Your Industry Guidebook
In Alberta Oil’s guide to industry associations, we profile a dozen of these organizations, and outline their specific mandates and services to the oil and gas industry. Mark this page and use it as a reference
Small Explorers and Producers Association of Canada (SEPAC)
Industry Focus: Emerging and junior conventional
oil and gas companies
Head Office: Calgary, Alberta
Phone: (403) 269-3454
Website: www.sepac.ca
Date of incorporation: 1986
Mandate: To promote the interests of small producers and explorers to government and regulatory bodies, and other sectors of the conventional oil and gas industry; to educate the public on the importance of emerging energy companies and inform the public about investment opportunities in the emerging company segment; to propose long-term effective fiscal and operating strategies for this group of companies.
Motivation: To serve the unique interests of emerging oil companies.
What They Do: Lobby government and other sectors of the energy industry on behalf of emerging producers and explorers.
Service Delivery: Variety of symposia on investment, safety, e-bidding training; issuance of reports and press releases analyzing government policy positions that affect the emerging producer or explorer.
When Should You Call: To learn more about SEPAC’s lobbying efforts, how new government policy positions will affect your business, and to access training and forums.
Current Top Issues:
• Access to land and resources: The cumulative effect of land access restrictions has made access to the mineral wealth of the province more difficult and more expensive.
• Over-regulation of the industry is detrimental to small producers: Regulatory complexity, increasing paperwork, and lack of harmonization between jurisdictions is costly for small companies.
• Improvements to federal and provincial fiscal frameworks: Preserve and enhance the Alberta Royalty Tax Credit; revise federal rules regarding Canadian Exploration Expense and Canadian Development Expense; broaden scope of qualifying activity; raise caps on the taxable capital limit per company and annual caps on CDE to CEE conversion.
• Rapidly escalating cost of equipment and services: These contribute to Canada’s high-cost for finding and developing petroleum reserves.
• Made-in-Canada climate change policies: These should not unfairly target the western Canadian petroleum industry, which is producing energy for consumers across the continent.
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