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Let's start the list:
-a $1.5b direct investment in KXL
-a $6 billion loan guarantee to KXL
-billions in reclamation funds to backstop what was supposed to be covered by an industry fund.
-$30 million/year industry promotion war room
-regulatory holidays during the pandemic
I'd like to think Jason Kenney for contributing to the list:
And to @EmmaLGraney for adding some figures here that are helpful:

Oh, goodness. @OilGasCanada has joined in as well!

@OilGasCanada It's funny because....well, you know why it's funny:

@OilGasCanada Oh look. Here's more. $40 million ad campaign:

cbc.ca/news/politics/…
@OilGasCanada "The Petrochemical Feedstocks Infrastructure Program (PFIP)
was created to encourage industry to build facilities that supply NGL feedstock required for petrochemical manufacturing by providing up to $1b in grants and loan guarantees to successful project proposals."
@OilGasCanada "The Partial Upgrading Program (PUP)
PUP was designed to encourage companies to build two to five bitumen upgrading facilities in Alberta
over the next eight years."
@OilGasCanada PDP Round One: $500 million in royalty credits for two projects.

PDP Round Two Up to $1.1 billion in royalty credits, with two projects approved and in a position to to receive royalty credits once they are in operation.
@OilGasCanada A $26+ billion financial commitment to the Northwest/Redwater refinery.

Yes, that's the correct number. $26 billion.
Oh, that TransMountain pipeline investment from the federal government? I'm not sure we can find obvious parallels to similar investments offered in other sectors? Certainly not systematically.
Here's that regulatory approval:
pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-r…
Does excess gaslighting count as an oil and gas subsidy? Asking for...well, you know who I am asking for...rhymes with penny.
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Articles 1 and 3 of the Presidential Permit for KXL are notable. Revokable at any point by the President and, if revoked, the conditions seem to stipulate that everything must be removed with no claim for damages available to the permitee. Cc @EnergyLawProf who might correct me.
Perhaps an #ableg reporter should ask @jkenney about these clauses in the Presidential Permit (he won't likely answer me) since it could possibly end up being AB on the hook for the $ which would be needed to remove the pipeline in addition to the $ already spent to build it.
How? My assumption is KXL is walled-off from TC energy proper and that AB's debt guarantee was to the project structure, not TC proper. The project, if cancelled, would have no revenues, therefore would not be in a position to repay any of the debt which was guaranteed by AB.
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Am I correct that AB's govt, while concerned about liquidity in the oil and gas sector, has devoted barely any real resources to the issue? They've relaxed regulatory requirements and gave a $113m fee holiday. Other than that, and support for quarantined workers, nothing? #AbLeg
Alberta's gov't re-announced and portioned out federal reclamation dollars, which they didn't augment with provincial spending, and money to the OWA, while needed, does not help liquidity in the patch in any material sense. What am I missing here? Help me out?
I'm finding it hard to believe that, with the industry facing existential crisis, the only hope the government of Alberta can offer is a commitment to harangue the Prime Minister and relax environmental rules? I also wonder if the industry supports going all-in on that plan?
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This is not true, Brett. It's not even lower than two comparable mines (Kearl and Fort Hills). Teck claimed 40.4 kg CO2e/bbl in their environmental assessment. Kearl is lower (38.1kg/bbl in the EA), and FH was 9% below Kearl last year. EA has Muskeg River at 32.1 kg/bbl.
Would it be lower that imported crude? Likely lower than some imported barrels. Likely higher than others. Here's global crude by emissions intensity. Frontier would likely be +/- Kearl, so in about the top 20% of global barrels by GHG/bbl.
Why is the @CDNEnergyCentre retweeting claims it knows (or should know) to be false? Teck's own documents say it will be 50th percentile or so of crudes refined in North America. Don't lie.
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