Proved US oil reserves increased by 6.4 billion barrels (19.5 per cent) in 2017 compared with the previous year, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Harvest Oil & Gas image. Shale plays accounted for [Read more] [Read more]
The Bio-Resy, a small-scale biogas digester from German-based Bio-Ways UG, enables users to transform their organic kitchen waste into a type of renewable energy called biogas. Biogas technology could help people in developing countries This [Read more] [Read more]
With global oil demand set to grow in 2018, global gas use also increasing and large numbers of new coal power plants coming online in 2018, CO2 emissions are expected to grow. CC0 public domain photo. [Read more] [Read more]
The electric power sector is the nation’s largest consumer of coal, accounting for 93 per cent of total US coal consumption between 2007 and 2018. Getty Images photo. 2018 US coal consumption will be 44 [Read more] [Read more]
Oil prices climbed over 4 per cent on Monday after talks between the US and China resulted in a temporary truce to the trade war that has dragged down markets in recent months. Anadarko photo. [Read more] [Read more]
Pressure from investors over climate change has forced Royal Dutch Shell to set out plans for industry-leading CO2 emissions targets which will be linked to executive pay. Shell CO2 emissions targets will be introduced in [Read more] [Read more]
Western Canadian Select crude is typically priced lower than other crudes because of its quality. Recently, WCS prices fell substantially because of planned maintenance and rising production. Suncor photo. WCS prices up on Monday following [Read more] [Read more]
Hedge funds completed the wave of crude oil futures and options sales last week but there were heavy sales of derivatives linked to middle distillates. Hedge funds net sellers of 649 million barrels in the [Read more] [Read more]
The Board of Directors of the Alberta Energy Regulator announced on Friday that Gordon Lambert has been named interim president and CEO of the AER following the retirement of Jim Ellis. AER photo. Gordon Lambert [Read more] [Read more]
Premier Rachel Notley speaking at Sunday media conference. “…we have asked the federal government to consider supporting our investment in [120,000 b/d of] rail and we will keep pushing that.” – Premier Rachel Notley Premier [Read more] [Read more]
Oil prices fell over one per cent on Friday on rising crude stocks and despite expectations that OPEC and Russia will agree to a production cut next week at the cartel’s meeting in Vienna. Anadarko [Read more] [Read more]
Across the country, seven unique states have had a year of such tremendous growth, which shows that the solar revolution is not restricted to just one or two states. US Department of Energy photo. Technology [Read more] [Read more]
Source: Angus Reid Institute. “This is why the big oil sands companies are my most trusted influencer when it comes to climate change: they have skin in the game.” It’s safe to assume that no [Read more]
Proved reserves of U.S. crude oil increased 19.5 per cent from the end of 2016, reaching 39.2 billion barrels and surpassing the previous peak level of 39.0 billion barrels set in 1970. Getty Images photo [Read more] [Read more]
In October, Royal Dutch Shell announced it will go ahead with construction of the $40 billion LNG Canada facility. Petronas, a partner in the endeavour, announced it has signed a deal with trading house Vitol [Read more] [Read more]
Oil prices climbed on Thursday after industry sources reported that Russia has agreed for the need for crude output cuts for 2019. Equinor photo. Oil prices up over 2 per cent US oil prices jumped [Read more] [Read more]
If the United States slapped a tariff on OPEC imports, the US could still source the crude it needs from Canada and Mexico. More pipelines from Canada would be needed and boosting production in Mexico [Read more] [Read more]
Currently, electricity accounts for 40 per cent of total residential Canadian energy use and is expected to grow to 42 per cent by 2040. Varistor60 photo via Wikimedia. Electrification of space and water heating will [Read more] [Read more]
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, Khalid al-Falih, is hoping to convince other OPEC ministers to get on board with output cuts to avoid another oil price crash when the cartel meets in Vienna next week. Bloomberg [Read more] [Read more]
In the first report of its series called Cool Ideas, the Conference Board of Canada looks at how 3D printed homes could be a solution for long standing housing issues in Canada’s northern and Indigenous [Read more] [Read more]
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