Conventional Oil and Gas facilities - Reporting to the NPRI Map of Conventional Oil and Gas Extraction Facilities - 2021 - A. Review of Oil and Gas Facilities - 2014, 2017 and 2021

Review of Past Consultations of the Oil and Gas Sector (April 2016-March 2017) During the period 2016-2017, ECCC conducted a multi-stakeholder review of the NPRI reporting requirements for the Oil and Gas sector to consider changes to achieve greater rates of reporting coverage for pollutants of concern. [...] In considering the lengthy history of multistakeholder consultations regarding this industry, it is all the more important to review the past and examine how and if progress has been made in terms of what is being reported to the NPRI since that period. [...] • The industry has not been required to report the full extent of its emissions of CACs and benzene to the NPRI because of limitations to the NPRI reporting requirements. [...] NGO participants indicated an overriding goal for this industry of 80% coverage of emissions of CACs and benzene and that this goal would be achieved within two years after reviewing the results of the first step in ECCC’s proposal.3 Thresholds for Reporting to the NPRI VOC Thresholds: The mass threshold is typically 10 tonnes MPO and the concentration threshold is 1% (also in tonnes) for all subs. [...] For a sector such as Conventional Oil and Gas, considering the vast number of VOCs released, it would be inappropriate to apply such thresholds, especially considering the potential adverse effects of the substances themselves and the cumulative emissions of these substances.