Executives announce seven new upstream members of the Natural Gas Innovation Fund: (L-R) Mike Rose, CEO of Tourmaline Oil; Michael Crothers, country chair, Shell Canada; Frank Cassulo, president, Chevron Canada; John Adams, NGIF managing director; Joy Romero, vice-president, technology and innovation, Canadian Natural Resources; Mark Fitzgerald, CEO, Petronas Energy Canada; and Susan Ridell Rose, CEO, Perpetual Energy Inc. Image: Canadian Gas Association CALGARY — An industry-sponsored fund designed to help develop clean technology using Canadian natural gas is launching a $3-million call for project proposals. The Natural Gas Innovation Fund says the call for applications, with a February deadline, is being made possible by the addition of seven western Canadian natural gas producers to a membership previously made up of six natural gas utilities. The new members include the Canadian branches of two partners in the proposed $40-billion West Coast LNG Canada project: Royal Dutch Shell and Petronas; along with Canada’s largest natural gas producer, Calgary-based Canadian Natural Resources, Birchcliff Energy, Perpetual Energy and Tourmaline Oil. Fund managing director John Adams says the new program will target projects in the upstream or producing part of the industry, making up to $1 million available per project to cover as much […]
