• Issues related to Canadian oil sands in general, as well as issues related to Keystone XL; the National Defense Authorization Act, particularly regarding Section 526 of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act; and S. 1000, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act.
• Issues related to the National Defense Authorization Act, particularly regarding Section 526 of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act.

Duration: November 1, 2011 to March 31, 2014

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Defense

Spending: about $590,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2011: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, State - Dept of (DOS)

Related Foreign Entities: Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. (Calgary , CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Connacher Oil and Gas Limited (Calgary, CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Laricina Energy Ltd (Calgary, CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; MEG Energy Corp. (Calgary, CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Osum Oil Sands Corp. (Calgary, CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. (Calgary, CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%