Natural gas lives here
Thousands of products that we use every day are made possible because of natural gas producers like Encana.

Natural gas, one of the cleanest burning fossil fuels, is a part of everyday life in North America. We use it to heat our homes, cook our food and power the generators that turn on our lights. And, more and more, it's being used to fuel vehicles. There are more than 10 million natural gas vehicles in use worldwide.

Luckily, natural gas is still abundant. Canada has the second largest oil reserve base in the world. And new estimates* project that the supply of natural gas in North America extends out a century or more using current technology.

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*Source: INGAA, independent consultants (Interstate National Gas Association of America)

We helped keep a wedding on track
We strive to be a good neighbour in all of the communities where we operate. After all, our employees and contractors live and work in those communities. We respect landowners and other stakeholders in our communities, and have made courteous behaviour a part of Encana's culture. We demonstrate this to our neighbours in many ways, big and small.

Take Terry Bobocel. He's been a contractor with Encana for six years. When he learned that some nearby landowners were hosting an outdoor wedding on the same day as a planned drilling rig move, he quickly outlined a new route for the move to avoid disrupting the wedding. As expected, the wedding party and guests were relieved: planning for rain showers is one thing, planning for a drilling rig to rumble past your ceremony is another!

Although re-routing a drilling rig move is a relatively significant effort, even small efforts represent our commitment to courteous and respectful behaviour. During the winter months, one of our drilling contractors was "caught" pulling over on a brutally cold day to remove some plastic clinging to a barbed wire fence. Every act of courtesy, regardless of effort, is commended. After all, that's what being a good neighbour is about.

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Our mats protect a very important floor
We think it's important to preserve natural habitat and ensure minimal impact on the environment. One of the ways we demonstrate this is by laying down reusable wooden mats at deep gas drilling sites whenever possible. Near Jonah, Wyoming, the wooden mats act as temporary well pads on top of the sage brush, decreasing the need to remove top soil or disturb plants. This innovative drilling technique - called mat drilling - also protects the wildlife habitat in the area by helping to minimize disturbance and allows growth and re-growth of native plants as quickly as possible. In some cases plant re-growth occurs in two years or less.

We also use the portable wooden mats in our Canadian operations to improve year-round access to drilling locations that were previously not accessible because of wet and muskeg terrain. This practice minimizes clearing for access roads and drilling locations, and also reduces the risk of land erosion.

Simply put, it's just a really big floor mat protecting a really significant floor.

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Learn how mats play a role in surface reclamation activities in Jonah (WMV: 3:13 min.)