Oil prices fell on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia and Russia announced that participants in the OPEC pact may boost their production by 1 million barrels per day to compensate for Venezuelan and Iranian supply shortfalls. [Read more]
Finance Minister Bill Morneau. Photo: CBC. Constitutional challenges, First Nations law suits, huge protest movement in Vancouver, regulatory reform still to be dealt with The Canadian Government’s purchase of Kinder Morgan Canada for $4.5 billion [Read more]
Alberta will participate in purchase, contributing up to $2 billion Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr announced the Government of Canada has reached a commercial agreement with Kinder Morgan to purchase [Read more]
Will other countries adopt policies to speed up energy transition? If they do, will that affect demand for Alberta’s crude oil? How fast do we want to decarbonize? That’s the question raised by a recent [Read more]
Record high US crude exports to Asia are cutting into traditional Russian and OPEC markets and the widening discount between Brent crude and WTI prices is encouraging buyers to diversify. Bloomberg News photo by Eddie [Read more]
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources, Kim Rudd (r.) and IRENA Director-General Adnan Z. Amin Currently, 181 countries and the European Union are engaged in IRENA’s work Canada is set to become a [Read more]
Under PSCs in South China sea, Husky will act as operator during exploration period Husky Energy has drilled a successful exploration well in the South China Sea offshore China, made a discovery in the Atlantic region [Read more]
Oil prices slipped to multi-week lows on Monday after Saudi Arabia and Russia announced they may increase their output and government data showed US production continues to rise. Statoil photo. Oil prices fall in thin [Read more]
Countries in Europe and North America continue to account for the bulk of corporate renewable sourcing Companies in 75 countries actively sourced 465 terawatt hours (TWh) of renewable energy in 2017, an amount close to [Read more]
By participating in programs offered by Energy Efficiency Alberta, Albertans can see a net financial benefit from the carbon levy, as the bill savings offset the levy costs. SolarAlberta.ca photo. A new energy efficient economy [Read more]
Alberta Carbon Conversion Technology Centre Photo: Government of Canada Technologies evaluated at the ACCTC will be applicable to the majority of Alberta’s large CO2 emitters as well as some smaller sources InnoTech Alberta, an applied [Read more]
New IRENA report outlines a series of innovation priorities that policymakers must address to successfully decarbonise the energy system with renewables The transformation of the global energy system is already well underway, but policymakers must [Read more]
Calvin Helin, Eagle Spirit Energy. Photo: Reuters Potential 4.7 million b/d of new oil sands supply + northern infrastructure corridor to BC coast + indigenous ownership = 10 new pipelines by 2038 As Kinder Morgan’s [Read more]
Douglas Black, elected Senator from Alberta, says pipelines like Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain are part of balancing Canada’s resource-based economy and climate agenda. Trans Mountain photo. BC government stalling construction of Trans Mountain pipeline By [Read more]
Oil prices fell on Friday after Saudi Arabia and Russia said they are discussing easing the crude supply cuts that have boosted oil prices in the past 18 months. Anadarko photo. Oil prices down over [Read more]
Producing hydrogen from offshore wind benefits could include greater energy security, and lower price volatility By Cédric Philibert, Senior Renewable Energy Analyst Fossil fuels currently play a critical role in industry, not only as sources of [Read more]
After US President Donald Trump complained about rising oil prices, Saudi Arabia and Russia are considering boosting Russian and OPEC output by about 1 million barrels per day. Anadarko photo. Russian, OPEC output curbed by [Read more]
Conference Board research shows that over $2 trillion in investment required to cut emissions sharply The transportation of goods is one of the largest contributors to Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and it has increased significantly [Read more]
Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Note: Battery-electric and plug-in hybrid light duty vehicles Rapid technology change forecasts vs. more cautious predictions based upon energy transition history If you happen to come across a Big Oil [Read more]
Drag-reducing agent, or DRA, sales in the US and Canada are booming as pipeline companies struggle to get ahead of bottlenecks in their systems due to rising output. TransCanada photo. DRA sales growing by about [Read more]
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