Source: Railway Association of Canada Ottawa accelrating phase-out of 21,367 unjacketed CPC 1232 tank cars by November 1, 2018 could eliminate estimated 196,000 b/d of heavy crude shipping capacity Rachel Notley announced Wednesday that her [Read more]
Source: Scotiabank – Shut In? Assessing the Merits of Government Supply Intervention in the Alberta Oil Industry Royalty credit for production curtailment provides middle ground for industry players To curtail or not to curtail: that is the [Read more] [Read more]
Protesters delaying construction of Trans-Peco natural gas pipeline from Texas to Mexico Every major American pipeline that crosses state borders is opposed, litigated, or protested. – Prof. Flatt Vivian Krause on her own is harmless. [Read more]
Source: ARC Financial Institute. “Tone at the top matters, and investors are uncertain as to whether Canada wants to be in the oil and gas business in any meaningful way.” – Mark Scholz, drillers association [Read more]
Notley plan to grow domestic market for Alberta oil/gas a great strategy that needs Ottawa’s support Update: Alberta government announced late Tuesday that it will double support for petrochemical upgrading, with total investment now set at [Read more]
Photo source: The Spokesman-Review “The Court’s decision to withdraw the permit and stop construction on the Keystone XL pipeline in Indigenous Environmental Network, et al. v. U.S. Department of State is a major blow to the ultimate completion [Read more]
Enbridge’s mainline pipeline system. Source; Enbridge. We were surprised to see Enbridge has this much additional expansion potential on its mainline to PADD II (Midwest) and it is even earlier than expected. – Dan Tsubouchi [Read more]
US Gulf Coast demand for Canadian heavy crude is growing because of declining supply from Venezuela, Mexico, Iran Our thesis is that Canadian heavy oil is not a discounted product, it’s a stranded product. Those [Read more]
“AER-verified calculations estimate” is $58.65 billion and all or almost all will be paid by industry Public agencies doing the walk of shame is a rare sight, but the Alberta Energy Regulator was forced to [Read more]
Various technology, policy, and social trends over the past decade point to the potential for a global shift towards a lower carbon economy. – NEB The technology case set out in the Canada’s Energy Future [Read more]
Angus Reid says Canadian support for Trans Mountain Expansion grew between Feb. and April 2018 as attacks from BC intensified Who in their right mind thinks David Suzuki or Greenpeace would ever be pro-pipeline? Jason [Read more]
UCP leader Jason Kenney speaking to the Energy Relaunch conference. Photo: CBC “This is not energy policy, it is Donald Trump-style, grievance-fueled populism pandering to the frustrations and anger of an industry that thinks it [Read more]
Notley government, CEPA, Alberta oil and gas industry united in opposition to Bill C69, demand for amendments Shannon Phillips is not happy with the state of Bill C69, the Trudeau Government’s new legislation to regulate [Read more]
Headliners at the Energy Relaunch conference Thursday in Calgary at the Metropolitan Conference Centre Energy Relaunch would benefit from more outward looking, forward thinking panelists – like the Alberta oil sands CEOs – instead of [Read more]
UCP leader Jason Kenney speaking to Calgary Chamber of Commerce Canadians want to be engaged with and talked to about energy issues – not corrected, lectured, or hectored Let’s call the idea of a “rapid [Read more]
Premier Rachel Notley’s speech to Alberta teachers Saturday. Notley says transition to low-carbon energy system will be gradual, Bermans says there is no time and Alberta must cap oil/gas production immediately Saturday’s highly anticipated faceoff [Read more]
Refinery outages will take care of themselves over the next month or two as maintenance is completed and facilities come back online The discount for Western Canadian Select reached $65.17 Thursday, setting off alarm bells [Read more]
No one cares what Alberta thinks of dangers of anthropogenic global warming. What matters is what global policy makers and markets think Humans have just 10 years to implement “far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all [Read more]
JP Gladue, CEO of Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business “It’s a positive thing – whether you look at equity ownership or gifting, it’s a good thing…We’re getting involved in the economy.” – National Chief Perry Bellegarde, [Read more]
Digital technologies are destroying white collar oil and gas jobs in Calgary. A new economic development strategy will help, but not in the short-term As the pace of global technology change picks up, changing how [Read more]
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