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Month: December 2016

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Top 3 American oil and gas stories of 2016, a peek at the New Year

December 30, 2016 JZadmin

2017 should see more stable prices, beginning of US shale revival As a year draws to its close, journalists like to look back and talk about what they got right, skip over what they got wrong, [Read more]

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The political calculations of the Alberta carbon tax

December 29, 2016 JZadmin

Do carbon tax + climate policies + pipeline approvals = Notley NDP pathway to 2019 election success? A key characteristic of Rachel Notley’s deeply unpopular carbon tax is being ignored: while the prevailing wisdom is that [Read more]

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My New Year’s wish for Canadian oil/gas: Time to ditch outdated politics

December 27, 2016 JZadmin

CAPP understands link between climate policies and pipelines. Other energy associations not so enlightened My New Year’s wish for the Canadian oil and gas industry is a spanky new political worldview that embraces the energy [Read more]

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Canadian oil sands should be looking forward to 2017, partly because of Alberta climate policies

December 24, 2016 JZadmin

Climate policies, including a carbon tax, are price Alberta oil producers pay for pipelines Reuters is reporting that confidence is low in the Canadian oil sands industry, supposedly because of market access issues (read, pipelines) and [Read more]

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Arctic drilling ban should remain in place under Trump Administration

December 22, 2016 JZadmin

Industry’s argument that Arctic drilling ban endangers national security, could raise energy prices, are suspect With the global economy awash in crude oil, the recently announced American and Canadian bans on Arctic oil and gas drilling [Read more]

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Santa leaves big (pipeline) gifts under Canadian oil/gas industry’s tree

December 21, 2016 JZadmin

Trans Mountain Expansion, Line 3, Keystone XL, Energy East approved or in play – but will Mr. Grinch spoil the festive mood? Christmas came early for the Canadian oil and gas industry, which only a [Read more]

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Rex Tillerson, Exxon CEO, could be steadying influence in Trump cabinet

December 12, 2016 JZadmin

Rex Tillerson would bring potential positives and negatives to Secretary of State President-elect Donald Trump continues his controversial appointments – or cabinet trial balloons, in some cases – and some of them could have important consequences [Read more]

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Ezra Levant organizes a carbon tax rally that turns really, really weird

December 4, 2016 JZadmin

Levant accuses AFL head of having an Ashley Madison account and a progressive blogger of planting fake offensive signs, while Bernard the Roughneck throws his shoes at the Legislature Disgruntled Albertans gathered at the Legislature Saturday [Read more]

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Jim Carr’s promise to unleash police on violent Trans Mountain protesters not same as Standing Rock response

December 3, 2016 JZadmin

Carr pledged Canadian government will encourage peaceful Trans Mountain dissent, but prosecute law-breakers A few days ago in Alberta, Jim Carr warned that law breaking protesters upset over the construction of the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline will [Read more]

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Are federal Liberals about to screw up Trans Mountain Expansion strategy?

December 1, 2016 JZadmin

Vancouver opponents won’t forget about Trans Mountain, Liberals have the right message, Tory votes might be available “How are the [BC Trans Mountain Expansion] protesters going to keep this issue alive when the next election is [Read more]

In the Spotlight

Notley ignores energy and loses election again. Time for a new NDP leader

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Rachel Notley is not the person to craft or deliver a new energy vision for Alberta. She has proven that repeatedly over past 4 years How do you hope to be premier of Canada’s energy [Read more]

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