Postponed Decisions: Petroleum Exploration on Canada’s Western Continental Shelf
First paragrahFifty years have passed since Canada first granted permits to explore the western continental shelf for petroleum. In 1972 the government suspended those permits with actions known today as the moratorium. The current debate about Enbridge Inc’s proposal to build oil pipelines between...
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ftubcjournals:oai:ojs.library.ubc.ca:article/183682 2023-05-15T15:03:02+02:00 Postponed Decisions: Petroleum Exploration on Canada’s Western Continental Shelf McCandless, Robert George 2013-07-23 application/pdf http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/view/183682 https://doi.org/10.14288/bcs.v0i178.183682 eng eng The University of British Columbia http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/view/183682/184046 10.14288/bcs.v0i178.183682.g184046 http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/view/183682 doi:10.14288/bcs.v0i178.183682 BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly; No. 178: Summer 2013; 71-96 0005-2949 10.14288/bcs.v0i178 offshore exploration natural resource policy Canada's West Coast oil and gas exploration federal-provincial relations maritime history petroleum industry Shell Canada info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2013 ftubcjournals https://doi.org/10.14288/bcs.v0i178.183682 https://doi.org/10.14288/bcs.v0i178 2023-01-04T07:47:27Z First paragrahFifty years have passed since Canada first granted permits to explore the western continental shelf for petroleum. In 1972 the government suspended those permits with actions known today as the moratorium. The current debate about Enbridge Inc’s proposal to build oil pipelines between Alberta and the Pacific Coast has overshadowed an earlier debate about the moratorium. Public perceptions then and now have a common root in fears about oil spills, fears that seem muted or absent on Canada’s East Coast, despite the 2010 Louisiana blowout and resulting spill. Whether the Enbridge proposal succeeds or fails, a debate about resuming exploration will recur so long as the permits exist, and the Canadian public accepts the risks of exploration and production on Canada’s eastern and Arctic coasts. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Open Access Journal Hosting (University of British Columbia) Arctic Canada Pacific |
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First paragrahFifty years have passed since Canada first granted permits to explore the western continental shelf for petroleum. In 1972 the government suspended those permits with actions known today as the moratorium. The current debate about Enbridge Inc’s proposal to build oil pipelines between Alberta and the Pacific Coast has overshadowed an earlier debate about the moratorium. Public perceptions then and now have a common root in fears about oil spills, fears that seem muted or absent on Canada’s East Coast, despite the 2010 Louisiana blowout and resulting spill. Whether the Enbridge proposal succeeds or fails, a debate about resuming exploration will recur so long as the permits exist, and the Canadian public accepts the risks of exploration and production on Canada’s eastern and Arctic coasts. |
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