The University of Calgary is planning a potential relaunch of its oil and gas engineering program, which it suspended three years ago due to dwindling student demand.
While he did not say when the program would resume, he said the university is once again seeing demand from young people interested in pursuing careers in the oil and gas sector. Since then, however, oil prices have rebounded, and Canadian oil companies have been generating strong profits over the past two years.
Tristan Goodman, president of the oil and gas industry group the Explorers and Producers Association of Canada, said energy companies were “very disappointed” by the university’s 2021 decision to halt the oil-and-gas degree program.“Yes, this industry goes up and down like any commodity-based sector ... But I think it was just not a great move on the part of the university and I’m pleased to see they’re rectifying the problem.