January 2018 - EnergiMedia

Regulator hopes for first Mexico first shale auction by end of 2018: Reuters

January 31, 2018 AEN Staff

Mexico shale oil proven reserves amount to 13 billion barrels. Pemex has drilled in Mexico shale reserves, but produced little Reuters reports that Mexico is hoping to hold its first shale oil and gas auction [Read more]

Oil prices steady despite significant rise in US crude stocks

January 31, 2018 AEN Staff

Oil prices steadied during trading on Wednesday, despite data from the US Energy Information Administration showing a 6.8 million barrel rise in US crude stocks. Nexen photo. Oil prices recover during session despite 6.8 million [Read more]

BP sees strong revenue increase, vows to maintain spending discipline

January 31, 2018 AEN Staff

Analysts say BP likely to approve fields in Mauritania, Angola and India. The company says it will only approve projects that make money even if oil prices drop. BP increasing production by drilling new wells [Read more]

Canadian oil sands production growth to continue despite lower capital spending in future

January 31, 2018 Jude Hislop

Oil sands production costs have fallen significantly since 2014 price crash, ensuring companies are competitive in global markets Oil sands production growth will continue through the next decade but a slowdown is anticipated with investment [Read more]

Suncor Energy implements first fleet of autonomous haul trucks in oil sands

January 31, 2018 Jude Hislop

Suncor is implementing the use of autonomous haulage systems (AHS) at company-operated mines, starting with the North Steepbank mine. Over the next six years, the company expects to deploy more than 150 autonomous haul trucks [Read more]

Trudeau must put BC in its place or Horgan will never stop harassing Trans Mountain Expansion

January 31, 2018 Markham Hislop

Is it time for Canada to take over complete oversight of Trans Mountain Expansion, including having the RCMP enforce federal decisions? If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had any illusions that BC Premier John Horgan might [Read more]

Notley slams BC move to limit oil sands crude in Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline

January 30, 2018 Jude Hislop

“Action announced by B.C. government can only be seen for what it is: political game-playing” The British Columbia provincial government is proposing a second phase of regulations to “improve preparedness, response and recovery from potential [Read more]

Nikola Motor Co. announces $1B hydrogen-fuelled semi truck plant in Arizona

January 30, 2018 AEN Staff

Nikola Motor Company building 500-acre facility near Phoenix. Nikola Motor Company photo. Nikola Motor joins race to build semi trucks that run on alternate-fuels On Tuesday, Nikola Motor Company unveiled its plans for a $1 [Read more]

Oil prices fall as investors grow wary of rising US output

January 30, 2018 AEN Staff

Oil prices fell in trading on Tuesday on a rising US dollar and increasing US crude production. US oil prices down 1.5 per cent Oil prices fell for a second day on Tuesday on concerns [Read more]

Exxon investing $50B in US projects in coming five years

January 30, 2018 AEN Staff

Exxon says it will increase its investment in West Texas and New Mexico shale operations. Zuma Press photo by Joel Angel Juarez. Exxon CEO credits changes in taxes, regulations for rising investments Reuters reports Exxon [Read more]

Debunked: Vivian Krause’s Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative

May 14, 2019

Jason Kenney was all smiles, waving at the crowd and shaking hands through the passenger window of his trusty blue Dodge Ram pickup, as he rode triumphantly onto a Calgary stage on election night, April [Read more]

Alberta carbon tax deep dive: Not a job killer, competitive advantage for oil sands producers

November 14, 2018

No evidence to support claim that carbon tax is a “job killer” (Tombe), but there is a good argument that it’s an oil/gas “job saver” (Leach) Carbon tax (also called carbon pricing or carbon levy): [Read more]

Bill C69 deep dive: Flawed legislation but not quite a Liberal plot to sabatoge future Alberta pipelines

October 11, 2018

CEPA (Canadian Energy Pipelines Association) consistently emphasized that the NEB (National Energy Board) was the best placed regulator to oversee the full cycle of a pipeline from beginning to end…If the goal is to curtail [Read more]

A deep dive into CAPP’s climate policy study: too risky, out of sync with govts, not supported by the evidence

June 19, 2018

If adopted, CAPP’s climate policy recommendation would be a major departure from current approach, align Canada more closely with Trump “innovation, not regulation” strategy Canada’s normally cautious oil and gas producers are rolling the dice. [Read more]

Technology and the 21st century energy worker in Canada: Where are the jobs?

January 18, 2018

Hundreds of thousands of oil and gas-related jobs lost since 2014…some are coming back, many are not Where have all the Canadian oil and gas workers gone? More than 52,000 direct jobs disappeared over the [Read more]