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Carrière, Mathilde Dentons Canada LLP
(514) 878-5823 mathilde.carriere@dentons.com
Ms. Carrière leads the corporate law practice of Dentons' Montréal office and
is one of the leaders of the office's infrastructure/PPP group and national
Construction group. She has developed unique expertise in the area of
procurement, construction and infrastructure in the energy, manufacturing
and transportation sectors, and has dealt extensively with M&A and venture
capital investments.
Bursey, David W.
Bennett Jones LLP
(604) 891-5128 burseyd@bennettjones.com
Mr. Bursey's regulatory practice focuses on natural resource and infrastruc-
ture development, environmental assessment, water resource management
and Aboriginal law. He also advises clients on the economic regulation of
public utilities and energy delivery systems. He advises natural resource
industry clients, public utilities, First Nations and government agencies.
Burns, Stephen D. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3050 burnss@bennettjones.com
Mr. Burns co-leads the firm's Innovation, Technology and Branding Group. He
regularly negotiates IP aspects of major energy and infrastructure projects,
M&A, divestitures, reorganizations, collaborations and joint ventures. He ad-
vises on significant IT outsourcings, investments in technology and informa-
tion systems, and in respect of data governance, cybersecurity and privacy.
Buchinski, Marie H. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-8136 buchinskim@bennettjones.com
Ms. Buchinski is a partner in the firm's Energy, Environmental and Aboriginal
Practice Groups. Her practice focuses primarily on energy regulatory, compli-
ance and Aboriginal law matters. She has significant experience with respect
to provincially and federally regulated energy developments, and regulatory
and environmental matters in relation to those developments.
Bright, Denise D. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-4468 brightd@bennettjones.com
Ms. Bright is a corporate partner in the firm's Calgary office. Her practice
is focused on secured and unsecured corporate debt and project finance,
where she acts for a variety of public and private companies, partnerships,
trusts and private-equity vehicles in regard to their debt requirements
and restructurings.
Brennan, Patrick J. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3433 brennanp@bennettjones.com
Mr. Brennan leads the Banking & Secured Transactions Group. He acts in
banking and debt financings, asset-based financing and leasing, personal
property security, debt restructuring, aircraft acquisition, disposition, leas-
ing and financing and commercial transactions, with a focus on oil & gas,
aviation, manufacturing and financial sectors.
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novation and Emissions Reductions program for
large industrial emitters, innovation in Alberta's
oil and gas industry appears to be on a roll.
So, governmental action aside, what's driv-
ing all this innovation?
On one hand, low oil prices, and on the other
hand, environmental concerns. As it turns out,
they operate synergistically in many cases.
"Reducing the environmental impact of a pro-
cess sometimes goes hand in hand with cutting
costs," says Brett Slaney, a patent agent in Blake,
Cassels & Graydon LLP's Toronto office. "And
because of the competitive pressures in the cur-
rent market, companies have begun innovating
whether they realized they were doing so or not."
By the late '90s, Slaney points out, there were
virtually no patent applications from the oil and
gas sector in Canada.
"By 2013, there were 2,000, and there's been a
continuing uptick since," he says. "Innovation is
happening on both the process and the product
ends, with large energy companies and large ser-
vice providers ranking about equally among the
top 10 filers in the country."
Baines is of similar mind.
"Oil and gas companies, particularly in the oil
sands space, have for some time been intent on
improving their industrial and manufacturing
