“In my view, innovation is essential to human progress.” – Bill Gates I’m writing a news story about an Alberta team entered in the Carbon X Prize that got me thinking about the best way [Read more]
Canadian oil and gas industry is caught in 1950s time warp, incapable of innovative communications with Canadians If you ever wondered why the oil and gas industry does so poorly with the Canadian public, look [Read more]
North American Energy News delivers news stories, analysis, opinion that illuminates this new stage of human history for our readers Every news organization has a bias. Today, I want to write about ours, which is based [Read more]
Hillary Clinton better hope casualties are within the range of acceptable losses because this issue has snafu written all over it By proposing that the Dept. of Justice investigate fossil fuel companies for misleading the public [Read more]
Abandoning “all of the above” for “renewable energy fast” is significant change in American energy policy, politics After the high-profile speeches and celebrity endorsements of Hillary Clinton, down on the floor and in the backrooms of [Read more]
TransCanada and the Canadian oil industry need to significantly step up their political game with Energy East A few months ago, uber environmentalist Bill McKibben promised that all future energy infrastructure projects will be”Keystoned.” Right on cue, [Read more]
Lesbian meme created by gay oil sands activist Robbie Picard, who thinks buying OPEC gas supports repressive, anti-LGBTQ regimes The Facebook meme that accompanies this column has raised a lot of hackles on social media. Our [Read more]
Hamm said to be auditioning for energy portfolio if Donald Trump becomes president Bakken oil mogul Harold Hamm, the leading contender to be energy secretary in a Trump Administration, fired a howitzer across the bow [Read more]
President Trump could issue executive order to establish import quotas keeping OPEC oil from US refineries I’m embarrassed. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to (sort of) ban OPEC and I missed it. My only consolation [Read more]
Expect Mike Pence to be articulate and forceful in his defense of the American energy industry Donald Trump has a running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. The 57-year old lawyer is an interesting blend of energy [Read more]
Oil sands producers will concentrate on expanding existing facilities, production to rise 1M b/d by 2025 – IHS Oil prices are near levels where Alberta oil sands operators will consider expanding production, according to presenters [Read more]
Interesting issue is Obama Administration’s need to address perceptions of USA as committed to fighting climate change – Kronby When President Barack Obama rejected TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline proposal last year, he probably expected some sort of [Read more]
41% of BC respondents support approval of Kinder Morgan pipeline, 34% are opposed Get ready for a new pipeline, British Columbia, because a recent poll may have removed the last impediment to building the Kinder Morgan project. [Read more]
Industry concerned federal regulations stifling natural gas production, manufacturing opportunities in Mancos Shale Now that natural gas reserve estimates for the Mancos Shale in the Piceance Basin of Colorado have been revised dramatically upwards to 66 trillion cubic [Read more]
“This action by Oregon teaches [students] that scientific knowledge derives from politics. – Dr. Judith Curry A recent decision by the Portland, Oregon public school board to ban discussion of climate change opposition in textbooks is part of the [Read more]
Permian Basin leaders like EOG, Pioneer ready to resume drilling, smaller companies more cautious After a year and a half of tough times, the Permian Basin – the world’s most prolific shale basin – is showing [Read more]
Canadian wind/solar generation will rise from 5.2% to 7% by 2020, growth remains flat from 2020 to 2040 Why all the fuss about renewable energy in Canada? A new report from the national regulator shows [Read more]
Expect more moderation once Trump sews up the nomination and begins the general election campaign Donald Trump delivered the first energy policy speech since he began running for the Republican nomination. The biggest surprise is [Read more]
Modern autos are pretty much perfected, trying to replace them with copycat EVs will fail. EV subsidies should solve real world issues Last week the Canadian province of Ontario introduced huge electric vehicle subsidies, up [Read more]
Permian Basin oil patch looking forward to recovery when price recovers to $45 or $50 and holds for 30 days Mike Swihart was a bit surprised when some of his Permian Basin oil and gas [Read more]
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