Please stop listening to Kenney, CAPP on Canadian carbon tax policy
August 2, 2018 | Markham on Energy
Ottawa tinkers with carbon tax regulation to better protect 4 Canadian sectors from foreign competitors […]
Crude oil-to-chemicals technologies will have significant impact on chemical industry – IHS Markit
August 2, 2018 | Innovation
Global demand for ethylene and propylene are 160 million metric tons and 111 million metric […]
Rising oil production with fewer workers: Albertans can learn from Texas example
August 1, 2018 | Markham on Energy
Technology tranforming oilfield: fracking, horizontal drilling, multiple wells from single pad on production side, digital […]
‘Revolutionary’ new oil sands mining process eliminates tailings ponds, lowers emissions by 40%, cuts costs
July 30, 2018 | Markham on Energy
Current extraction process at CNRL Horizon oil sands mine. Photo: CNRL CNRL plans to share […]
Fildebrandt on Alberta energy policy: no govt-owned pipelines, support for small conventional producers, goodbye carbon tax for Freedom Conservative Party
July 29, 2018 | Markham on Energy
Controversial MLA Derek Fildebrandt, leader of Freedom Conservative Party Fildebrandt accuses NDP of siding with […]
US investors ‘bargain hunting’ for shale basin assets – not Canadian regulations – a big reason why Alberta oil producers having trouble raising capital
July 28, 2018 | News
American investors are picking up discounted shale oil and gas assets on the cheap, preferring […]
Notley needs new narrative for Alberta carbon tax, poll shows. She has plenty of stories to tell if she chooses to tell them
July 26, 2018 | Markham on Energy
Carbon pricing will give oil sands producers competitive advantage in new markets, funds diversification into […]
China is world’s largest energy consumer even as it transitions from manufacturing to services
July 26, 2018 | News
In 2015, China’s industrial sector consumed 71 quadrillion Btu, projected to be 85 quadrillion Btu by […]
Peak oil demand by 2036? Wood Mackenzie says oil companies are planning now for consumption decline
July 25, 2018 | Markham on Energy
Source: Wood Mackenzie Peak oil demand isn’t controversial anymore, just one of the planning variables […]
Energy Bits: Shell and the oil sands, no private buyer for TMX
July 24, 2018 | Markham on Energy
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau In today’s Energy Bits, analyst […]
Volcanic lava flows affect geothermal power on Hawaii’s Big Island
July 24, 2018 | USA
Petroleum accounts for 56% of island’s power generation mix , geothermal is 20%, wind is 11%, small-scale […]
China, India, and Africa to lead global energy consumption growth to 2040
July 24, 2018 | News
China, India, Africa account for 32% of global energy consumption in 2015, 36% by 2040 […]
Jason Kenney’s greatest challenge: coherent, market-based energy policy and Peak Oil Demand
July 21, 2018 | Markham on Energy
Demand for crude oil will peak by 2036. How will a govt led by Jason […]
Microwaving oil sands SAGD reservoirs advances to 10,000 b/d test project with Prosper Energy
July 20, 2018 | Innovation
RF XL uses no water or solvent, small physical footprint, can be adapted to many reservoir types, […]
Never mind new pipeline minister Amarjeet Sohi, let’s keep our eye on his chief of staff
July 20, 2018 | Markham on Energy
Amarjeet Sohi, new federal natural resources minister from Edmonton Zoe Caron formerly worked under Gerry […]