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Month: October 2016

Markham on Energy

Dakota Access protests poised to become political debacle for American oil and gas industry

October 29, 2016 Markham Hislop

Industry leaders, including Kelcy Warren, have mishandled Dakota Access pipeline protest right from the beginning Six weeks ago, I warned that the Dakota Access pipeline protest was going to be the next Keystone XL issue [Read more]

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Time for Canadian oil and gas industry to ignore Vivian Krause

October 27, 2016 JZadmin

Vivian Krause’s data is fine, but her conclusions are wrong and her work encourages industry to think of itself as a victim of American eco-activist money Vancouver blogger Vivian Krause is well known in the oil [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

Is the Nathan E. Stewart diesel fuel spill response ‘world class’?

October 24, 2016 JZadmin

Nathan E. Stewart spill response appears to be timely, with enough equipment and trained responders, but Heiltsuk Nation critical Has the Nathan E. Stewart spill response been “world class?” British Columbians have been asking this question over [Read more]

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Looming Clinton win suggests American oil and gas sector needs to rethink politics, narrative

October 23, 2016 JZadmin

Bernie Sanders, eco-activists would exert considerable influence in a Clinton Administration, Democratic Congress The American oil and gas industry supports Donald Trump in part because the Republican candidate promises to get the sector out from [Read more]

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Industry needs to own its mistakes in Dakota Access pipeline protest

October 21, 2016 JZadmin

Dakota Access pipeline protest has already become Keystone XL sequel – promises to be bigger and worse for industry Last weekend, someone burned construction equipment at an Iowa site of the halted Dakota Access pipeline project. [Read more]

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Poll shows Canadians willing to support pipelines in return for energy transition policies

October 20, 2016 JZadmin

Polling response demonstrates once again that eco-activists and industry boosters are out of step with average Canadians What does social license for Canadian pipelines look like? If you’re Justin Trudeau, probably a lot like the [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

America is not an oil swing producer, says energy economist

October 19, 2016 JZadmin

10% is not enough compensation for American capital just now – Hirs Rex Tillerson says the American shale oil sector has become the world’s swing producer, able to rapidly ramp up production in response to supply [Read more]

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Hillary Clinton faces confrontation with activists over support for (near) eco-terrorism

October 17, 2016 JZadmin

Leading eco-activists like Bill McKibben are supporting Climate Direct Action’s illegal pipeline tampering, Hillary Clinton should denounce Thanks to Wikileaks, we now know that Hillary Clinton has battled radical eco-activists inside the Democratic Party. Given [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

Brad Wall anti-carbon tax argument not likely to sway majority of Canadians

October 14, 2016 JZadmin

Canada can’t buck international trend to mitigate climate change, plenty of evidence carbon taxes do work, plenty of evidence carbon capture doesn’t work The emerging Canadian anti-carbon tax champion is Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, who [Read more]

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Why Climate Direct Action activists are so dangerous and Greenpeace should withdraw its endorsement

October 13, 2016 JZadmin

If there are more attacks on energy infrastructure, Greenpeace should be held accountable by authorities in United States, Canada Annette Klapstein is a 64-year old mother, and presumably a grandmother, so no surprise she writes [Read more]

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Greenpeace supports pipeline tampering, says ‘climate movement is willing and able’ to do it again

October 12, 2016 JZadmin

Greenpeace stands with Climate Direct Action, whose members say they are willing to sacrifice themselves to protect the Earth from the Alberta oil sands, pipelines What were they thinking? American climate change activists closed five pipelines [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

Dakota Access pipeline protest quickly turning into quagmire for industry

October 11, 2016 JZadmin

Native groups and eco-activists appear to be settled in for a long fight with Energy Transfer Partners, industry Media pundits love to be right…unless they’re right about something they’ve warned about, and then that something [Read more]

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Making sense of American, Canadian energy and climate politics

October 10, 2016 JZadmin

Cautious governments advancing climate mitigation energy policies, hectored by eco-activists to go quicker and by industry boosters to go slower Understanding modern energy politics is like trying to get a handle on Middle East politics – definitely [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

Notley demand for pipeline a spat in the making or political theatre?

October 3, 2016 JZadmin

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau widely expected to approve Kinder Morgan project to West Coast in mid-Dec. Rachel Notley’s “pipeline for carbon tax support” demand could mean one of two things: either the fix is in [Read more]

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Pacific NorthWest LNG just the start of Canadian energy project approvals

October 3, 2016 JZadmin

Expect many more energy projects like Pacific NorthWest LNG in coming years as governments balance decarbonizing, economic development On Tuesday, the Canadian government approved Malaysian-owned Petronas’ $36 billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project, environmentalists pitched a fit, industry boosters [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

Saudis roll the dice, hope production deal doesn’t awaken slumbering American shale giant

October 3, 2016 JZadmin

Even if OPEC, Russia deal works as hoped, uptick in US shale production could keep prices depressed Crude oil prices rose Friday on news that OPEC agreed to stabilize global markets. Somewhere in Riydah, Deputy Crown Prince [Read more]

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Alberta needs a Plan B

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Oil finally has a competitor (electricity) Alberta already has a Plan A. It’s called the Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan. To understand how risky it is, you need to understand OPEC’s “Oil and Gas [Read more]

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