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Month: May 2019

CO2
Innovation

U of C technology converts waste CO2 into high value fuels, chemicals

May 31, 2019 Energi Staff

A University of Calgary postdoctoral fellow’s research work converts greenhouse gas emissions into high value fuels and chemicals before they are released into the environment, significantly cutting CO2 emissions. The technology developed by U of [Read more]

Climate Action Incentive Fund
Canada

Climate Action Incentive Fund announced by federal gov’t

May 31, 2019 Energi Staff

On Thursday, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, announced the launch of the Climate Action Incentive Fund (CAIF). CAIF funding will be available to small and medium-sized companies in provinces where the federal [Read more]

US crude oil
News

US crude oil pipeline capacity shown by new EIA database

May 31, 2019 Energi Staff

By Neil Agarwal, Jim O’Sullivan, Nicholas Skarzynski This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 30, 2019. EIA recently launched a new liquids pipeline projects database that tracks more than 200 crude oil, [Read more]

Canadian crude exports
Canada

Canadian crude exports: How much and where do they go?

May 30, 2019 Energi Staff

This article was published by the National Energy Board on May 29, 2019.  In 2018, Canada exported 275 thousand barrels per day (Mb/d) of crude oil by marine vessel, or 8 per cent of total [Read more]

Germany coal
News

Commission proposes Germany coal use to be phased out by 2038

May 30, 2019 Energi Staff

By Kien Chau This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 29, 2019. In January 2019, Germany’s government-appointed coal commission introduced a proposed pathway to phase out all coal electricity generation by [Read more]

Markham on Energy

UCP “say ‘yes’ to Trans Mountain pipeline” campaign looks a lot like NDP approach

May 30, 2019 Markham Hislop

The “say ‘yes’ to TMX” website looks like it was thrown together over someone’s coffee break Jason Kenney prior to the election: “What we’re talking about is moving Alberta from an apologetic or defensive posture [Read more]

Markham on Energy

CNRL shows faith in oil sands future with blockbuster $3.8 billion deal for Devon Energy

May 29, 2019 Markham Hislop

CNRL financed purchase with a $3.25 billion from Canadian and American sources On the election trail, Jason Kenney bemoaned the exit of international companies from the Alberta oil patch and promised to stem the tide. [Read more]

Canada

The cost of importing crude oil has decreased: NEB

May 29, 2019 Energi Staff

This article was published by the National Energy Board on May 8, 2019. In 2018, Canada imported 593 000 barrels per day (Mb/d) of crude oil at a total cost of over C$18 billion. Most crude oil [Read more]

Alberta carbon tax
Opinion

Why the Alberta carbon tax for industrial emitters works – Part 1

May 28, 2019 Markham Hislop

By Eric Denhoff Public opinion polling shows that Canadians, especially Albertans, don’t like carbon pricing. Call it a carbon tax or a carbon levy, Canadians prefer technology subsidies and regulations to pricing greenhouse gas emissions, [Read more]

energy trade
News

Canada is a key US energy trade partner: EIA

May 28, 2019 Energi Staff

By Natalie Kempkey This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 28, 2019. Canada is the largest energy trading partner with the United States based on the combined value of energy [Read more]

alternative energy
Opinion

Appetite for alternative energy among AB municipalities, businesses

May 28, 2019 Energi Staff

By Vincent Morales, Binnu Jeyakumar This article was published by the Pembina Institute on May 24, 2019. As renewables have become cheaper than conventional generation, there have been fundamental shifts in the economics of electricity generation, while [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Why is Elizabeth May suddenly supporting Alberta oil for Eastern Canada?

May 27, 2019 Markham Hislop

The Green Party of Canada has fired a shot across the bow of the other federal political parties. Leader Elizabeth May, a fierce pipeline foe, is calling for the roughly 600,000 barrels per day (b/d) [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Will Kenney’s comments to the Globe and Mail spook international investors demanding carbon risk strategies?

May 26, 2019 Markham Hislop

A Friday tweet from energy reporter Shawn McCarthy pulled back the curtain a bit on Premier Jason Kenney’s off-the-record view of climate change: “investor concerns about climate risk are ‘flavour of the month’…” [Read more]

Markham on Energy

BC Court of Appeals rules against BC’s claim it can restrict pipeline shipments of dilbit

May 24, 2019 Markham Hislop

The BC government does not have the authority to restrict the shipment of diluted bitumen (dilbit) in pipelines that cross the province, according to a decision released Friday morning by the BC Court of Appeals. [Read more]

Canada's gasoline
Canada

Where does Canada’s gasoline come from?

May 24, 2019 Energi Staff

This executive summary was published by the National Energy Board on May 15, 2019  Canada has vast gasoline production and transportation infrastructure that ensures flexible and reliable supply for Canadians. Canada’s gasoline supply chain begins [Read more]

DUC wells
News

Number of US DUC wells continues to rise: EIA

May 24, 2019 Energi Staff

By Owen Comstock This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 3, 2019. The number of drilled but uncompleted wells in seven key oil and natural gas production regions in the [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Update Venezuela: Oil output continues dropping from Canada’s biggest heavy crude competitor

May 23, 2019 Markham Hislop

Watch Markham’s interview with economist Bernadette Johnson about Venezuela’s oil industry problems: click here Does the Venezuela disaster have a bottom? Not for the country’s oil industry, according to a new report from the US [Read more]

Opinion

New aggressive energy narrative may hurt, not help, Alberta with global investors

May 18, 2019 Markham Hislop

Last year, during an annual dinner in London between one of our biggest oil and gas companies and UK investment houses, the new reality confronting Alberta hit home. The dinner had been, in the glory [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Postmedia sold its soul long before the “energy war room” revelation

May 18, 2019 Markham Hislop

Should Albertans be surprised that Postmedia has hired Premier Jason Kenney’s former campaign director Nick Koolsbergen to lobby to become “involved in the government’s energy war room.” No, but they should be astonished that Canada’s [Read more]

News

Gasoline pricing and the role of Trans Mountain pipeline in BC’s gasoline supply

May 17, 2019 Energi Staff

Gasoline pricing Gasoline’s retail price at the pump consists of the following major components. Changes in any of those components can affect gasoline prices in different regions (In addition to these factors, the switch from winter [Read more]

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by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Oil finally has a competitor (electricity) Alberta already has a Plan A. It’s called the Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan. To understand how risky it is, you need to understand OPEC’s “Oil and Gas [Read more]

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