Aé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 12, 2001 There will be a demand for offshore oil and gas Dear Sir: This is in response to the CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD siderable interest from Asia, primarily Japan, who also is ‘ December 5, 2001 article on offshore oil and gas. . One must take a look at the whole issue af offshore ‘oil and gas in context and not rely on just the opinion of one executive of an asso- ciation that not all of! companies in the offshore oil and ‘ gas industry are members of. I have had persona! discussions on the matter of off- shore oi} and gas exploration with Mr. Luff in 1998. At no time during my conversation The Mail Bag interested in a close reli- able source of energy. As far as regulations are concerned, they have al- ways been there; that is what makes our offshore developments safe, The industry is used to filling in paperwork. They did it for the east coast and the Beaufort Sea that have just as sensitive regions. The industry will have to do what the government wants or drop the leases. I'm sure _with him did he express the message noted in your article. It Not that I question it. ‘is already held under lease by mainly two oil companies, ‘Petro-Canada and Chevron, premier. | have spoken with an official for one has obviously changed as it of the companies who stated to me ‘could very well do tomorrow. that as soon as the moratoria is lifted, he and the president of the company Furthermore one must under- wil] be on the plane to Victorla to dis- stand that the area in question eugs it with the minister and the B.C. there will be a few companies interested in taking over. The Canadian Association of Petra- leum Producers (CAPP) has shown a lack of interest in the whole British Columbia off shore issue for some time. We have asked them to show the petential offshore resource on their web site; they have not. ‘who may not be interested at ‘this time in exploring the area because it is under a mor- ‘atoria and therefore they do not have to develop it or for _that matter pay for the lease. - Hs like having a few hundred million in your back ‘pocket for when you need it. L have spoken with an official for one of the compa- nies who stated to me that as soon as the moratoria is ‘lifted, he and the president of the company will be on -the plane to Victoria to discuss it with the minister and ‘the B.C, premier. Mr. Luff makes reference to the East Coast. Well, every justification is different and there were reasoms why it was not developed in a speedy manner, Believe -me, if the moratoria is lifted, industry will be interested. ‘They do not like planning long term, especially 25 years. The USA is looking for a safe, reliable source for en- ergy. | hold a letier from Senator Robin Taylor of Alaska -in support of offshore oil and gas. We have also had con- There is little discussion or press on British Columbia offshore oil and gas from CAPP. I do not know if this is by design or not. The simple fact remains that if the resource is avail- able, industry will develop it. There is a west coast mar- ket for it and the largest supplier of ail to the United States is Canada and the Middle East. Canada is closer and obviously politically more stable. If the industry likes the Bowser Basin maybe they. should throw a few bucks to the Geological Survey of Canada to have the assessment completed. We also want this area developed. in closing, remember opinions are like oil company financial statements. They reflect the position of the company one-day in a particular year. They will change the next day. David K. McGuigan, Chair, Prince Rupert Oil and Gas Task Force, Prince Rupert, B.C. Spotting a modified tree requires a lot of training Dear Sir: - J beg to differ with some of Rod Meredith’s state- ‘ments in his Dec. 5, 2001 letter concerning culturally ‘modified trees (CMTs). His categorization of CMTs is ‘not only unscientific but also based on flawed assump- ‘tions. : While one does not have to be a trained archaeologist ‘ta identify a CMT, correct identification requires practi- ‘cal training coupled with field experience. There is no ‘such thing as a CMT that is easily identified by any- ‘body, logger included. ‘+1 Without knowing what to look for, most-people would ; ‘not recognize a CMT if it fell on them. In July Kitimat ‘hosted’an eight-day CMT identification and recording ‘course that certified its participants according to re- ‘squrce inventory standards. Although many CMT identi- ‘fication and recording skills were taught, the certified ‘participants will not become proficient CMT assessors without additional field experience. There can never be > enough hands-on training in my opinion. : Trained CMT personnel were obviously non-existent “in the scenario resulting in the local court case. Surely “ the cedar salvage area would have been identified in the sarchaeclogical overview assessment as having high po- tential for CMT presence and an archaeological impact assessment or a CMT reconnaissance scheduled. Given that 99 per cent of CMTs are western red cedar, the : Ministry of Forests in my opinion was also culpable by That was the start of what we call today the “Global ‘ Village” through mass communications; a term coined ‘by Toronto media guru, Marshal McLuhan because ‘Ca- ‘nada means, “village” and it has always been multi-cul- ‘tural or, global. 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