Lawyer Profile
Lars H. Olthafer
Calgary, Alberta
Overview
Lars advises and represents upstream oil and gas producers, pipeline and midstream companies, and electrical generation and transmission companies on regulatory and environmental compliance and approval processes, public and aboriginal consultation, and land rights acquisition and compensation, in the context of both provincially and federally regulated projects, including northern and offshore developments.
Lars regularly appears before energy and utilities boards and other regulating bodies in Alberta and B.C., as well as the Canada Energy Regulator. He has also appeared before the Alberta Court of King's Bench, the Alberta Court of Appeal, and the Federal Court of Canada.
Lars has worked as an engineer with a major Canadian pipeline company and has completed terms with the Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration and with a major oil and gas company in relation to frontier exploration, reservoir exploitation, oil sands development, research and development, and natural gas new ventures.
Advised and represented LNG Canada Inc. in connection with the regulatory, environmental and export licence (25-year: term volume 670 million tonnes/32.9 Tcf; and 40-year: term volume 1040 million tonnes/51.5 Tcf) approvals for a large-scale LNG export project near Kitimat, British Columbia
Advised and represented AC LNG Inc. in connection with the natural gas import and LNG export licence (25-year: term volume 329 million tonnes/16 Tcf) approvals for a large-scale LNG export project near Middle Melford, Nova Scotia
Advised and represented Woodside Energy Holdings Pty. Ltd. in connection with the regulatory, environmental and export licence (25-year: term volume 558 million tonnes/28.5 Tcf) approvals for a large-scale LNG export project near Grassy Point, British Columbia
Advised various major LNG project proponents and participants on the regulatory, environmental and export approval requirements for large-scale LNG export projects in British Columbia, Quebec and Nova Scotia, including advice on export licensee requirements (business organization types, gas/LNG ownership), export licence transfers and extensions
Advised Encana Corporation in obtaining a British Columbia environmental assessment certificate and various other regulatory approvals for its Horn River Basin Cabin gas plant
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1996 (AB)