The Brief: Defining the Decade and Beyond With Carbon Capture (BONUS)

05/09/2023 22 min
The Brief: Defining the Decade and Beyond With Carbon Capture (BONUS)

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Alberta's opportunity to contribute to global solutions in agriculture, energy, and health is immense. Seizing this opportunity will take big ideas, lots of collaboration, and a little “can do” attitude.  In the special series of The Brief, called Missions & Moonshots, we are talking to top experts, business leaders, innovators, and thought leaders across Alberta and Canada exploring solutions to the world’s biggest challenges in energy, agriculture, and health.  Our guest is Kendall Dilling, President of Pathways Alliance, an organization that has brought together Canada’s biggest oil sands companies on a massive collaboration to reduce emissions from oil sands production, with the goal of net zero by 2050.  The discussion includes:  Pathway’s plan to net zero  Potential in carbon capture and progress to date  Key barriers to achieving potential  Key needle movers for success  Kendall’s discussion paper can be read here: http://bit.ly/3h5Lb0k   About Kendall Dilling  As President, Pathways Alliance, Kendall is responsible for the overall coordination of technology and project development and external relations on behalf of the Alliance members.  Prior to his role at Pathways Alliance, Kendall was Cenovus Energy’s Vice-President, Environment &Regulatory, where he was responsible for environmental strategy, managing the regulatory process for major approvals and leading environmental policy development efforts with various levels of government.  With nearly 30 years in the oil and gas industry, Kendall has expertise in various areas, including environment, regulatory, health and safety, Indigenous and stakeholder relations, surface land and business development. Prior to his work at Cenovus, Kendall worked for various Canadian and multi-national pipeline and energy companies.  Kendall holds a Bachelor of Science, a Bachelor of Arts and an MBA from the University of Calgary.