July 31, 2015
Ottawa
Natural Resources Canada
The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, and the Honourable Michel Samson, Minister of Energy, Government of Nova Scotia, today announced that Mr. Roderick Keith MacLeod has been appointed as the new Chairperson for the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB). Mr. MacLeod was selected through an advertised competitive, joint-Government of Canada and Government of Nova Scotia process supported by the Privy Council Office. Mr. MacLeod will serve on a part-time basis for a term of six years effective August 17, 2015.
Mr. MacLeod is a professional engineer and senior executive who will bring to the CNSOPB more than 30 years of onshore and offshore oil and gas industry experience both in Canada and abroad. Most recently, he served for seven years as President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Sproule, a Calgary-based, globally recognized company that specializes in independent geoscience, reservoir engineering, and reserve assessment and valuation. Mr. MacLeod has lectured at the University of Calgary and worked on a number of projects related to the Sable Offshore Energy Project in Nova Scotia as well as a number of coalbed methane projects in the province.
The CNSOPB is the independent joint agency of the Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia responsible for the regulation of petroleum activities in the Canada-Nova Scotia offshore area. The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act requires that the Chairperson of the CNSOPB be appointed jointly by both governments.
Greg Rickford
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources
Michel Samson
Minister of Energy, Government of Nova Scotia
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