EnCana Corporation
{{#badges:AEX}} Encana is a major North American energy company, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and second in size in North America only to Exxon Mobil. Their corporate website states, "We produce approximately 4.4 billion cubic feet of gas equivalent per day. More than 80 percent is natural gas —- the cleanest burning of all fossil fuels. We are also a technical and cost leader in the in-situ recovery of bitumen through steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) –- production that is integrated with our two refineries in the United States." [1]
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Fines
Encana incurred the largest fine ever issued by the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission for allowing gas to migrate into a creek on Colorado's western slope. The commission fined EnCana a record $371,000 after one of the company’s wells leaked into West Divide Creek in Western Colorado in 2004. The seep was found to contain the carcinogenic chemical benzene. Various operational failures led EnCana to be assessed $542,000 for nine different fines in 2006; $663,000 for 19 fines in 2007; $306,000 for 19 fines in 2008 and $3,000 on 10 fines in 2009.[2]
Refuting EPA's finding that fracking pollutes groundwater
In December, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency definitively linked groundwater contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming, to hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") activity taking place in the area of the aquifer.[3] Encana refuted the study's conclusions, saying the EPA itself may have contaminated the water with its test wells.[4]
Allegedly illegal pipeline installation
In 2008, hearings were held after Encana allegedly installed a pipeline across a Canadian ecological reserve without a permit.[5]
Public relations efforts
In May, 2010 Encana Oil and Gas (USA), Inc., gave National Jewish Health in Denver a $25,000 gift to support research at its Environmental Lung Center. National Jewish is known for treating patients with respiratory, cardiac, immune and related disorders. [6]
Support for the American Legislative Exchange Council
EnCana was a "Director" level sponsor of 2011 American Legislative Exchange Council Annual Conference, which in 2010, equated to $10,000.[7]
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Directors
Accessed November 2008: [8]
- Ralph S. Cunningham
- Valerie A.A. Nielsen
- Patrick D. Daniel
- David P. O'Brien
- Ian W. Delaney
- Jane L. Peverett
- Randall K. Eresman
- Allan P. Sawin
- Claire S. Farley
- James M. Stanford
- Michael A. Grandin
- Wayne G. Thomson
- Barry W. Harrison
- Clayton H. Woitas
- Dale A. Lucas
Contact
- Web: www.encana.com
Resources and articles
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- John D. Watson - former CFO
References
- ↑ About, EnCana Corporation, accessed November 2, 2008
- ↑ Steve Mocarsky Company defends its environmental record, published article, the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Times Leader, May 9, 2010
- ↑ Dominic C. DiGiulio, Richard T. Wilkin and Carlyle Miller, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming Draft report, December, 2011
- ↑ Susan Phillips, State Impact/EPA Blames Fracking for Wyoming Groundwater Contamination, National Public Radio, December 8, 2011
- ↑ TMCnet.com Preliminary hearing for oil giant EnCana on environmental charge set for April, published article, September 19, 2009
- ↑ National Jewish Health Encana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc. gives $25,000 to Environmental Lung Center at National Jewish Health to improve lung health, Press release, May 25, 2010
- ↑ [American Legislative Exchange Council, 2011 Conference Sponsors, conference brochure on file with CMD, August 11, 2011]
- ↑ Directors, EnCana Corporation, accessed November 2, 2008.
