March 2011

New York Times journalist and energy specialist, Jad Mouawad, stated in a recent article that the current energy context favours the use of natural gas. In effect, the stability of its pricing and the diversification of its sources – notably through shale gas development – plays in its favour. Growing...

Yesterday, our president, Lucien Bouchard, made public the oil and gas industry’s reaction to the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE) report on the sustainable development of the shale gas industry in Quebec. “The recommendations pave the way for a thoughtful and prudent approach that will reassure Quebecers regarding the...

In an article posted on the website of the TV channel Argent on February 28, 2011, Pierre-Olivier Pineau, a professor at HEC Montréal and an expert on sustainable development issues, is reported to state that in his opinion, the shale gas industry has been “unfairly demonized,” and BAPE should give...