Shell Klappan Coalbed Methane Project

Synopsis

In 2004, Royal Dutch Shell acquired natural gas rights in the Klappan Coalfield. The coalbed methane potential in the coalfield is the third largest in British Columbia, estimated at 8.1 tcf or 9% of the provincial total. In 2004 the company drilled three wells, but has drill none since because of protest and blockades by Tahltan families from Iskut, dissension in Tahltan governance, and at the end of 2008, because of a government-imposed moratorium which has been extended until 2012.

Category Energy

Type Coalbed Methane

Prov BC

Region Northwest

Posted 22Sep09

Updated 30Jan12

Status Proposed

Contacts

LOCAL
COMMUNITY

Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, Shannon McPhail, info(at)skeenawatershed.com, www.skeenawatershed.com, 250-842-2494

Friends of Wild Salmon, www.friendsofwildsalmon.ca, PO Box 2803, Smithers, BC, V0J 2N0

Klabona Keepers, www.sacredheadwaters.com, PO Box 95, Iskut BC, V0J 1K0

PROVINCIAL
REGIONAL

Dogwood Initiative, Eric Swanson, eric(at)dogwoodinitiative.org, www.dogwoodinitiative.org, 250-370-9990 ext 27

GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES

Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Blair Lekstrom, Minister, www.gov.bc.ca/empr, 250-387-5896

ABORIGINAL
GROUPS

Tahltan Central Council, Annita McPhee,  Chair, Cell: 778-229-1264, annitamcphee(at)gmail.com

PROPONENT

Royal Dutch Shell, Doug Ford, doug.ford(at)shell.com, Klappan Coalbed Methane Project, 888-262-1979

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