Oil and Gas Industry
When the federal government formed a panel to hear the views
of British Columbians about offshore oil and gas development,
the oil industry, with the exception of Petro Canada, presented
their support for the lifting of the moratorium. Shell, Chevron,
Petro Canada, Exxon Mobil and Canadian Forest Oil hold leases
for the 9 million hectares of the seabed on the B.C. coast.
At the hearings, CAPP, Chevron and Shell expressed their support
for lifting the moratorium.
Read the submission of Industry representatives supporting
the lifting of the moratorium on offshore oil and gas:
CAPP
- May 11, 2004
Shell
- May 12, 2004
Provincial tenures have also been given for the mouth of
the Frazer River, in the Strait of Georgia and the inside
waters near Port Hardy. These leases are held by the Offshore
Oil and Gas Corporation, Haida Resources and Conoco Phollips/Dynamic
Oil.
