Ministers
• Secretariat – Administrative support from within Natural
Resources Canada
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Funding: Regional
Levies
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• 31 ESRF regions
• Unique annual levy in each region on petroleum land interests
(per hectare)
• Overall budget set each calendar year
• Levy in each region depends on:
• applicability of each proposed study to region
• prospectivity of region
• existence of moratorium/prohibition
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2012 Projects: North
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Seabed Stability Conditions in the
Shelf/Slope Transition Zone, Canadian
Beaufort Sea (Beaufort Sea Legacy Data
Synthesis)
e-SPACE: Emergency Spatial Pre-SCAT for
Arctic Coastal Ecosystems – Beaufort Sea
/Mackenzie Delta
Improving the Accuracy of the Short-term
Ice and Ocean Forecasts in the Beaufort
Sea
Upstream Oil and Gas Waste Stream Study,
NWT
Uniqueness of Fishes and Habitat Utilization
in Oil & Gas Lease Blocks Relative to NonLease Areas in the Canadian Beaufort Sea
Oil Spill Countermeasures Field Trials in
Arctic Marine Waters
Oil Spill Countermeasures Workshop
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2012 Projects:
East Coast
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Air Emissions from Offshore Installations
Sable Island Air Monitoring & Source
Apportionment
Seismic & Lobster Feeding
Snowcrab CPUE and Seismic Activity –
NL Offshore Area
Biological Effects of PW on Life Stages of
Fish
Effect of oil and gas discharges on Early
Life Stages of fish
Biodegradation of Crude Oil – chemically
dispersed versus non-chemically
dispersed
Labrador Coast Seabird and Marine
Mammal Baseline Surveys
Simulation of fate and “detectability” of
“dead” seabirds
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2013 Research
Priorities
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Northern
• Regional Effects
Management
• Oil Spill Preparedness,
Fate and Effect
East Coast
• Hydrocarbon Spills
• Seabirds
• Seismic
• Wastes
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