About us

Pathways Alliance is made up of Canadian Natural, Cenovus, ConocoPhillips Canada, Imperial, MEG Energy and Suncor Energy, representing about 95% of Canada’s oil sands production.

The oil sands industry is a key economic driver for Alberta and Canada, contributing billions to the economy annually. Our country has long benefitted from a strong energy sector that supports Canada’s high standard of living by creating thousands of jobs and generating significant revenue to governments that helps fund essential services, including health care, education and roads.

To ensure our industry is able to continue providing these benefits for decades to come, we’re also focused on advancing environmental innovation and projects, including carbon capture and storage.

As part of this work, Pathways Alliance members have proposed a carbon capture and storage network and pipeline that, when operational, would have the capacity to transport captured CO₂ from multiple oil sands facilities to a hub in the Cold Lake area of Alberta for permanent underground storage. Once it’s operating, the CO₂ transportation network and storage hub could be made available to other oil producers and industries in the region seeking CO₂ emissions sequestration. We’re working with governments to obtain sufficient levels of fiscal support and required regulatory approvals that will be necessary to make this project a reality.

In 2022, Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) became part of Pathways Alliance. Formed in 2012, COSIA is focused on collaborative action and innovation in oil sands environmental technology, under four key environmental priority areas: tailings, water, land and greenhouse gases.

¹This data was sourced from Statistics Canada.
²Source: Statista Oil Industry Employment Report, 2024