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Year: 2020

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Lower natural gas production in 2020: EIA

May 18, 2020 Energi Staff

By Kirby Lawrence, Emily Geary, Troy Cook This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 15, 2020. (Updated May 18, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. to revise the forecasted change in production [Read more]

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Large battery systems often paired with renewable energy power plants

May 18, 2020 Energi Staff

By Maxwell Hayes and Sara Hoff  This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 18, 2020 Pairing renewable energy generators with energy storage, particularly batteries, is increasingly common as the cost of [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Hostile rant by Cenovus CEO Pourbaix against Norway’s $1 trillion wealth fund a really dumb idea

May 16, 2020 Markham Hislop

Alberta oil sands companies are not reducing absolute greenhouse gas emissions, the standard required by European investors and financial institutions On Thursday, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund announced it is “excluding” four bitumen producers from future [Read more]

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US crude oil production to fall in 2020 and 2021: EIA

May 14, 2020 Energi Staff

By Naser Ameen, Dana Van Wagener, Jeff Barron This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 14, 2020. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects US crude oil production to fall [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Trudeau’s other shoe drops for Alberta-based oil/gas industry: No net-zero emissions plan, no money

May 13, 2020 Markham Hislop

Instead of indulging in petty partisanship, Liberals are methodically reforming much of the federal legislation that touches the oil/gas sector On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tied bridge financing for large oil and gas companies [Read more]

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Alberta introduces new helium royalty rate

May 13, 2020 Energi Staff

On Wednesday, the Alberta government announced it is setting a new helium royalty rate.  The Kenney government says the change, retroactive to April 1, will provide investor certainty to help develop an untapped resource that [Read more]

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Canadian refineries reduce production due to COVID-19

May 13, 2020 Energi Staff

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world, including Canada, have put restrictions in place so that people remain at home as much as possible. These restrictions have resulted in unprecedented reduction [Read more]

Opinion

Deep retrofit of homes, buildings is the post COVID-19 megaproject Canada needs

May 12, 2020 Energi Staff

By Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze This article was published by Pembina Institute on May 8, 2020. As we do our part to flatten the curve on COVID-19, we’re spending much more time in our homes, juggling work with [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Oil isn’t dead. Here’s why Elizabeth May and Yves-François Blanchet are wrong

May 7, 2020 Markham Hislop

May and Blanchet are wrong, Kenney and CAPP are wrong…Canada desperately needs a third energy narrative that helps us prepare for an uncertain, volatile energy future “Oil is dead,” says Green leader Elizabeth May. “Oil [Read more]

Markham on Energy

COVID-19 is an opportunity to rethink the future of Canadian oil and gas. What really needs to be in Round 2 of federal support

May 6, 2020 Markham Hislop

Canadians own natural resources like oil and gas and it’s time to start thinking like owners, including coming up with a new vision for the hydrocarbon sector Are we “returning to normal” after the COVID-19 [Read more]

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BC Oil and Gas Methane Emissions Research Collaborative advances reduction targets

May 6, 2020 Energi Staff

The B.C. Oil and Gas Methane Emissions Research Collaborative (MERC) has established a two-year plan to advance research on methane emissions from oil and gas activity. The joint initiative of industry, government, the regulator and non-profits supports [Read more]

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Personal electronic devices change how Canadians’ home energy use

May 6, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on May 5, 2020. As Canadians spend more time in their homes to slow the spread of COVID-19, they may notice that they are using energy [Read more]

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US energy-related CO2 emissions down in 2019, below 2017 levels

May 5, 2020 Energi Staff

By Perry Lindstrom This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 5, 2020. US energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions declined by 2.8 per cent in 2019 to 5,130 million metric tons [Read more]

Markham on Energy

The Energi vision for Canadian oil and gas: Preparing for a post-combustion future

May 5, 2020 Markham Hislop

Canada needs a hydrocarbon “moonshot” – John F. Kennedy’s 1961 vow to put a man on the moon by 1970 – to refocus the oil/gas sector from fuels to materials Click here to read and sign [Read more]

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Batteries, hydrogen tech: keys to a clean energy future

May 4, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on May 3, 2020. As governments focus on dealing with the Covid-19 health emergency, they are increasingly turning their attention to the impact of shutting down [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Round 2 ask for oil/gas financial support underscores humiliating CAPP failure during Round 1

May 4, 2020 Markham Hislop

When the biggest lobbying group for Canada’s biggest export industry can’t influence the Canadian government during the biggest economic collapse since the Great Depression, is it time to fire Tim McMillan and try a new [Read more]

Markham on Energy

The Planet of the Humans’ real agenda: fewer humans, otherwise known as de-population

May 2, 2020 Markham Hislop

“You know there’s no going back without seeing some sort of major die-off in population. There’s no turning back.” – scientist approvingly interviewed by Gibbs Michael Moore’s new film, Planet of the Humans, has become [Read more]

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Ontario electricity use down since beginning of COVID-19

April 30, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on April 29, 2020. On 12 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Since then, energy demand decreased around the world as a result [Read more]

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Global energy demand to plunge after biggest shock since WWII

April 30, 2020 Energi Staff

The International Energy Agency says the COVID-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven decades.  The agency says it predicts the drop in energy demand in 2020 will [Read more]

News

Low liquidity, limited storage pushes WTI futures below zero

April 27, 2020 Energi Staff

By Jesse Barnett, Jeff Barron This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 27 2020. On Monday, April 20, 2020, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil front-month futures traded on the [Read more]

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