(L to R) MLA Fred Bradshaw, Speaker Dan D’Autremont, Senator Stedman and Senator Branan in the Saskatchewan Legislative Chambers
In my role as Chairman of the Energy Council, I had the opportunity to visit Western Canada during the week of January 28th – February 1st for multiple energy related meetings with Canadian officials. Joining me on the trip was Oklahoma Senator Cliff Branan and our first stop was in Regina, Saskatchewan where we toured the Petroleum Technology Research Center and visited the SaskPower headquarters. SaskPower is the principal electric utility in Saskatchewan and is currently developing one of the world’s first and largest carbon capture and sequestration projects at their Boundary Dam Power Station. The President and CEO, Mr. Robert Watson, provided a presentation on this new technology which I found extremely promising. Later that same day we stopped by the Capitol to meet with the Speaker of the Provincial Legislature, Mr. Don D’Autrement. Our next stop was in Edmonton where we met with Alberta Energy Minister Ken Hughes and other high ranking government officials. We had numerous productive meetings to discuss comparable energy development challenges facing Alberta and Alaska and ways the two governments can work together to promote mutually beneficial solutions. Our last stop was in Calgary where we sat down with numerous company executives from Canadian oil and gas corporations. We also met with Mr. Peter Kujawinski, the US Consul General in Calgary and Mr. David Collyer, President of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. These are just a few of the highlights of what I considered to be a very successful and enlightening trip. I look forward to continuing this dialogue with my Canadian counterparts to identify ways we can work together to satisfy our mutual energy goals.
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