India’s solar efforts are part of larger effort worldwide to shift away from fossil fuels for production of heat The production of heat accounts for around one half of energy demand around the globe – [Read more]
The United States and China are ratcheting up trade war tensions between the two economic superpowers. An analyst with JTD Energy said some Chinese refiners may buy crude from Iran and are “not going to [Read more]
Tzeporah Berman and Jason Kenney 5 CEOs of Alberta’s biggest oil sands producers initiated talks with 5 ENGOs in 2015, informal group morphed into OSAG in mid-2016 Shannon Phillips says Jason Kenney erred when he [Read more]
The United States imported record-high amounts of Canadian crude last week despite shutdowns at the Alberta oil sands Syncrude plant and transportation bottlenecks. Savage Tankers photo by craypicts@verizon.net. Canadian crude output on the rise According to [Read more]
Oil prices fell in trading on Thursday after data from the US Energy Information Administration showed US crude stocks had risen by 1.3 million barrels last week. Analysts had predicted a 3.5 million barrel drop. [Read more]
Canadian industry pushing back against federal, provincial climate policy and regulations By Jan Gorski, Pembina Institue Devon Canada president Rob Dutton’s opinion piece in the Edmonton Journal late last month thinks it is unfair industry should [Read more]
China opted to not include US LNG on its list of products from the United States that will face hefty import duties beginning on Friday, but Beijing may use LNG sales later should the trade [Read more]
Capital costs alone appear to make new Alberta refineries uneconomic, which is why oil sands producers prefer buying US refineries and renovating A new study from the School of Public Policy says the soon to be [Read more]
For many American voters heading to the midterm polls in November, the gains from tax cuts passed last year have been offset by the rise in oil prices since 2016. DallasNews.com photo. Oil prices impact [Read more]
US President Donald Trump blames OPEC for rising gas prices and is urging the cartel to “REDUCE PRICING NOW!”. Higher gasoline prices could become a political problem for the ruling Republicans as the midterm elections [Read more]
Enbridge Inc is selling some of its natural gas gathering and processing business in Canada to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners as part of the company’s effort to focus on its pipeline business. North Peace Economic Development [Read more]
Rising demand from China as well as greater industrial demand for natural gas along with rising supplies from the US will transform the global gas markets in the coming five years, according to the IEA. [Read more]
Transmission Links are part of larger initiative to provide renewable energy from Newfoundland to new markets with neighbours In Feb. 2018, the island of Newfoundland joined the interconnected North American electricity grid, according to the [Read more]
Polling data shows Notley has to work harder telling her story if she hopes to win back Alberta voters – Janet Brown “Trans Mountain filed its construction progress report today and there was good news [Read more]
Bob Dudley, CEO of BP, says natural gas is the best alternative to coal-fired power generation in many areas. He adds improving technologies are helping curb methane emissions. Natural gas under attack by environmentalists A [Read more]
In some of the hottest countries in the world, solar thermal could help provide energy for cooking, hot water and industry and reduce the dependency on dirty fuels like coal. China is the global leader [Read more]
Oil prices rose slightly in trading on Tuesday in volatile trading as analysts’ concerns about crude supply edged out profit taking one day before the July 4 holiday in the United States. Repsol photo. Oil [Read more]
However for every successful project on Kickstarter or Indiegogo, an average of two energy projects go unfunded. The reasons behind such failures vary – a funding goal that is too ambitious, a project that is unrealistic, or [Read more]
The demand for chemical products has a direct impact on energy demand, and consequently carbon dioxide emissions. The sector accounts for approximately 11 per cent and 8 per cent respectively of the global primary demand for [Read more]
Saudi oil output hit 10.70 million barrels per day (b/d) in June to compensate for falling Venezuelan and Libyan production due to instability in the two OPEC countries. Saudi oil output increase has angered Iran, [Read more]
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