WEBINAR PART TWO - Symbiotic Energy Infrastructure in Alberta: Balancing Conservation, Development & Liability

📅 Date: May 13, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00AM to 11:00AM (MT)
📍 Location: Virtual

Welcome to Part 2 of our webinar on Symbiotic Energy Infrastructure in Alberta, presented by Bradon Willms, Senior Associate at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, where we continue our in-depth discussion of select current issues surrounding the regulation, conservation, use, and commodification of Alberta’s natural and energy resources—and the infrastructure that delivers them.

We will begin by continuing and concluding our discussion on sustainable pipeline development, use, and abandonment, which is where we closed at the end of Part 1. From there, we will broaden the conversation to explore sustainable upstream oil and gas development, considering recent regulatory changes and heightened public scrutiny. We’ll also examine the vital role that upstream producers play in shaping the development of midstream and downstream infrastructure, and the larger responsibility of Alberta’s oil and gas sector to ensure it remains physically robust and economically viable into the future.

Sustainable construction and use of energy infrastructure demands cradle-to-grave thinking—consistent with the principles and frameworks of provincial and federal regulators, and aligned with the business objectives of value optimization. Existing resource and energy infrastructure should be used to its full potential, while new infrastructure must be constructed as efficiently as possible, leaving no unaddressed liabilities or burdens to the Alberta public once its useful life concludes.

Building on this foundation, our discussion will turn to the abandonment of energy infrastructure and the evolving regulatory responses at both provincial and federal levels. We will connect this conversation to emerging opportunities in the re-use of infrastructure, particularly for carbon capture and storage (CCS) initiatives, brine-hosted mineral development, and other fast-moving subsectors. We will discuss the current status of these initiatives in Alberta, the business opportunities they are creating, and the hurdles they continue to face.

Finally, we will close Part 2 by asking, "What’s next?"—exploring ideas for the future of Alberta’s energy infrastructure, and opening the floor for comment and questions from all of you participating today.