Oil sands boosters are like Japanese nipponhei, loyally fighting long after the war is over Psst. Alberta oil sands boosters. Stop dissing Hanoi Jane. You’ve already won the bitumen and pipeline war, now you’re being an ungracious winner. [Read more]
Alberta energy diversification should include partial bitumen upgrading, petrochemicals, expansion of oilfield services/manufacturing Economic diversification rarely works. Canadian governments have wasted many billions over the decades, chasing this or that economic flavour of the week [Read more]
2017 should see more stable prices, beginning of US shale revival As a year draws to its close, journalists like to look back and talk about what they got right, skip over what they got wrong, [Read more]
Do carbon tax + climate policies + pipeline approvals = Notley NDP pathway to 2019 election success? A key characteristic of Rachel Notley’s deeply unpopular carbon tax is being ignored: while the prevailing wisdom is that [Read more]
CAPP understands link between climate policies and pipelines. Other energy associations not so enlightened My New Year’s wish for the Canadian oil and gas industry is a spanky new political worldview that embraces the energy [Read more]
Climate policies, including a carbon tax, are price Alberta oil producers pay for pipelines Reuters is reporting that confidence is low in the Canadian oil sands industry, supposedly because of market access issues (read, pipelines) and [Read more]
Industry’s argument that Arctic drilling ban endangers national security, could raise energy prices, are suspect With the global economy awash in crude oil, the recently announced American and Canadian bans on Arctic oil and gas drilling [Read more]
Trans Mountain Expansion, Line 3, Keystone XL, Energy East approved or in play – but will Mr. Grinch spoil the festive mood? Christmas came early for the Canadian oil and gas industry, which only a [Read more]
Rex Tillerson would bring potential positives and negatives to Secretary of State President-elect Donald Trump continues his controversial appointments – or cabinet trial balloons, in some cases – and some of them could have important consequences [Read more]
Levant accuses AFL head of having an Ashley Madison account and a progressive blogger of planting fake offensive signs, while Bernard the Roughneck throws his shoes at the Legislature Disgruntled Albertans gathered at the Legislature Saturday [Read more]
Carr pledged Canadian government will encourage peaceful Trans Mountain dissent, but prosecute law-breakers A few days ago in Alberta, Jim Carr warned that law breaking protesters upset over the construction of the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline will [Read more]
Vancouver opponents won’t forget about Trans Mountain, Liberals have the right message, Tory votes might be available “How are the [BC Trans Mountain Expansion] protesters going to keep this issue alive when the next election is [Read more]
Northern Gateway proves that if Canadian oil/gas industry doesn’t change its political narrative, pipeline projects are in danger Northern Gateway – the dead pipeline walking, the zombie pipeline – finally died yesterday at the hands [Read more]
Justin Trudeau will try charm, but if anti-Trans Mountain protests escalate, Vancouver well see another side of Prime Minister Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau green lighted two pipeline projects, but Canadians are talking about [Read more]
Energy transitions take 50 to 75 years, regulators need to be patient Outgoing EPA head Gina McCarthy says the clean energy transition can’t be stopped. API head Jack Gerard says the real energy transition is from [Read more]
Opening up the environmental review process risks having process hijacked by eco-activists Canadians lack confidence in the National Energy Board (NEB) – an assertion by eco-activist pipeline opponents which has been accepted unconditionally by the Trudeau [Read more]
Trudeau Liberals will appeal to moderate Metro Vancouver voters, tout climate policies to gain support for Trans Mountain pipeline construction A new poll suggests British Columbians are staunchly opposed to the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline [Read more]
Higher fuel mileage just leads to more miles driven, Trump plan better strategy for US energy independence How should America achieve energy independence? Donald Trump says ban OPEC imports and boost shale oil production. Energy [Read more]
Standing Rock isn’t about Dakota Access pipeline, it’s about short-sighted oil and gas industry strategy Here’s the problem with treating pipeline protests like an “ongoing riot”: What if they never stop? What if the more protesters police [Read more]
If Justin Trudeau blinks on Trans Mountain, when does he stop blinking? The Vancouver downtown buzzed Saturday afternoon with a protest march against the Kinder Morgan pipeline. Will it be enough to persuade the Prime [Read more]
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