Boe: barrels of oil equivalent.

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers: The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) is the voice of the upstream oil and natural gas industry in Canada. CAPP represents 140 member companies who explore for, develop and produce more than 97% of Canada’s natural gas, crude oil, oil sands and elemental sulphur.

Corporate Governance: Those structures and policies applicable to a Company, whether self-determined or regulated that define the relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes shareholders, directors and management of a company as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy and the rule of law.

Dollar or $: All dollar amounts are in Canadian currency unless otherwise stated.

Environmental Audit: Systematic, documented verification process of objectively obtaining and evaluating audit evidence to determine whether specified environmental activities, events, conditions, management systems or information about these matters conform with audit criteria and communicating the results of this process to the client.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): Studies undertaken that superimpose a proposed projects’ elements on the existing environment to determine the positive and negative impacts of a project and mitigative measures that can be used to enhance the positive impacts and reduce or eliminate to acceptable levels the negative impacts.

Global Compact: An initiative by Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, to engage the private sector in helping address common issues of environmental protection, human rights and labour.

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI): The Global Reporting Initiative is a private initiative launched in 1997 by the Boston-based Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) and the United Nations Environment Program. In 2000, the GRI published voluntary Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. The GRI has worked in cooperation with the Global Compact since 2002.

Kyoto Protocol: The Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted in Kyoto on December 11, 1997. It contains quantified greenhouse gas emission limitation and reduction commitments, expressed in CO₂ equivalent, for signatory countries.

Lost-Time Injuries: Injuries that result in workers being unable to report to their next work shift.

Non-Government Organization (NGO): Groups with mutual interests and objectives that are non-profit and independent of government.

Production Carbon Intensity (PCI): A measure of the amount of CO₂, N₂0 and CH₄ (expressed as CO₂ equivalents) emitted per unit of production.

Production Energy Intensity (PEI): A measure of the amount of energy consumed per unit of production.

UKOOA: UK Offshore Operators Association.

Voluntary Challenge & Registry (VCR Inc.): VCR Inc. is a non-profit partnership between industry and governments across Canada, whose mission is to provide the means for promoting, assessing and recognizing the effectiveness of the voluntary approach in addressing climate change.

Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights: The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights are designed to provide practical guidance that will strengthen human rights safeguards in company security arrangements in the extractive sector. The short-term goal of the Principles is to encourage companies to better understand the environment where they operate, improve relations with local communities through dialogue and uphold the rule of law. Their long-term goal is to create a better environment for sustainable economic investment and human rights. The Voluntary Principles were developed by the U.S. Department of State, the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office, oil, mining and energy companies, together with human rights, labor and corporate responsibility groups. The Netherlands and Norway have joined the U.S. and UK in continuing the dialogue process.