Using renewables such as wind turbines to electrify upstream oil and gas operations would allow for oil extraction with lower emissions per bbl, says Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan. He believes for Canada to attract investment in an increasingly environmentally-conscious world, such “outside-the-box” thinking is necessary. “We’re going to be broadening our view,” he told […]
CONTINUE READINGCo-authored by Molly Beckel, President of the Young Pipeliners Association of Canada, and Kevin Krausert, President and CEO of Beaver Drilling and Avatar Program Co-Founder Adam Hayman will remember March 17, 2020, for many years. The COVID-19 pandemic was sweeping the world. Oil prices were plummeting for the second time in his young career as […]
CONTINUE READINGYou can access the video from the session here: https://vimeo.com/441797298/209918bb2d On July 24th, 2020 the YPAC x AVATAR Program hosted a joint session with both Minister Seamus O’Regan and Minister Sonya Savage. The Session was moderated by Molly Beckel, President and CEO of YPAC, and Kevin Krausert, CEO of Beaver Drilling and AVATAR co-founder. Opening […]
CONTINUE READINGOn June 15, we shared our our vision of a new Indigenous inclusion strategy. On Friday July 10th, our YPAC Indigenous Inclusion Committee had the pleasure of participating in our first Discovery Session, graciously lead by Annie Korver from Rise Consulting Ltd. In an emotional, thought provoking session, we received an introduction into Canada’s history […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Avatar x YPAC Program is pleased to welcome the Minister of Natural Resources Canada and the Minister of Energy, Alberta to jointly address questions from the energy industry’s emerging leaders. Calgary, Alberta: The Minister of Natural Resources Canada, the Honourable Seamus O’Regan will be joining the Minister of Energy, Alberta, the Honourable Sonya Savage […]
CONTINUE READINGTimes are a little crazy right now, so we thought it would be important to take a moment and chat a bit about surviving, and maybe even thriving, during downturns and transitions in our industry. On July 8, your YPAC UAlberta and Southwestern Ontario chapters co-facilitated a panel discussion with three industry peers – Wendy […]
CONTINUE READINGOn June 16, 2020, the Young Pipeliners Association of Canada (YPAC) Edmonton Chapter hosted Interface Fluidics for a fantastic webinar titled, “Inside the Alberta Energy Industry with Interface Fluidics”. During the webinar, Interface Fluidics Chief Operating Officer, Tom de Haas, and Senior Project Engineer, Sourabh Ahitan, presented on how the Alberta based company is innovatively […]
CONTINUE READINGIt’s no secret that our industry is facing a looming knowledge gap; with a large segment of the workforce entering retirement, more needs to be done to prepare today’s younger workforce, and to develop the young minds of the next generation of energy professionals. In response, we’re excited to see the University of Calgary’s Pipeline […]
CONTINUE READINGEmerging from our vision of building the next generation of pipeline industry leaders, the Young Pipeliners Association of Canada (“YPAC”) has identified the opportunity to create a purposely-integrated Indigenous Inclusion Program (the “Program”), to respond to a call to participate in reconciliation, and to drive further benefit to our membership. We want to extend our […]
CONTINUE READINGOver the last couple of weeks, thousands of people across Canada, the United States, and the world, have been speaking out against systemic racism and police brutality. This isn’t an issue which only occurs in the United States – Canadians are all too often lulled into a false sense of living in a multicultural utopia, […]
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