A spokesperson for B.C.\u0027s Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship said talks are continuing and \u0022we hope to have more to say about this soon\u0022
New well licences in the Montney basin of B.C’s northeast have been frozen since last year, when a landmark B.C. Supreme Court decision ruled in favour of a claim from the Blueberry River First Nation that the cumulative impacts of natural resource exploration and development had damaged their traditional territory.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
The province has told companies a deal is close, said Dale Schwed, chief executive of Montney gas producer Crew Energy, adding he remains cautious. The court ruling slowed energy development, with only 73 gas well licences being issued in B.C. up to September, according to a RBC Capital Markets note, compared to 302 over the same period last year. Companies with permits already in hand were allowed to continue drilling.Article content
Since August, the province has started issuing some drilling permits for leases with existing well pads, and other work that does not require land to be disturbed. “It’s getting to a point of being fairly critical to the development of natural gas in B.C.,” said Tristan Goodman, chief executive of the Explorers and Producers Association of Canada, adding that drillers were unsure about securing licenses in time.
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