Using Strategic Environmental Assessments to Guide Oil and Gas Exploration Decisions: Applying Lessons Learned from Atlantic Canada to the Beaufort Sea

Authors

Meinhard Doelle, Dalhousie University Schulich School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Keywords

Beaufort Sea, Atlantic Canada, strategic environmental assessments, oil and gas

Abstract

Strategic Environmental Assessments have been used on the Atlantic Coast of Canada to inform oil and gas exploration decisions. Both the Newfoundland and Nova Scotia offshore petroleum boards have about a decade of experience with strategic environmental assessments. In the Beaufort Sea, there is no such process currently in place to guide decisions about oil and gas exploration. In the wake of the Deep Horizon spill in the US, this article considers the lessons learned from the Atlantic Canada experience, and makes recommendations for the design of an oil and gas strategic environmental assessment process for exploration in the Beaufort Sea.

Recommended Citation

Meinhard Doelle, "Using Strategic Environmental Assessments to Guide Oil and Gas Exploration Decisions: Applying Lessons Learned from Atlantic Canada to the Beaufort Sea" (2013) 22 RECIEL 103.

Publication Abbreviation

RECIEL