Kyle Havart-Crans

Associate Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Calgary +1 403 267 8247

Kyle Havart-Crans

Kyle Havart-Crans practises regulatory law and corporate work, with a focus on the energy industry, including upstream and midstream oil and gas, renewable energy, energy storage and alternative energy sources.

In private practice, Kyle has worked on the acquisition and development of renewable energy projects. He also regularly assists with routine environmental and regulatory matters, including permitting, applications and advising clients on a wide range of issues. Kyle also has experience with ESG issues, including greenhouse gas offset crediting and programs, Indigenous matters and net-zero initiatives.

Kyle has also spent time working in industry as legal counsel for a major midstream natural gas processing company. In that role he worked on commercial and procurement contracts and advised on operational issues. He also worked on a team developing a major pipeline project and assisted with regulatory and permitting work with a number of provincial regulators and the Canadian Energy Regulator.

Prior to law school Kyle worked as a fisheries biologist in Ontario for a non-governmental organization representing First Nations in the upper Great Lakes region.

Professional experience

Representative experience

Kyle has acted in the following matters:

Conducted environmental and public due diligence on the purchase of large renewable energy projects in various provinces
Conducted research and drafting of court documents in a bankruptcy and insolvency dispute centered on qualification of abandonment and reclamation obligations
Advised a midstream company on a multi-million-dollar purchase of carbon offset credits
Conducted research and drafted submissions for a hearing in front of the Alberta Energy Regulator regarding declarations against directors
Advised an oil and gas company subject to an Environment and Climate Change Canada investigation
Conducted research and drafted submissions in a tariff hearing before the Alberta Utilities Commission
Advised a mining company on the procurement of transportation on Canadian railways and railway cars from international suppliers

Rankings and recognitions

Dean's List, University of Calgary Faculty of Law, 2020
R.A. MacKimmie, O.C., Q.C. Award for Outstanding Contribution, 2019
Pro Bono Students Canada Outstanding Project Leader Award, 2019
Davies Corporate/Securities Moot - Top 5 Oralist Award, 2019

Education

J.D., University of Calgary, 2020

M.Sc., McMaster University, 2014

B.Sc. (Hons.), University of Guelph, 2012

Admissions

Alberta 2021

Publications

"Alberta's Renewable Energy Market: Developing Contract Issues," (2022) 60:2 Alberta Law Review 397
"Project Development Partnerships with Indigenous groups," Lexpert Insights, November 2022
"A focus on methane at COP26 means new opportunities for Canadian oil and gas," October 2021
"The SanLing saga: An example of AER enforcement," August 2021
"Alberta announces new competitive process for carbon storage tenures," June 2021
Kim, J., Crans, K.D., Mandrak, N.E. (2021) Effects of broadband sound and alarm cue on the behaviour of Common Carp. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 3209
Borowiec, B.G., Crans, K.D., Khajali, F., Pranckevicius, N.A., Young, A. and Scott, G.R. (2016). Interspecific and environment-induced variation in hypoxia tolerance in sunfish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, 198: 59 – 71
Crans, K.D., Pranckevicius, N. and Scott, G.R. (2015). Physiological tradeoffs may underlie the evolution of hypoxia tolerance and exercise performance in sunfish (Centrarchidae). The Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 3264-3275