According to the most recent results from EIA’s Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), about one in five households reported reducing or forgoing necessities such as food and medicine to pay one of their energy bills, and 14 [Read more]
On Monday, the Audi electric SUV was unveiled in San Francisco to an enthusiastic crowd. The company also announced a deal with Amazon.com that it says will make it easier to charge the company’s e-tron [Read more]
One thousand Hyundai hydrogen powered commercial trucks will be sold by the South Korean automaker and its partners in Switzerland in the coming five years. Hyundai image. Hyundai hydrogen powered trucks to launched at the [Read more]
West Texas Intermediate oil prices topped $70/barrel Wednesday after data released by the US Energy Information Administration showing a decrease in US crude stocks and strong demand for gasoline. Nabors photo. Oil prices up as [Read more]
Canadians support a balanced, pragmatic approach to new pipelines – not Canada Action’s shrill tub thumping Jonathan Teghtmeyer points out that Alberta teachers are informed, discerning folks quite capable of hearing both sides of a [Read more]
Most traders see little prospect of a sustained rise in natural gas prices. Hedge fund managers hold a net long position in natural gas futures and options equivalent to 1,336 bcf, down from 2,223 bcf [Read more]
OPEC net oil export revenues are expected to increase 30 per cent in 2018. This forecast increase follows higher anticipated annual crude oil prices in 2018 and more than offsets slightly lower crude oil production [Read more]
In February, US crude oil production exceeded that of Saudi Arabia for the first time in more than two decades. In June and August, the US surpassed Russia in crude oil production for the first [Read more]
According to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the negative impact of US tax reform on Canada’s economy could be 1o times greater than the potential fallout from a NAFTA termination. US tax reform puts a number [Read more]
The Pembina Institute supports establishing a target for the reduction of freight pollution by 30 per cent by 2030 compared to 2015. Istock photo. Freight pollution accounts for about half of BC’s transportation emissions By [Read more]
Oil prices rose on Tuesday after OPEC signalled it is not interested in changing its current output despite looming US sanctions on Iranian crude exports. Equinor photo by Ole-Jørgen-Bratland. Saudi Arabia comfortable with oil prices [Read more]
While renewable energy has made great strides recently, they still lagged well behind fossil fuels in total electricity generation and also collectively trail nuclear power. Repsol photo. Natural gas the most common fuel source for [Read more]
Investors are growing more concerned about the ongoing and growing trade war between the Trump administration and Beijing, though looming US sanctions on Iranian crude exports continue to support the market. Repsol photo. Oil prices [Read more]
Hedge funds and other money managers cut their combined net long position in the six most important petroleum futures and options contracts by 29 million barrels in the week to Sept. 11. Repsol photo. Hedge [Read more]
Hurricane Florence made landfall on Friday and has since battered the Carolinas, dumping record breaking amounts of rain. The death toll has risen to 23, including 17 in North Carolina. AFP photo. The amount of [Read more]
Some teapot refineries located in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong are hoping to shift into petrochemicals, but analysts are concerned they will face massive challenges in logistics and funding. Teapot refineries squeezed by increased [Read more]
There are just too many parameters to say exactly what the refiners and the producers should do generally. – Dr. Fogwill New marine fuel regulations are likely to hit the oil sands hard beginning Jan. [Read more]
Two major Chinese companies along with a group of Alberta Indigenous communities have signed an agreement with Stantec Inc. to pursue the development of an Alberta oil refinery. Getty Images/Bloomberg photo by Kevin Lee. New [Read more]
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced that her government is creating 400 tech spaces for Alberta post-secondary students while speaking at the U of A’s Artificial Machine Intelligence Institute. CTV News photo. “Well-educated, talented workforce will [Read more]
Upstream oil sands GHG emissions are expected to continue to fall in the coming years. According to a report by IHS Markit, by 2030, greenhouse gas emissions in the oil sands are expected to fall [Read more]
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