卡尔加里——森科尔能源公司表示，它已与麦凯堡原住民签署了一份关于储备土地上潜在油砂租赁开发机会的谅解备忘录。
这家总部位于卡尔加里的油砂公司表示，正在开展早期技术和商业可行性评估，以确定该地区经济可采沥青矿石的质量和数量，该地区位于阿尔伯塔省北部伍德布法罗地区市和堡垒上麦凯原住民的传统领土。
森科尔公司负责油砂业务的执行副总裁 Peter Zebedee 在一份新闻稿中表示，此次合作将使原住民有机会管理其土地上的油砂活动，并充分参与资源开发并从中受益。
他表示，这一潜在机会可以为 Suncor 提供 2040 年后沥青供应的选择。
麦凯堡原住民酋长雷蒙德·鲍德表示，该协议为原住民土地上的经济发展开辟了新的道路，并将有助于确保当地社区的未来增长。
麦凯堡原住民表示支持 Suncor 到 2050 年实现油砂业务净零排放的承诺，以及 Pathways Alliance 油砂工业集团的工作，该集团提议建立一个主要的碳捕获运输和储存网络在艾伯塔省北部。
加拿大通讯社的这篇报道于 2024 年 3 月 7 日首次发表。
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CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Fort McKay First Nation on a prospective oilsands lease development opportunity on reserve lands.
The Calgary-based oilsands company says it is progressing early-stage technical and commercial feasibility assessments to determine the quality and quantity of economically recoverable bitumen ore in the area, which is located within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in northern Alberta and on the Fort McKay First Nation’s traditional territory.
Suncor’s executive vice-president for oilsands Peter Zebedee said in a news release that the partnership would give the First Nation the opportunity to govern oilsands activity on their land and fully participate and benefit from resource development.
He said the potential opportunity could provide Suncor with bitumen supply optionality post-2040.
Fort McKay First Nation Chief Raymond Powder said the agreement charts a new path for economic development on Indigenous lands and will help secure the local community’s future growth.
The Fort McKay First Nation says it supports Suncor’s commitment to achieving net-zero emissions from its oilsands operations by 2050, as well as the work of the Pathways Alliance oilsands industry group, which has proposed building a major carbon capture transportation and storage network in northern Alberta.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 7, 2024.
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