Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
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| Advocacy group | |
| Industry | Petroleum Industry |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Website | www.capp.ca |
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), with its head office in Calgary, Alberta, is an influential lobby group that represents the upstream Canadian oil and natural gas industry. CAPP's members produce "90% of Canada’s natural gas and crude oil" and "are an important part of a national industry with revenues of about $100 billion-a-year (CAPP 2011)."
CAPP origins can be traced back to the Alberta Oil Operators’ Association, which was founded in 1927, after the discovery of the Turner Valley Oil Field. In 1947, the Alberta Petroleum Association changed its name to the Western Canadian Petroleum Association, and In 1952, the Western Canada Petroleum Association amalgamated with the Saskatchewan Operators’ Association and adopted the name Canadian Petroleum Association.
At a meeting on December 9, 1952, the CPA drafted a new constitution which outlined the objectives of the organization as follows:
On June 10, 1958 the CPA opened an office in Ottawa and became "one (of) the oldest, largest and most influential lobby groups in Canada." It provided the federal government with information pertaining to the oil industry while keeping the CPA informed about political trends, government regulations and statistics. By 1965 the CPA had a membership of more than 200 members representing roughly 97 percent of all oil and gas production in Canada. In 1981, two years after the first commercial discovery at Hibernia off the coast of Newfoundland, the CPA opened an office in St. John’s in cooperation with the Eastcoast Petroleum Operators’ Association.
In 1992, when the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) was formed, with the CPA amalgamation with the Independent Petroleum Association of Canada (IPAC) to form the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Gerry Protti was named as founding president.
Canada's estimated total oil reserves including conventional oil were approximately 180 billion barrels (29 km³), behind only Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Canada produces approximately 2.7 million barrels (430,000 m³) of crude oil a day, and 6.4 trillion cubic feet (180 km³) of natural gas per year. In 2013, an IPSOS poll showed a majority (75%) of Canadians prioritize local crude before using imported oil from foreign sources, while just over one in ten (14%) ‘disagree’ (4% strongly/11% somewhat) and 11% have no opinion.
CAPP has advocated for the industry as GHG emissions rose 14% in 2009 and 2010, by its own admission. [1]. However, GHG emissions per barrel of oil sands crude produced have dropped by 26% since 1990 as a result of new operating practices and technology.
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