OUR GREAT MINDS

    by Tina Olivero

    Responsible Actions, Responsible Oil.

    At first glance, Alberta’s oil sands are just deposits of bitumen mixed with sand and clay. But if you look deeper, you’ll see the progress, the possibilities and the people behind the oil sands.

    Using current technology and under current economic conditions, 169.9 billion barrels of oil can be recovered, making Alberta’s oil sands among the world’s largest resources of oil. Canada is the largest oil supplier to the United States, of which 1.6 million barrels per day come from Alberta.

    Energy demand is increasing worldwide, and so is the demand for Alberta’s reliable and secure oil. In order to balance development with environmental protection, social responsibility and economic success, the Government of Alberta created Responsible Actions: A Plan for Alberta’s Oil Sands, a 20-year strategic plan that establishes six concrete strategies to support responsible oil-sands development.

    Oil Sands Strategy

    Over 50 projects and initiatives are reflected in the strategic plan, many of which have already made significant progress. Some accomplishments so far include:

    • $2 billion for carbon capture and storage: To reduce the impacts of industrial greenhouse gas emissions and meet the goals of Alberta’s Climate Change Strategy, $2 billion has been committed for carbon capture and storage, funding four commercial-scale breakthrough projects.

    • Tougher rules on tailings ponds: The new Tailings Management Framework now in development aims to minimize the storage of fluid tailings in ponds, to optimize water management and to reclaim existing tailings ponds more quickly. Stringent new tailings management regulations were released in 2009, in order to reduce the inventory of fluid tailings at oil-sands mining operations.

    • Easing housing pressures in Fort McMurray: The Alberta government is investing $166 million to support the development of more housing in the Fort McMurray area through the new Parsons Creek community. Parsons Creek will be home to an estimated 24,000 residents in 8,000 homes when completed. Approximately 1,000 of the homes will be affordable housing.

    • Enhanced regulatory system: The Regulatory Enhancement project is implementing recommendations to better integrate the oil and gas policy and regulatory system. Integration of regulatory responsibilities presents an opportunity to enhance energy sector regulation based on the principles of effectiveness, efficiency, adaptability, predictability, fairness and transparency.

    • Better labour force planning: The Government of Alberta has developed tools to forecast future labour shortages more effectively and assist with labour force planning. The government is also partnering with Aboriginal communities to provide training, career and employment development for Aboriginal people.

    The Government of Alberta remains committed to the vision set out by Responsible Actions – one of economic growth, green technology and innovation, and enhanced quality of life. Balancing the environmental, social and economic impacts of oilsands development is critical – not only to Albertans, but to all who see the value of Alberta’s energy resource.

    Tina Olivero

    30 years ago, Tina Olivero looked into the future and saw an opportunity to make a difference for her province and people. That difference came in the form of the oil and gas sector. Six years before there was even a drop of oil brought to the shores of Newfoundland, she founded The Oil and Gas Magazine (THE OGM) from a back room in her home on Signal Hill Road, in St. John’s, Newfoundland. A single mother, no financing, no previous journalism or oil and gas experience, she forged ahead, with a creative vision and one heck of a heaping dose of sheer determination. With her pioneering spirit, Ms. Olivero developed a magazine that would educate, inspire, motivate and entertain oil and gas readers around the world — She prides herself in marketing and promoting our province and resources in unprecedented ways. The OGM is a magazine that focuses on our projects, our people, our opportunities and ultimately becomes the bridge to new energy outcomes and a sustainable new energy world. Now diversifying into the communications realms, a natural progression from the Magazine, The OGM now offers an entirely new division - Oil & Gas Media. Today, The Oil and Gas Magazine is a global phenomenon that operates not only in Newfoundland, but also in Calgary and is read by oil and gas enthusiasts in Norway, Aberdeen, across the US and as far reaching as Abu Dhabi, in the Middle East. Believing that Energy is everyone’s business, Ms. Olivero has combined energy + culture to embrace the worlds commitment to a balance of work and home life as well as fostering a foundation for health and well being. In this era of growth and development business and lifestyle are an eloquent mix, there is no beginning or end. Partnering with over 90 oil and gas exhibitions and conferences around the world, Ms. Olivero's role as a Global Visionary is to embrace communication in a way that fosters oil and gas business and industry growth in new and creative ways.

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