Ethane prices began declining relative to natural gas prices in late 2011 and remained consistently lower than gas between 2013 and 2015 U.S. natural gas plant liquids (NGPL) production has nearly doubled since 2010, outpacing the rate [Read more]
Electricity consumption is higher in all cases Autonomous vehicles are one of the main sources of uncertainty in the future of U.S. transportation energy consumption, as autonomous vehicle technology has the potential to change travel [Read more]
Oil prices rose in volatile trading on Monday as the jittery market awaits the outcome of OPEC’s meetings later this week and investors considered the ramifications of a trade dispute between the US and China. [Read more]
White Rock-based Solar Alliance announced on Monday that it has completed the installation of three solar projects in Kentucky and West Virginia. The company installed solar arrays in Louisville, Hazard and West Virginia with its [Read more]
Precision Drilling says that on Monday, it expects to finalize a partial redemption of US$50 million of is 6.5 per cent senior notes which were to come due in 2021. Company photo. Precision Drilling also [Read more]
On Monday, TransCanada announced it will proceed with a $140 million expansion of its NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) system which boosts transportation capacity for Western Canadian producers. TransCanada photo. NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd will provide [Read more]
Hedge funds and other money managers cut their combined net long position in the six most important petroleum futures and options contracts by 18 million barrels in the week to June 12. Nexen photo. Hedge [Read more]
By 2035 crude oil supply will rise by 2 million b/d, requiring federal approval of new pipelines. Will Ottawa be on side given CAPP’s opposition to climate policies? The oil and gas sector is on [Read more]
CN operates 4,060 kms of rail in Alberta with 2,700 employees CN announced plans to invest $320 million across Alberta in 2018 to expand and strengthen the company’s rail network throughout the province, according to a [Read more]
Nova Scotia-based CarbonCure has developed a new system for making concrete that takes captured CO2, injects it into concrete, and once it hardens, the carbon is turned into a mineral. CarbonCure process makes concrete stronger, [Read more]
Bruce Flatt, Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., says he may consider investing in the Trans Mountain pipeline which was recently purchased by the Canadian government. Trans Mountain photo. Trans Mountain pipeline bought [Read more]
Representatives from major US shale oil producing companies met with OPEC at least twice this year and are set to meet with the cartel in Vienna next week. Continental Resources photo. US shale billionaire Harold [Read more]
On Thursday, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change announced stricter carbon pollution regulations for heavy-duty vehicles beginning in 2020. CN photo. On Thursday, the Government of Canada announced new carbon pollution regulations for heavy-duty [Read more]
Oil prices tumbled over two dollars per barrel on Friday as the market waits on tenterhooks to learn the outcome of next week’s OPEC meeting in Vienna. Recently, Russia and Saudi Arabia hinted that they [Read more]
EIA expects OPEC crude oil production will average 32.0 million b/d in 2018, a decrease of about 0.4 million b/d from 2017 In the June 2018 update of its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA forecasts Brent crude [Read more]
Refineries in US East Coast have minimal pipeline access so bring in Western Canadian crude oil by rail In March of 2018, Canadian oil volumes exported by rail reached a 3-year high of over 170,000 [Read more]
Almost 80% of oil produced in Alaska in 2017 was refined in Washington and California In Dec. 2017, the passage of Public Law 115-97 required the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer a competitive [Read more]
Oil prices were mixed on Thursday on a rising US dollar and concerns over crude supply and the upcoming meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries next week. ConocoPhillips photo. Brent oil prices slip, [Read more]
On Thursday, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, announced new carbon pollution regulations for school buses, transport trucks, garbage trucks, delivery vans and larger pickups. The Star photo by Vince Talotta. [Read more]
In 2016, Canada pledged to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies by 2025. The Trudeau government says the move is an important step in the transition to a low-carbon economy. @g20org Twitter photo. Minister of [Read more]
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