PETRONAS Canada

Our Compass

Statement of Purpose

To be a progressive energy and solutions partner enriching lives for a sustainable future.

Shared values

We chart our course in Canada based on the PETRONAS global Statement of Purpose and Shared Values.

With one of the largest natural gas resources in the North Montney, northeast British Columbia, we are well-positioned to provide global markets relying on emission-intensive hydrocarbons, such as coal, with cleaner, responsibly developed Canadian energy. With the energy transition that’s underway, there is significant opportunity in front of us for Canada to be a leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in countries around the world, while we also reduce emissions here at home. We want to be at the forefront of that.

We are committed to:

Ensuring people go home safely
Performing with excellence
Being a trusted employer and partner
Respecting the environment

Operations

We are a company that pursues excellence, values innovation and is ever-diligent about the safety of our people. Everyone who works on our sites is responsible for both their own safety, and the safety of those around them. And everyone who works for our company is expected to uphold the respect we have for the environment.

Our operating base is within the North Montney basin in northeast British Columbia. With a dominant land position in that resource-rich area, we are one of the largest natural gas resource owners in Canada. Together with our joint venture partners, we own approximately 900,000 gross acres of mineral rights with more than 60 trillion cubic feet of reserves and contingent resources.

As the operator of two joint ventures in the North Montney, we are focused on developing the resource safely and responsibly.

The North Montney Joint Venture was created with Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX), Brunei National Petroleum Company Sendirian Berhad (PetroleumBRUNEI), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IndianOil) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp). It has approximately 800,000 gross acres of largely contiguous mineral rights in the Montney and over 15,000 identified drilling locations.
The PETRONAS-Sasol Montney Partnership was created with Sasol Canada Exploration. It has over 100,000 gross acres of mineral rights in the Montney near Farrell Creek and Cypress.

LNG

The company’s latest LNG acquisition is a 25% interest in LNG Canada, which is located near Kitimat, British Columbia.
Construction has started on the project, which will include the design, construction and operation of a gas liquefaction plant and facilities for the storage and export of LNG, including marine facilities. The plant will initially consist of two LNG processing units, referred to as trains, with an option to expand the project in the future to four trains. The plant is expected to be completed in 2023. Once it’s operational, we will be supplying the plant with 500 million cubic feet of gas a day.

Joint venture partnership and ownership interest

PETRONAS - 25%

Shell Canada Energy - 40%

Mitsubishi Corporation - 15%

PetroChina - 15%

Korea Gas Corporation - 5%

PETRONAS is one of the largest LNG operators in the world.

We believe natural gas will play a vital role in the planet’s transition to a low carbon economy and that Canada can and should take a leadership position in reducing emissions globally.

Cleaner-burning natural gas derived from LNG can help to lower global greenhouse gas emissions when used to displace higher-emitting coal-fired electricity generation in China, India and Southeast Asia.

By 2040, about 1,500 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) emissions could be eliminated every year if new power plants in China, India and Southeast Asia are fuelled by natural gas instead of coal.

That doesn’t mean we stop working hard to lower the carbon footprint from producing natural gas.

LNG Canada created this video as part of the celebrations held following the positive final investment decision on October 1, 2018. 3:00 minutes

PETRONAS is the first company in the world to create a floating LNG facility, which was completed in 2016. 4:20 minutes

Stories

Our response to COVID-19

At PETRONAS Canada, the health and safety of our employees and contractors and the local and First Nations communities where we operate are our top priority. We are monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely and are taking proactive measures that align with the direction from provincial and federal governments and health authorities, and are aimed at limiting the spread of the virus.

SUMMER UPDATE

We are now finalizing our return to office plan. Taking a phased and measured approach, we are working toward reopening our Calgary and Fort St. John offices in September at reduced staffing levels. We will manage this first phase carefully and only increase the number of staff at our offices over the following months if it appears prudent to do so.

The following measures to reduce the potential for COVID-19 exposure will remain in place at all worksites, as applicable:

Mandatory health screening for all staff before each shift, including temperature checks at some locations
Physical distancing protocols and the use of non-surgical masks in situations where physical distancing protocols cannot be followed
Increased cleaning and disinfecting protocols

The well-being of our staff and their families, and the communities where we live and work, remains our highest priority. In that regard, our return to office plan is being structured around a variety of factors including physical safety protocols and mental health considerations and is subject to change.

Past Updates

April 2020

At this time we are continuing with our 2020 capital activity, however, we are doing so with an abundance of caution across each operation.

MEASURES WE HAVE TAKEN ACROSS OUR COMPANY

Activated our crisis management, pandemic response and business continuity plans.
- The teams formed under these plans meet regularly to assess workplace conditions alongside the latest information and guidance from authorities, and adjust our operating protocols as required to manage worker safety and business continuity
Directed all PETRONAS employees and contractors to follow social distancing recommendations and conduct meetings as much as possible over the phone rather than in person
Directed our office staff in both Calgary and Fort St. John to work from home; both offices closed on March 23 until further notice
Banned business travel, except for business-critical purposes within Canada
Continued reinforcement of the federal and provincial governments’ directives to stay at home as much as possible
Provided our staff with the time they need to adjust to school and daycare closures

MEASURES AT OUR CAMPS AND FIELD LOCATIONS IN B.C.

Suspended all non-critical work at our field locations
Increased the use of charter flights and passenger vehicles to further minimize exposure to others
Established camp response guidelines and procedures for employees and third-party contractors to protect our staff and the community. Aligned with the B.C. Ministry of Health Guidelines for Industrial Camps, these minimum standards focus on prevention, response and assurance:
- Strict procedures to minimize contact with others including transport to and from the home towns of our staff
- Increased cleaning and disinfecting measures
- Mandatory health screening for all workers before each shift
- Providing onsite medics at each camp, who evaluate health screening questionnaires and perform temperature checks prior to camp check-in among other duties. Medics will also provide support for case management if required.
- Use of the HealthLinkBC self-assessment tool if symptoms are present to determine if further testing, self-isolation (at camp or at home) under the HealthLinkBC self-isolation guidelines, or emergency transportation to a hospital by air ambulance is required
Redeployed staff and added additional resources to ensure these guidelines and procedures are followed by every camp we are using, and to assess whether the multiple distancing, cleaning and health assessment measures in place meet the intent of the requirements
Requirement of contractors and vendors to assess the health of their staff and have a plan to immediately isolate workers from others, including the community, if they have symptoms

March 2020

While we are continuing to responsibly develop our resource, we are using an abundance of caution across our operations.

We have:

Dedicated Pandemic Response and Crisis Management teams in place
Directed our office staff in both Calgary and Fort St John to work from home, and will be closing both offices on March 23 until further notice.
Decided to postpone operations activities that bring groups together, which has delayed the drilling of one of our wells
Provided employees additional flex days to make any personal arrangements, such as childcare, and encouraged employees to use the mental health tools within our employee and family assistance program during this uncertain time
Restricted business travel to within Canada and for business critical purposes only

Other preventive measures include:

Increased cleaning and sanitation measures at our camps – Altares, Caribou and Camp 132
Instituting a mandatory health screening questionnaire for all field-based staff staying at the three camps, which must be completed before each shift and have secured medics to be on-site at the camps at all times
Reinforcing the Prime Minister’s directive to stay at home as much as possible

Our continued commitment to the community during crisis

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, charitable organizations have been deeply impacted.

This year, given the immediate, rising community needs, we donated $50,000, each, to the United Way of Northern BC and to the United Way of Calgary and Area to support their COVID-19 relief and response activities.

To support critical, life-saving work, we donated $20,000 to the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation and also provided the funds needed to professionally outfit nurses with personal protective equipment, such as masks and face shields, through Brogan Safety Supply, a local company.

In addition to medical concerns, many in the community are finding it difficult to put food on the table. As a result, we looked for ways to enable communities to focus on staying home and staying healthy. To the Calgary Food Bank, we provided $10,000 for items they feel are most needed. To the Silver Willows Court seniors’ residence in Hudson Hope, we provided funds to build a planter where residents can get outdoors and grow vegetables. To Abbeyfield seniors’ residence in Fort St. John we provided funds to buy meat from a local butcher. To Fort St. John’s Better at Home program, we covered the cost of 400 hot meals for seniors prepared by a local catering company.

As the COVID-19 situation evolves, we will continue to work with our community partners – which includes consulting with the First Nations communities closest to our operations – to identify what meaningful support they may need to lessen the negative effects of this pandemic.

Eliminating 99 percent of well pad methane emissions

With the British Columbia hydro power grid more than 100 kilometres from where we explore for and produce natural gas, generating the electricity we need, day and night, at our well pads across northeastern B.C. and minimizing emissions can be a challenge.

We’re always exploring ways to adapt our existing practices to lessen our impact on air, land, water and wildlife. Over the past decade, we’ve made substantial strides to reduce the carbon footprint at our well pads – the most significant of which has been integrating the use of solar panels to offset some of our power needs.

While we’ve had great success harnessing energy from the sun, we haven’t been able to generate enough electricity from solar panels alone to run all of our equipment at isolated and remote locations. For these sites, the best option to drive pneumatic instruments and pumps was to use natural gas we produce on-site.

Although pressurized natural gas has enabled safe and reliable operation of pneumatic devices at remote well sites for decades, the natural gas used by the pneumatic system is primarily methane and is vented to the atmosphere. Pneumatic venting is responsible for almost 50 percent of our methane emissions and seven percent of our overall greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint (on a CO₂ equivalent basis).

In our quest to achieve meaningful reductions in GHG emissions we accelerated the development of technology that eliminates pneumatic venting. Our engineering team worked closely with a Canadian technology company to install and test a 20-kilowatt power generation and air compression system at remote well sites.

The system is beneficial in two ways: first, it prioritizes solar power over natural gas generators to compress instrument air (in place of methane) to drive pneumatic devices; and second, when there are periods of insufficient solar energy, our natural gas generator takes over to ensure an uninterrupted power for the entire well site. Now, emissions only occur for short durations during the winter when the generator needs to supplement the power at site.

With testing complete, we are incorporating this new power system into all of our new well pad designs. By doing so, we expect to prevent approximately 1,600 tonnes of CO₂e per pad per year, which represents 99 percent of all GHG emissions from our traditional well pad, from entering the atmosphere – that’s roughly equal to the emissions produced by 350 gasoline-powered cars.

This new system allows us to tackle our largest methane emissions source and achieve meaningful GHG emission reductions. Over the next few years, we will investigate opportunities to retrofit existing well pads with this new power system as a way to further reduce our GHG footprint.

We believe that we can accelerate finding solutions to the environmental challenges we face as an industry when we commit to working together, which is why we are sharing learnings like this with other producers in forums such as the Natural Gas Innovation Fund.

Generating our own power with a focus on lowering emissions

Operating a natural gas processing plant requires a considerable amount of power – much more power than we’ve been able to harness from the sun using solar panels or fuel cell technology.

As part of our commitment to responsible development, the bright minds of our scientific and mechanical staff designed a solution that not only meets the power needs of our phased growth in the Town Area, but also uses technology that reduces the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from our typical plant design.

An easy solution would have been to connect to the British Columbia power grid since the vast majority of the province’s power is created using hydroelectric generation but, given that it’s more than 100 kilometres away from our operations, that’s not possible at this time. The option that made the most sense economically and helps us achieve the lowest carbon footprint, was to build a co-generation plant, on site.

A co-generation power plant produces electricity using natural gas turbines, while simultaneously capturing and repurposing the waste heat from the turbine’s exhaust. The exhaust heat recovery modules redirect the residual heat to the heating needs of the facility without the need to install additional natural gas-fired boiler equipment. The net effect is that we burn less natural gas then we typically would to create the same amount of energy.

We anticipate this new design, with a total of three turbines, will generate between 33 and 38 megawatts when it’s fully operational (enough power for 3,800 homes) and represents an emissions reduction of approximately 30 percent over our typical plant design.

Thank you to critical roles during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 BC Winter Games

From February 20-23, more than 1,000 athletes, 1,800 volunteers, numerous local businesses, and local First Nation representatives came together to participate in the BC Winter Games – hosted for the first time in 35 years in Fort St. John.

PETRONAS salutes everyone involved in this tremendous show of skill and sportsmanship.

Photo of Randy Sather, Manager Operations Base Business handing out medals at the Rhythmic Gymnastics competition. PETRONAS had two Operations managers, Randy Sather, Manager Operations Base Business and Jon Jung, Manager Integrated Operations handing out medals at the ceremonies.

PETRONAS Canada and the Winter Games organizers have jointly made it possible for Olympic bobsleigh athlete Alysia Rissling to attend. Alysia was on hand to meet, encourage, and inspire the 1,000 plus athletes performing in the games. Folks in FSJ may know Alysia from the great work she has done and continues to do as part of the Classroom Champions program.

Celebrating another First Nation road grader agreement

Extreme cold, heavy rainfall and heavy equipment take a real toll on the vast network of roads that lead to our facilities in northeast British Columbia. Keeping these unpaved roads free of axel-breaking potholes and snow is a year-round activity.

As part of an ongoing effort to support local First Nation businesses, PETRONAS has signed road maintenance agreements with two First Nation businesses, with the second one happening in late 2019 with Tall Ten Resources Ltd. By providing road maintenance work guarantees, these companies are able to borrow the capital needed to buy a grader.

The idea for this kind of agreement came from our Road Maintenance team. It creates steady, year-round work that’s critical to the safety of our operators, who travel thousands of kilometres across our operations each year. Another advantage, is that this network of roads is divided into areas that create natural boundaries, which means we can more easily have multiple companies doing our road maintenance work.

October, 2019: Celebrating Tall Ten’s new grader, from left: Jennifer Roe from PETRONAS; Ron Apsassin, Jason Steiner, and Guy Sabourin from Tall Ten; and Liz Hannah, Nicole Deyell, Del James, Lloyd Hayden also from PETRONAS.

August, 2018: Celebrating Top Notch Oilfield Contracting Ltd.’s new grader, from left: PETRONAS' Jennifer Roe; owners of Top Notch, Boomer Desjarlais & Judy Desjarlais; and PETRONAS' Lloyd Hayden. Top Notch’s experience working with us has paved the way for them to successfully pick up additional road maintenance work with other companies in the area.

Helping sustain strong, vibrant communities with Classroom Champions

Nothing quite beats the feeling of seeing young people connect with and learn valuable life lessons from their idols.

In 2018 we began a five-year commitment to provide mentorship opportunities to almost 500 students in Fort St. John and the surrounding area when we partnered with Classroom Champions, an international organization that connects world-class athletes with classrooms of students eager to learn through interactive activities led by inspiring role models. The athlete mentors inspire students in various grades and schools through monthly video lessons, live video chats and in-class visits, and help build skills in perseverance, effective goal setting, and positive leadership and in embracing diversity. We have grown our participation over the past two years from five classes to 15 in Fort St. John and an additional two classes in Hudson’s Hope.

Building on the success of the Classroom Champions program, we are thrilled to sponsor an entire school in Fort St. John and start our support of the program in Hudson’s Hope in the 2019-2020 school year. We are especially pleased to continue our association with athlete mentors Alysia Rissling and Mirela Rahneva.

2018-2019 school year: Olympic skeleton athlete Mirela Rahneva, or Mimi, as she’s known to the students in Grades 2 through 6, participated in the Classroom Champions program in Fort St. John. She immigrated to Canada from Bulgaria at age 10 and played sports as a means of making friends and learning English. Mimi earned a bronze medal at the Lake Placid World Cup, a gold medal at the St. Moritz World Cup, and represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

2017-2018 school year: Olympic bobsleigh athlete and World Cup bronze medalist Alysia Rissling makes a strong impression with students participating in the Classroom Champions program in Fort St. John. Alysia represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, worked with students in Grades 2, 3, 5 and 6.

Connecting with our communities

Contributing to the communities where we live and work is an important part of giving back at PETRONAS Canada. Our staff members have a strong volunteer spirit, getting involved in a variety of ways from delivering hampers to First Nation elders, to serving supper to seniors in Fort St. John, picking up garbage, judging science fair submissions, and even planting vegetables

264
HOURS

The time that our 35 staff members who work in and around our Fort St. John office spent volunteering on behalf of PETRONAS in 2019 in the local and First Nation communities where we operate.

4,500
POUNDS

The amount of food collected by staff for the Veterans’ Food Bank in Calgary in 2019.

200
BAGS

The total number of bags of garbage picked up from the roadside clean up in Fort St. John and the river clean up in Calgary

Providing a helping hand

Melanie Vogel and her canine companion, Malo, on their trek across Canada.

Photo courtesy of Melanie Vogel

When some of our operators spotted Melanie Vogel’s temporary camp near one of our work sites in early December, they stopped by to check on her to ensure she was okay given the plummeting temperatures.

The avid hiker from Germany took up their offer of food and shelter at one of our nearby camps. While Melanie and her dog, Malo, rested up and waited out the worst of the weather, our staff repaired a wheel on Melanie’s wagon, provided her with glove warmers and a tire patch kit for her wagon in case of further tire trouble, and new dog boots for Malo.

You may have heard of Melanie and Malo – they’ve been walking across Canada along the Great Trail (formerly known as the Trans Canada Trail) since June of 2017. We wish them both all the very best in their trek as well as successful arrivals in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories and Victoria, BC, which mark the destination points of her ocean to ocean to ocean adventure that began in Cape Speare, Newfoundland. The Great Trail runs about 24,000 kilometres across Canada’s 13 provinces and territories.

Bringing world-class speakers to Calgary: Third annual PETRONAS International Energy Speaker Series a huge success

Since 2017, we have partnered with the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary to host the annual PETRONAS International Energy Speaker Series, where world-renowned energy experts are invited to discuss key issues facing the global energy landscape. “This partnership is a great fit for us,” says Mark Fitzgerald, CEO of PETRONAS Canada. “We’re a company that values diversity of thought and believes it makes a business stronger. We’re thrilled at the caliber of speakers we’ve been able to attract. They truly are world class.”

Hosted as a luncheon, the event attracts approximately 600 business leaders from the Calgary community and includes MBA students from the Haskayne School of Business.

NOVEMBER 26, 2019: MARIA VAN DER HOEVEN

Retired Dutch politician and former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Maria van der Hoeven, spoke to a sell-out crowd. She has repeatedly emphasized the close link between climate and energy policy and has initiated discussions between policy makers and industry representatives on the impact of climate change on energy security. Maria gave a thought-provoking presentation on the current state of global natural gas markets and the future of Canada’s LNG on the world stage.

NOVEMBER 6, 2018: HARRY TCHILINGUIRIAN

Harry Tchilinguirian, Global Head of Commodity Markets Strategy and Senior Oil Market Strategist at BNP Paribas, one of the world’s largest banks, spoke as a recognized authority on the state of oil and energy commodity markets and a frequent commentator on Bloomberg and CNBC. Harry provided his assessment of geopolitical climates and international markets, where they are now and where they’re headed.

OCTOBER 5, 2017: ERNEST MONIZ

The first year of the series featured inaugural speaker Ernest Moniz, former U.S. President Barack Obama’s Secretary of Energy. Ernest provided a provocative and thoughtful look at energy security, climate change and the need for innovation in the energy industry.

Acknowledging Past President Mike Culbert’s Distinguished Business Leader Award

In the fall of 2019, Mike Culbert received the Distinguished Business Leader Award from the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce for his 35 years of ethical leadership. The award recognizes individuals for their outstanding personal and professional achievements, commitment to the community and business acumen.

For us, Mike’s most notable accomplishment in his long and distinguished career is his role as one of three founding partners of Progress Energy, our predecessor company, and his long-term leadership from 2004 to 2016 as President & CEO of our company. Afterward he served as Vice Chairman of the Board until March 31, 2020. Congratulations, Mike!

More information on Mike’s career and personal story can be found here.

History

Our company has transformed from a junior exploration company in 2001 to being one of the largest natural gas resource owners in Canada. We stand proudly under the PETRONAS global umbrella as PETRONAS Canada.

Progress Energy created; operates under the PRQ ticker symbol.

2001

Amasses strong contiguous land position in northeast British Columbia; assets acquired from Calpine Corporation, Cequel Energy, BG and Suncor Energy.

2002-2010

Establishes a 50/50 agreement with PETRONAS to form the North Montney Joint Venture as well as an LNG Export Joint Venture later known as Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNW LNG).

2011

Progress purchased outright by PETRONAS.

2012

Reaches appraisal goal of 15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves – enough to supply two billion cubic feet per day to PNW LNG for 25 years. PNW LNG makes a final investment decision conditional to:

Approval of the Project Development Agreement by the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (subsequently granted in July 2015)
A positive regulatory decision on the company’s environmental assessment by the government of Canada (subsequent decision in Sept. 2016 has 190 conditions)

2015

PETRONAS announces that PNW LNG will not proceed as previously planned following a careful and total review of the project amid changes in market conditions.

2017

Secures significant transportation commitments to obtain egress from northeast British Columbia:

700 Mcf of capacity on Nova Gas Transmission Ltd.’s North Montney Mainline Extension, getting the company into the largest gas market and transportation systems in North America, starting in 2019
475 Mcf per day of firm transportation delivery service at Empress for approximately 25 years starting in 2020, providing access to Eastern Canada, and the Midwest and Northeast U.S. markets

Determines total reserves and contingent resources to be more than 60 trillion cubic feet in the North Montney.

Acquires 25% interest in LNG Canada, located near Kitimat, British Columbia. The plant, initially consisting of two trains, is expected to be operational in 2023.

Progress Energy becomes PETRONAS Energy Canada Ltd. on November 22.

2018

Board

PETRONAS Canada thanks Michael Culbert for his time as Vice Chairman of our Board of Directors. Read more about Mike's distinguished career in our stories.

Adif Zulkifli, Chair

Adif Zulkifli is the Executive Vice President & CEO of PETRONAS’ Upstream Business. Leading up to his appointment, he was the Executive Vice President & CEO of the Gas & New Energy Business, where he was responsible for the company’s Midstream Gas Assets, LNG Marketing and New Energy.

Having joined PETRONAS in 1993 as a reservoir engineer, Adif has worked in various areas in the company including reservoir engineering, strategic planning, business development and petroleum economics. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

He has also previously held the role as the Senior Vice President of Development & Production, Upstream Business overseeing Upstream development projects and operations worldwide. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, responsible for shaping and steering PETRONAS’ long term strategic direction, including leading Mergers & Acquisitions, change management and strategic industry research.

Don F. Archibald

Don is an Independent businessman and President of Cypress Energy Corp., a private investment company. Previously, Mr. Archibald held a variety of senior roles with Cyries Energy Ltd., including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and was the President and Chief Executive Officer of both Cequel Energy Ltd. and Cypress Energy Inc. Mr. Archibald has extensive knowledge and experience as a leader in the public oil and gas industry and financial services. Mr. Archibald also serves on the Board of Directors of Panorama Mountain Resort, Serafina Energy Ltd., Spartan Delta Energy Corp., Palisade Capital Corp., Willow Biosciences, WinSport and Palisade Capital Corp. Mr. Archibald holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Commerce degree (with distinction) from the University of Alberta.

Mark Fitzgerald

Mark was appointed President and CEO in November 2016. Previously, he held the role of Senior Vice President, Production & Development. He has more than 29 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, and has held senior executive roles in production, development, operations, strategy and corporate development. His background includes time with large, integrated producers across North America as well as the junior oil and gas sector in western Canada. Mark is the outgoing Chairman of the Board of Governors at the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) and is on the Board of Directors at the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS). He is also a founding Board member for Classroom Champions, and previously sat on the Board for the Edge School Foundation, a unique learning community where students can pursue academic excellence while striving to reach their full athletic potential.

Tn Hj Zakaria Kasah

Tn Hj Zakaria Kasah is the Vice President of LNG Assets, Gas & New Energy Business at PETRONAS. With over 30 years of experience with the company, Zakaria Kasah has held many senior leadership positions, including VP of Group Project Delivery, VP of Technology & Engineering and VP/CEO of Malaysia LNG. He is currently the chairman of various boards in several of PETRONAS’ subsidiaries, such as Dubai, Australia and Egypt, among others, and is a recognized leader in HSE management. In addition to his expertise in the area of LNG, Zakaria Kasah has served as a board member for the Student Development Advisory Council for University Technology PETRONAS. He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from George Washington University and has completed the Leadership Management program at Henley Business School in the UK.

Chris Seasons

Chris is currently Vice-Chairman and Director for ARC Financial Corp. where he provides support for the investment team in the areas of strategy and risk management, as well as investment decision-making. He has over 30 years of operating experience in the Canadian upstream oil and gas industry. Mr. Seasons retired from Devon Canada Corp. in June of 2014 where he served as President for over ten years. Previously, he held a variety of operational and management roles with Shell Canada Ltd. and Stampeder Exploration. Mr. Seasons also serves on the Board of Directors of Longshore Resources Ltd., ARC Financial Corp., Serafina Energy Ltd., Boulder Energy, Matrix Solutions Inc., Steelhead Petroleum and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation and was previously the Chairman of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and director of the United Way of Calgary and Area. Mr. Seasons has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Queen’s University and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.

Mohd Jukris Bin Abdul Wahab

Mohd Jukris Abdul Wahab is Vice President, International Assets of Upstream at PETRONAS and sits on several Boards of PETRONAS subsidiaries. He joined the company in 1990 as a Reservoir Engineer and was involved in the development of several offshore oil and gas fields in Malaysia. He has held various senior technical, operational and leadership positions internationally, including Senior Manager of Strategic Planning for PETRONAS’ Petroleum Management Unit (PMU), Executive Assistant to the President and Chairman of PETRONAS Sudan. Most recently, he served as Vice President, Malaysia Assets of Upstream. En Jukris holds a BSc in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University.

Norliwati Binti Abdul Wahab

Norliwati Binti Abdul Wahab is the Senior General Manager, Finance & Risk Division, Upstream Business and, in addition to her role as a director for PETRONAS Energy Canada Limited, she is currently serving on the boards of PETRONAS (E&P) Overseas Ventures Sdn Bhd, Vestigo Petroleum Sdn Bhd, PETRONAS Carigali Iraq Holding BV and PETRONAS Carigali International E&P BV (Netherlands). Norliwati joined PETRONAS in 2004 and held several progressive roles including Head of Finance at PETRONAS Vietnam Company Limited before joining PETRONAS Exploration & Production Division and PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, where she played key roles in overseeing the financial reporting for Upstream Business. Prior to her role as Chief Finance Officer for PETRONAS Dagangan Bhd, Norliwati was Head, Strategic Planning before moving to PETCO Trading Labuan Co. Ltd as Head, Finance. Norliwati graduated with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London, UK. She is also a certified Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountant in England and Wales, UK.

Management Team

Mark Fitzgerald, P.Eng., MBA President & CEO

Kevin Georget, CA Chief Financial Officer

Kevin joined PETRONAS Canada in 2002. Under his leadership as CFO, Kevin strengthens the alignment between our planning, budgeting, financial modeling and reporting functions. He is also accountable for ensuring the current and long-term financial health of the organization. Prior to his current role, Kevin was Vice President, Finance responsible for PETRONAS Canada’s financial reporting and compliance, financial risk management and treasury functions. In his career before joining the company, Kevin was Senior Manager – Audit at KPMG LLP. Kevin has more than 20 years of experience in both the Canadian oil and gas industry and public practice.

James Cummings Vice President, Legal and General Counsel

James joined PETRONAS Canada in June 2013. He leads the company’s legal, regulatory, environmental and land departments. In this role, he advises PETRONAS Canada and PETRONAS on a wide variety of corporate, commercial and regulatory matters affecting the company’s operations. Under his leadership, James and his team help the company address the environment, social and governance expectations of our stakeholders. Prior to joining PETRONAS Canada, James worked at Nexen Inc. in progressively senior legal roles in its International and Corporate divisions, and prior to that with a state-owned energy company in the Middle East and a large Canadian law firm. James has over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.

Nicole Deyell, P.Eng. Vice President, Development

Nicole joined PETRONAS Canada in September 2017. She leads the exploitation engineering, geoscience, drilling and completions, and mineral land teams. Nicole is accountable for all capital investment activities across the organization, driving improved efficiencies through collaboration and coordination. She is a professional engineer who has held numerous technical and leadership roles in her more than 20 years with BP where, as VP Reservoir Development Regions, she had accountability for the subsurface work across Canada, Egypt, Algeria, Oman, Indonesia and Australia.

Joanne Klein Vice President, Corporate Services

Joanne joined PETRONAS Canada in September 2019. She is accountable for delivering high quality, value added and supportive services across all functions, ensuring the company continues to transition to an efficient, highly effective organization. Under her leadership, Joanne heads up the Human Resources, Office Services, Supply Chain and Information Communication Technology functions. In addition, she leads the Indigenous Relations, External Affairs, Government Affairs, Stakeholder and Communication teams.

Joanne previously worked at Goldcorp, where she served as Vice President, Supply Chain, and was responsible for supplier management, process development and supplier risks and procurement. She brings over 20 years of experience in Human Resources with a specialty in compensation and has held progressively senior positions at various global organizations in Canada, the US and Europe in a variety of different industries.

Joe Leonard Vice President, Production

Joe Leonard was appointed Vice President, Production in July 2019. In his role, he leads the production engineering, operations and facilities teams. Previous to his current appointment he was CEO of PETRONAS Australia where he oversaw the company’s interest in the Gladstone LNG project. Joe has been with the company for over 10 years and, prior to his overseas assignment, served as Director of Development. He is a professional engineer with over 19 years of experience and is a demonstrated leader in the exploration, development and production of unconventional natural gas resources.

Azmir Zamri Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development

Azmir joined PETRONAS Canada in March 2020 bringing with him a vast skillset acquired during his 23 years at PETRONAS, including several postings within their worldwide group of companies – expertly leading up operations in Brunei and Ethiopia.

Prior to his move to Canada, Azmir led many functions for PETRONAS from their global headquarters in Malaysia, including three years performing business portfolio analysis within the President’s Office.

The knowledge and experience Azmir acquired from his many career successes in business development, commercial ventures and technical analysis within PETRONAS’ oil and natural gas business make him uniquely qualified to lead the strategy and corporate development portfolio at PETRONAS Canada.

Azmir joined PETRONAS after obtaining a Bachelor of Science (honours) degree in Geology and Applied Geology from the University of Glasgow. During his career, he supplemented his leadership experience by completing two internal bespoke mini-MBA programs in collaboration with Melbourne University and Duke University.

Governance

We take pride in the fact that Canada has a world-class regulatory framework in place for the extraction and transportation of all our country’s resources, and are committed to meeting or exceeding all applicable regulations across our operations.

Internally, we have a Code of Business Conduct & Ethics, which all staff commit to and must adhere to. We also have a whistleblower policy – an important mechanism to ensure we uphold the highest standards of integrity within our company.

Ethics Help Line

If you have a concern about the conduct of our company, or about the conduct of any of our staff, we want to know, so we can address and resolve those concerns as quickly as possible. You can be assured that all concerns raised through our Ethics Help Line are taken seriously.

Please contact us:

By Email:

Integrity@petronascanada.com

By letter:

PETRONAS Canada
1600, 215 Second St. SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 1M4
Attention: General Counsel

Through an external party:

EthicsPoint online: www.ethicspoint.com
EthicsPoint toll-free: 1-855-696-4386

Payments to governments

We report taxes, royalties and other fees paid to governments in line with the Government of Canada’s Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA) – an act that contributes to global efforts against corruption.

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Supplier & Contractor Management

Thank you for your interest in becoming a supplier or contractor (vendor) of goods and/or services for PETRONAS Canada. At the core of our vendor engagement strategy is an assessment of how a new vendor will:

Share our commitment to safe operations.
Deliver cost-effective and innovative solutions with excellent service.
Provide the greatest degree of economic benefit and employment as possible to those within the communities where we operate, which is factored into vendor selection and competitive tender evaluation criteria.
- Provide economic and employment opportunities to the local area First Nations within whose traditional territories we operate.
- Engage with locally owned and operated businesses that employ local area residents.

As such, we encourage new vendors to not only provide details about their product or service offering, but also illustrate how the new vendor will advance our objectives including how local economic benefit and employment will be measured over time.

How to become a vendor

Email our Supply Chain Management group at VendorInquiries@petronascanada.com . While this inbox is continuously monitored, we will contact select vendors as needed.
Regretfully due to the volume of requests, we cannot accept telephone and personal inquiries.
Following periodic internal needs assessments against the capabilities of potential new vendors, new vendors may be invited to join the PETRONAS Canada approved vendor list and directed to complete a two-stage vendor onboarding process.

Requirements for approved vendors

PETRONAS Canada requires that all agreements for the provision of goods and/or services be in writing and documented in a contract. In addition, we require all vendors to be familiar with and conduct themselves in a manner that meets or exceeds our applicable policies and procedures:

Note all vendors must monitor this list for periodic updates or amendments to policies and procedures.

PETRONAS Canada evaluates and monitors vendors who will work at any worksite through ISNetworld (ISN). These vendors must:

Sign up for an ISN account at www.isnetworld.com
Customerservice@isnetworld.com | 1-800-976-1303
‘Connect’ with PETRONAS Canada via your ISN account. Note the ability to successfully ‘Connect’ with PETRONAS Canada is contingent on our invitation to become an approved vendor.
Provide proof of a Certificate of Recognition (CoR) and upload the individual scores for each element listed below within ISN. Failure to hold a CoR or achieve a minimum of 80% in any of these elements will disqualify vendors from working with us.
- Management involvement and commitment
- Hazard identification and assessment
- Hazard control
- Training
- Incident investigation
- Communications
Maintain a passing grade of either “A” or “B” within ISN.

All vendors, whether at a worksite or not, must carry appropriate insurance covering the services being provided, including Workers Compensation Board coverage as required by provincial regulations.

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