US oil production rose to a record high of 10.964 million barrels per day (b/d) in July, mostly due to record output in Texas and North Dakota. Drones of Texas photo via YouTube. US oil [Read more]
Tesla shares fell over 14 per cent on Friday after company Chairman and Chief Executive, Elon Musk, was charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission with fraud on Thursday. AP photo. Tesla shares plunge [Read more]
Brent oil prices topped $83/barrel during trading on Friday as the market “came to grips with the fact that the Iranian sanctions are not that far away,” Phil Flynn of Price Futures Group told Reuters. [Read more]
Oil prices were up on Thursday as investors considered the expected global crude shortfall as the Trump administration’s sanctions against Iranian crude exports near. Total photo. Oil prices rise ahead of US midterm elections On [Read more]
According to a report by Reuters, Saudi Arabia is set to quietly add extra crude to the market in the coming months, however, the kingdom is worried that rising US production will lead to an [Read more]
In talking with the bigger oil and gas companies, more efficient ICEs (internal combustion engines) will definitely have the biggest impact on oil demand today compared to BEVs (battery electric vehicles) just because of the [Read more]
Calgary’s Cenovus Energy says it has signed three-year agreements with major rail companies to ship about 100,000 b/d of heavy crude from Alberta to the US Gulf Coast. Company photo. Cenovus says rail strategy will [Read more]
In testing, the Cummins Westport ISX12N 400 hp natural gas engine met and exceeded the California Air Resources Board’s optional Low NOx standard. The Vancouver-based company says its engine is “one of the cleanest and [Read more]
Political support from the Trump administration has not boosted US coal consumption, in fact, it continues to fall as power producers shut down coal-fired units in favour of cheaper and more flexible natural gas and [Read more]
Oil prices fell slightly on Wednesday after data from the US Energy Information Administration showed an increase in crude stocks, however, the Trump administration’s looming sanctions on Iranian crude exports continue to unsettle the market. [Read more]
KeepCool Bags founder Pierre Barlier has spread his eco-conscious thinking and established his brand as the leader in reusable shopping bags to major mass retailers. Keep Cool Bags photo. Modern reusable shopping bags use sustainable materials [Read more]
The elevated electricity demand this past summer contributed to the highest wholesale electricity prices in at least the past 10 years. And many western US states experienced drought conditions, which led to a decline in [Read more]
Minister Feehan and MLA Bruce Hinkley along with members of the Ermineskin Cree Nation Council and Neyaskweyahk Group board in front of the new solar array. Government of Alberta photo. Solar panel system will save [Read more]
Just over half of Canadians polled say governments should offer more EV incentives, rather than leaving the price and popularity of such vehicles completely to the free market. Natural Resources Canada photo. More than half [Read more]
While in New York on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron said that if US President Donald Trump had not reimposed sanctions on Iranian crude, oil prices would not have climbed so high. Elysee Verified Twitter [Read more]
GDM Pipelines, a Calgary-based company that offers information on pipeline risk and integrity, announced on Tuesday that it has released its Converge Risk Manager. GDM image. Converge Risk Manager offers pipeline risk score for Western [Read more]
Vancouver-based Sharc International Systems’ wastewater heat recovery technology extracts the natural warmth contained within wastewater and transfers the heat to the clean side of a heating system via a heat exchange mechanism. Wastewater heat recovery [Read more]
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer speaking to press conference, indigenous affairs critic Cathy McLeod Scheer strategy a sop to pipeline industry, doesn’t stand up to scrutiny Andrew Scheer has a strategy to save the Trans Mountain [Read more]
Traffic volumes in the United States are down compared to 2017, according to the US Federal Highway Administration, while oil prices have risen. The US EIA predicts consumption will decline by around 10,000 barrels per [Read more]
As a result of strong demand for green transportation, the BC government is contributing an additional $10 million to the Clean Energy Vehicle Program. On Monday, the Government of British Columbia announced it is is [Read more]
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