OTTAWA, Canada – The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, and Dr. Ernest Moniz, United States Secretary of Energy, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) launching an agreement on enhanced energy collaboration between Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The signing today continues a long and productive history of Canada–United States collaboration on a wide range of energy issues and shared interests in greater energy security, environmental responsibility and sustainability.
Under the MOU, Canada and the United States plan to cooperate on initiatives, including: sharing of knowledge, technical information and research plans to improve environmental practices in conventional and unconventional oil and gas development; enhancing the reliability and security of the North American energy infrastructure; supporting the advancement of an efficient and clean electric grid; enhancing coordination on energy efficiency standards; facilitating increased use of natural gas in the transportation sector; collaborating to reduce the cost of carbon capture and storage (CCS); and engaging in regional and multilateral dialogues on energy and environmental issues to advance shared priorities.
The official signing today followed a meeting between Minister Rickford and Secretary Moniz to discuss the MOU and the future of continued NRCan–DOE collaboration.
Minister Rickford and Secretary Moniz also discussed collaboration on G-7 efforts to create a broad, collective energy security framework to address global challenges. The discussions included new measures aligned with G-7 priorities in support of Ukraine: Canada–U.S. support for the Ukrainian government’s efforts in energy contingency planning; outreach activities on oil and gas regulatory frameworks; and a plan to share expertise in energy efficiency techniques and technologies.
In addition, a joint mission of Canadian and U.S. geological services to Kyiv took place earlier this month to evaluate Ukraine’s accessibility to and quality of oil and gas geological data.
Chris McCluskey
Director of Communications
Office of Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources
Christopher.McCluskey@nrcan.gc.ca
613-996-2007
Brendan Daly
Communications Director
Office of Public Affairs of U.S. Department of Energy
202-586-4940
Media Relations
Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa
613-992-4447
