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In 2008, the incoming vice-president in situ of Suncor Energy is faced with problems of underperformance at a new facility that uses the innovative in situ technology. This technology accesses bitumen in reservoirs too deep for traditional mining practices to recover. Although it is deemed less harmful to the environment than surface mining, in situ technology does create more greenhouse gas and sulphur dioxide emissions, but these can be controlled with new equipment. Recently, the site has come under investigation for two environmental compliance charges related to a missing piece of pollution control equipment. The new vice-president needs to analyze the root causes of the facility’s operational challenges and develop a plan to deliver on the parent company’s operational excellence strategy.

The incoming vice-president in situ of Suncor Energy is faced with problems of underperformance at a new facility that uses the innovative in situ technology. This technology accesses bitumen in reservoirs too deep for traditional mining practices to recover. Although it is deemed less harmful to the environment than surface mining, in situ technology does create more greenhouse gas and sulphur dioxide emissions, but these can be controlled with new equipment. Recently, the site has come under investigation for two environmental compliance charges related to a missing piece of pollution control equipment. The new vice-president needs to analyze the root causes of the facility's operational challenges and develop a plan to deliver on the parent company's operational excellence strategy.

This case series outlines the strategic choices facing Jean-Michel Gires, Total E&P France’s (TEPF) vice president of sustainable development, in designing and implementing a community engagement strategy. Case (A) begins with the approval of a pilot carbon capture and storage (CCS) system at TEPF’s Lacq facility in France, and outlines the strategic context for the community engagement process. Case (B) is positioned three years later.<br><br>The case includes a range of issues impacting the decision-making context, including the role of CCS in mitigating climate change; an outline of CCS technology; TEPF’s climate change strategy; the history of TEPF’s operations in the Lacq gas field, and interactions with local communities; the E.U. climate change regulatory environment (including carbon pricing and CCS); and CCS regulatory uncertainty in France.

This case is a supplement to Total’s Carbon Capture and Storage Project at LACQ (A).

This case series outlines the strategic choices facing Jean-Michel Gires, Total E&P France's (TEPF) VP sustainable development, in designing and implementing a community engagement strategy. Case A begins with the approval of a pilot Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) system at TEPF's Lacq facility in France, and outlines the strategic context for the community engagement process. Case B is positioned three years later as the CCS plant comes online, and Gires looks back at the successes and failures of the completed community engagement strategy. The case includes a range of issues impacting the decision-making context, including: the role of CCS in mitigating climate change; an outline of CCS technology; TEPF's climate change strategy; the history of TEPF's operations in the Lacq gasfield, and interactions with local communities; the E.U. climate change regulatory environment (including carbon pricing and CCS) and CCS regulatory uncertainty in France.

This case series outlines the strategic choices facing Jean-Michel Gires, Total E&P France's (TEPF) VP sustainable development, in designing and implementing a community engagement strategy. Case A begins with the approval of a pilot Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) system at TEPF's Lacq facility in France, and outlines the strategic context for the community engagement process. Case B is positioned three years later as the CCS plant comes online, and Gires looks back at the successes and failures of the completed community engagement strategy. The case includes a range of issues impacting the decision-making context, including: the role of CCS in mitigating climate change; an outline of CCS technology; TEPF's climate change strategy; the history of TEPF's operations in the Lacq gasfield, and interactions with local communities; the E.U. climate change regulatory environment (including carbon pricing and CCS) and CCS regulatory uncertainty in France.