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Month: May 2017

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Dear God, please save the Alberta energy industry from engineers, lawyers, economists and accountants

May 11, 2017 JZadmin

Advice to Alberta energy leaders: Better policy ideas, better politics, stop saying stupid stuff in public, emulate Dave Collyer Are you familiar with the expert fallacy? An example is the medical doctor who thinks that because he’s [Read more]

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Christy Clark election squeaker no threat to Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline – political scientist

May 10, 2017 JZadmin

Clark could still win a majority, but even in a Liberal minority government Greens have policy priorities other than Trans Mountain Expansion British Columbians woke up not entirely sure who their next premier will be [Read more]

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Fact checking Lorne Gunter…it’s the dumpster fire you always imagined

May 9, 2017 JZadmin

Edmonton Sun columnist Lorne Gunter ignores basic journalism – interviewing sources, respect for facts – in recent column Canadians understand the quality of modern journalism has declined because media businesses, particularly newspapers, suffer from a broken [Read more]

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Interview with Tony Seba: The man who would destroy the global oil industry – Part 1

May 9, 2017 JZadmin

Tony Seba predicts global oil output will fall from 100MM b/d in 2020 to 70 MM b/d because of rapid rise of EV-based “transportation as a service” If you live in Alberta or Texas or some [Read more]

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Why isn’t Notley pursuing ‘neatbit by rail’ for oil sands bitumen?

May 7, 2017 JZadmin

Notley government says it focused on growing pipeline market access, no plans for neatbit by rail Albertans are mad in news stories and op-eds, they’re mad in the Legislature, and, boy, are they ever mad on social [Read more]

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Alberta oil and gas juniors evolving as markets, technologies change

May 7, 2017 JZadmin

Juniors will be be larger, better capitalized, only working in very best production areas – Gary Leach, EPAC CEO Like everyone else in the global oil patch, Canadian oil and gas juniors have had a [Read more]

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Alberta banks weather oil patch downturn much better than expected

May 7, 2017 JZadmin

“After banks and investors are satisfied, they might have some revenue to start hiring people.” – Mark Salkeld, PSAC The past two years have been rough for Alberta, with oil prices in the tank and [Read more]

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“What if we gave Canada 20 Standing Rocks?” over Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline

May 6, 2017 JZadmin

Many Vancouver activists are angry, ready for “direct action” on Trans Mountain Expansion – Kai Nagata “New infrastructure to bring in more oil from the tar sands? Forget it, it’s not going to happen,” says Quebec’s [Read more]

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Electric vehicles will kill global oil industry by 2030, says Stanford economist Tony Seba

May 5, 2017 JZadmin

If Tony Seba is correct, the Texas and Alberta economies just took a metaphorical bullet to the head Will the emerging electric vehicle “transportation as a service” business model kill the global oil industry in 10 [Read more]

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‘Reforming’ the National Energy Board – will Trudeau get it right?

May 4, 2017 JZadmin

Pipeline reviews by National Energy Board must have process that incorporates wider environmental concerns without bogging down technical review When the Trudeau Liberals are through, Canadians won’t recognize the review process for energy infrastructure projects. [Read more]

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The coming Electric Utopia and the moral responsibility of Canadians

May 3, 2017 JZadmin

If Electric Utopia (the electric age) is to arrive sooner, Canadians must take responsibility for their political, economic  choices When one is at the beginning of a journey, the destination can seem a very long [Read more]

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Memo to Rachel Notley: Time to kick Tzeporah Berman off Alberta gravy train

May 2, 2017 JZadmin

Shannon Phillips says group membership will change – now is the perfect time to fire Tzeporah Berman I’ve written three columns about Tzeporah Berman, the eco-activist gadfly appointed by Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to the Oil Sands [Read more]

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Can Alberta govt kick-start petroleum value-added processing?

May 2, 2017 JZadmin

Alberta can take advantage of market niches to add value to its oil – economist Michael Moore Over the decades, many Alberta premiers have tried to develop value-added processing of the province’s abundant hydrocarbon reserves. [Read more]

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Are Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline economic benefits enough to sway BC voters?

May 1, 2017 JZadmin

Economic benefits to British Columbia are secondary to Canadian government jurisdiction, obligation to help Alberta An interesting feature of pipeline debates these days is the duelling “economic benefits” studies. The proponent commissions a study, opponents commission a [Read more]

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