The Government of Canada announced earlier in the week that it is developing the Canadian Centre for Energy Information. Calling it a “modern and independent energy information system,” the Trudeau government says the centre will [Read more]
By Mickey Francis This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Aug. 28, 2019. Energy consumption in the United States reached a record high of more than 101 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) [Read more]
A team of researchers led by University of Calgary seismologists has uncovered an earthquake-triggering mechanism linked to hydraulic fracturing. According to a press release from the U of C, their new model shows that injection [Read more]
Greengate Power Corporation announced on Tuesday that it has received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission to construct and operate its $500 million Travers Solar project. Construction of the project located in Vulcan Country will [Read more]
On Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the 2017 decision by the Nebraska Public Service Commission that approved the Keystone XL Pipeline route through the state. While Albertans are hailing the verdict as a great [Read more]
By Stacy Angel, Bill Sanchez, Cara Marcy This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Aug. 22, 2019. The share of electricity generation from noncombustible renewable energy sources—solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal—for [Read more]
By Emily Geary This article by the United States Energy Information Administration was published on Aug. 23, 2019. In 2018, total U.S. crude oil production grew by 17 per cent, led by increased production of relatively [Read more]
On Monday, Husky Energy announced it has begun production at its 10,000 barrel per day (b/d) Dee Valley thermal project in Saskatchewan. Dee Valley is one of six thermal bitumen projects which will be brought [Read more]
By Glen Hodgson This article was posted by the C.D. Howe Institute on Aug. 23, 2019. Remember the learned chatter about an imminent limit to global oil supply? It’s now beyond obvious that “peak oil” [Read more]
This article was published by the National Energy Board on August 21, 2019. Household energy expenditures vary by province. Based on data from 2017, on average, nearly 12 per cent of Canadian household expenditures are [Read more]
By Katie Willis This article was published by Folio on Aug. 19, 2019. Glacier-fed rivers in Northern Canada may be consuming significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according to new research by University [Read more]
Work will soon begin on the $7.4 billion Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project. In a press release, the company says it has issued “Notice to Proceed” directives to some of its contractors, which will trigger [Read more]
Breaking news: Trans Mountain today issued “Notice to Proceed” directives to some contracts, construction to begin soon On Tuesday, the Kenney government extended oil production curtailment to the end of 2020, as inadequate pipeline capacity [Read more]
By Bill Brown, Ari Kahan This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Aug. 20, 2019. US petroleum and natural gas production increased by 16 per cent and by 12 per cent, [Read more]
This article was published by the National Energy Board on Aug. 14, 2019. Canadian marketable natural gas production is projected to steadily increase until 2040 according to the Reference Case in a recent report from the National Energy Board. [Read more]
By Michael Brown This article was published by Folio on Aug. 13, 2019. In June, Canada joined a growing list of countries frustrated with the inability of market forces to shrink our plastics dependency and [Read more]
By Michael Brown This article was published by Folio on Aug. 12, 2019. In July 2015, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency head Gina McCarthy was being grilled by lawmakers over President Obama’s Clean Power Plan requiring [Read more]
Husky Energy says that it is ready to fully resume production at its White Rose offshore drilling platform after an oil spill shut down the operation in November, 2018. In a press release, the Calgary-based [Read more]
By Victoria Zaretskaya This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Aug. 12, 2019. Australia is on track to surpass Qatar as the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, according to [Read more]
By Tariq Shanks, Manussawee Sukunta This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Aug. 13, 2019 The United States imposed tariffs on imported silicon solar cells and modules in January 2018. Solar PV [Read more]
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