Improving air pollution will be a key driver of gas demand, especially in emerging markets Strong demand growth from China, greater industrial demand, and rising supplies from the United States, will transform global natural gas [Read more]
NEB still assessing condition compliance, company not yet authorized to begin construction on pipeline The National Energy Board (NEB) approved a variance application Friday from Trans Mountain ULC to change its expansion plans for the [Read more]
Hedge funds and other money managers trimmed their combined net long position in the six most important futures and options contracts linked to petroleum for the ninth week in a row. BP photo. Hedge funds [Read more]
In a two-part series by Matt Chester, the first article will look at the most interesting successfully funded energy transition projects on crowdfunding sites. The second article will highlight the most intriguing projects that were [Read more]
Oil prices fell on Monday after OPEC announced it will increase its production by 1 million barrels per day (b/d) and US equity markets slipped on fears that the trade war between the US and [Read more]
Governments are increasing the funding for Indigenous green economy programs due to a high level of interest in the Alberta government’s indigenous climate leadership programs. Government of Alberta photo. Indigenous green economy program boosts local [Read more]
US added just under 50% of new reserves, Canada added less than 6% In 2017, a group of the world’s largest publicly traded oil and natural gas producers added more hydrocarbons to their resource base [Read more]
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry says he is concerned that the OPEC deal agreed to on Saturday may not be enough to relieve global oil markets. The cartel, along with oil supply cut participants, agreed [Read more]
Integricote is currently looking for Canadian, American partner to produce treated pellets Global energy demand is growing as developing nations expand electric service, prompting efforts to find a readily available source of fuel that is [Read more]
HGLs are feedstock in production organic chemicals (e.g. ethylene, propylene) used to make plastics and resins. Consumption of hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGL) in the United States totaled 928 million barrels in 2016, up about 12% since 2010, according [Read more]
Thousands of barrels of crude leaked into swollen floodwaters after a BNSF Railway train derailed in southern Lyon County in northwestern Iowa on Friday. The Iowa oil spill forced the evacuation of residents from neighbouring [Read more]
“A product (oil sands bitumen) that is produced in the least GHG-intensive way is a product that can compete in the 21st century.” – Shannon Phillips Regular readers know I’m writing a book about Rachel [Read more]
Oil prices rose significantly on Friday after OPEC announced it agreed to boost its production by about 1 million barrels per day. OPEC photo. US oil prices up over 5 per cent Oil prices jumped [Read more]
The number of unfractured Permian wells is rising at a record pace as pipeline bottlenecks in the Permian Basin could result in completely full pipelines out of the shale-rich region within three to four months. [Read more]
Nexen Energy announced it will go ahead with the $400 million Long Lake Southwest expansion project located southeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Nexen photo. Long Lake Southwest expansion project will add 26,000 b/d production Nexen [Read more]
According to a report by Reuters, about a dozen Tesla solar facilities will be closing and the Palo Alto-based company is also ending its retail partnership with the Home Depot. Tesla photo. Tesla solar offices [Read more]
George Heyman, BC enironment and climate change minister The British Columbia government has announced possible changes to how future major projects are reviewed in the provincial environmental assessment process, according to a press release. British [Read more]
Over 98% of Canada’s solar power generation capacity is currently located in Ontario Cities in Saskatchewan have the highest solar potential in Canada, according to new analysis from the National Energy Board. Although all provinces and [Read more]
Since start of US “Shale Gale,” pace of production growth only accelerating, reshaping energy markets A decade since the start of a shale gas revolution that unlocked new supplies and resulted in a “wholesale turnaround” [Read more]
Spray coating could make perovskite an inexpensive alternative to silicon for solar panels An international team of university researchers reports solving a major fabrication challenge for perovskite cells — the intriguing potential challengers to silicon-based [Read more]
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