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Month: August 2019

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Canadian Centre for Energy Information offers expert energy analysis

August 30, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

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EIA updates its US energy consumption by source and sector chart

August 29, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

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U of C team uncovers mechanism triggering hydraulic fracturing related earthquakes

August 28, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

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Travers Solar project approved, will power over 100K homes

August 28, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

Markham on Energy

With Nebraska decision Keystone XL clears one legal hurdle. Are there others?

August 27, 2019 Markham Hislop

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]

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Two approaches to compare renewable electricity generation, other sources

August 26, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

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US tends to produce lighter crude oil, import heavier crude oil

August 26, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

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Production begins at Husky’s Dee Valley thermal project

August 26, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

Opinion

Opinion: Peak oil returns – on the demand side

August 26, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

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What types of energy are Canadian families buying? Answer varies across regions

August 22, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

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Glacier-fed rivers may consume atmospheric carbon dioxide

August 21, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

News

Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project re-starts soon

August 21, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

Markham on Energy

Savage extends oil curtailment another year. But when will it end?

August 21, 2019 Markham Hislop

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]

News

US petroleum, natural gas production hits record high in 2018

August 21, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

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Canadian natural gas production, and BC’s share of it, expected to grow

August 19, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

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Why plastic bags are so hard to get rid of

August 19, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

News

A small change in Earth’s carbon dioxide makes a big difference

August 19, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

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Husky Energy’s White Rose platform to resume production

August 19, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

News

Australia’s LNG exports set to top Qatar by 2020

August 19, 2019 Energi Staff

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]

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US solar PV module imports partially recover after 2018 tariffs

August 19, 2019 Energi Staff

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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Alberta is becoming a laughingstock, thanks to Danielle Smith

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Smith says new methane emissions regulations are “illegal,” but Alberta already has an agreement with Ottawa under existing federal legislation If Danielle Smith felt shame, she would be embarrassed by this morning’s press release claiming [Read more]

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