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Month: March 2020

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Markham on Energy

Alberta investment in Keystone XL pipeline: damned if you, damned if you don’t

March 31, 2020 Markham Hislop

Kenney has been a tireless advocate for Alberta oil/gas. The decision was an easy one for the Premier, but was it a smart one? Alberta Premier Jason Kenney joined Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the [Read more]

News

COVID-19 effects on power, renewables industry: Wood Mac report

March 31, 2020 Energi Staff

In it’s report on the impacts of the COVID-19 virus, Wood Mackenzie highlights the massive impact of the pandemic on the global power and renewables industry. Countries around the world are struggling to handle the [Read more]

News

Oil prices volatility at an all-time high

March 30, 2020 Energi Staff

By Jesse Barnett, Jeff Barron This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 27, 2020. Crude oil prices have fallen significantly since the beginning of 2020, largely driven by the economic [Read more]

News

How 2020’s falling oil prices compare to other historic crude markets events

March 25, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on March 25, 2020. As of Friday 20 March 2020, the spot price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil decreased by 65 per cent from [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Suddenly, Alberta thrown on mercy of Ottawa: the importance of Kenney, oil/gas industry being better at politics

March 24, 2020 Markham Hislop

Perhaps CEOs should think long and hard about their politics – and how they are represented nationally by Kenney – when world returns to normal *Readers are reminded to watch the full-length video interviews integrated [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Coronavirus crisis drives global wind market downgrade

March 24, 2020 Energi Staff

The coronavirus crisis will cause global wind additions in 2020 to decline by 4.9GW compared to Wood Mackenzie’s previous projections. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic and other market changes since Wood Mackenzie’s Q4 2019 update, [Read more]

News

China oil imports top 10 million barrels per day in 2019

March 23, 2020 Energi Staff

By Jeff Barron This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 23, 2020 China’s annual crude oil imports in 2019 increased to an average of 10.1 million barrels per day (b/d), [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Which way ya goin’, Alberta? Time to say farewell to junior oil/gas sector, invest heavily in oilfield technology, cleantech, manufacturing

March 20, 2020 Markham Hislop

Oilfield technology and manufacturing should be a major focus of the governments’ aid package Ottawa and Alberta are rumoured to be crafting a huge bailout for the Canadian oil and gas sector, perhaps as much [Read more]

News

Most of Hawaii’s electric battery storage systems paired with wind, solar power systems

March 20, 2020 Energi Staff

By Kien Chau This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 20, 2020. Nearly all of Hawaii’s utility-scale battery storage capacity is installed with onshore wind turbines or solar photovoltaic (PV) [Read more]

News

Athabasca Oil halts 2020 capital program

March 20, 2020 Energi Staff

On Friday, Athabasca Oil announced it will cut its $30 million 2020 capital program and curtail heavy oil production at its Hangingstone oil sands facility. The Calgary-based company says it has immediately cancelled its forecast [Read more]

News

US crude imports down, but imports from Canada increased

March 19, 2020 Energi Staff

By John Duff This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 19, 2020. In 2005, US refineries relied heavily on foreign crude oil, importing a record volume of more than 10.1 [Read more]

Opinion

Industry slashes spending as oil price rout deepens: Can companies cope?

March 19, 2020 Energi Staff

This op-ed was released by Wood Mackenzie on March 19, 2020. Survival mode has returned to the oil and gas sector as the oil price rout deepens. Corporate financials are in better shape than during [Read more]

News

Carbon fees would reduce CO2 emissions in the near term: EIA

March 18, 2020 Energi Staff

By Perry Lindstrom This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 17, 2020. As part of its most recent Annual Energy Outlook, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) conducted three alternative policy [Read more]

News

Alberta, BC natural gas production changing

March 18, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on March 18, 2020. Marketable natural gas production from Alberta and British Columbia (B.C.) made up 94 per cent or more of Canada’s total gas production [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Reserve based lending – what went wrong?

March 16, 2020 Energi Staff

By Steve Hendrickson Reserve-based lending (RBL) has been a critical source of capital for the oil and gas industry for decades. It has typically been an attractively priced source of capital because lenders have a [Read more]

News

Rising oil sands emissions clash with Canadian climate commitments: Pembina

March 16, 2020 Energi Staff

Pembina Institute released a report last month showing how rising oil sands emissions are conflicting with Canada’s 2030 and 2050 climate commitments.  The report from the energy think tank also shows how governments and industry [Read more]

News

Air conditioning energy use to grow faster than any other use in buildings

March 16, 2020 Energi Staff

By Courtney Sourmehi This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 13, 2020. In the Annual Energy Outlook 2020 (AEO2020) Reference case, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that delivered energy for [Read more]

News

No OPEC deal will boost global inventory, lower prices

March 16, 2020 Energi Staff

By Hannah Bruel This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Mar. 16, 2020. Markets for oil, as well as other commodities and equities, have experienced significant volatility and price declines since [Read more]

News

Canadian crude production rises to 2009 levels

March 11, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on March 11, 2020. Newfoundland and Labrador is the dominant producer of crude oil outside of western Canada, producing approximately 6 per cent of Canadian crude [Read more]

News

EIA’s 50% Carbon Free Generation side case projects little effect on CO2 emissions

March 11, 2020 Energi Staff

By Richard Bowers This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 11 2020. Last week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released an Issue in Focus supplement to its Annual Energy Outlook 2020 (AEO2020). [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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