Suncor Energy Inc. has entered into a multi-year agreement with Komatsu Ltd to purchase autonomous heavy haulers for its oil sands operations north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Canada will regain only 17,000 jobs to 2021 even [Read more]
Heavy crude oil usually has a high carbon-intensity rating because of the natural gas used to make steam required to raise its viscosity enough to pump to surface. One way to lower emissions is GlassPoint [Read more]
Push carbon-intense heavy crude oil from Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, etc out of global market with de-carbonized Alberta oil sands crude My understanding of the Paris climate agreement: humankind agreed to de-carbonize the existing energy system [Read more]
Coal demand drops to 14% of total generation by 2050, and utilization rate for coal plants remains under 60% EIA projects U.S. coal disposition—domestic demand and coal exports—to remain relatively flat through 2050 in the Annual Energy [Read more]
Britain’s GHG emissions fell by 3 per cent last year from levels recorded in 2016, mostly due to a drop in coal-fired power generation. Shutterstock photo. GHG emissions down in Britain for a fifth straight [Read more]
Oil prices rose on Thursday as crude stayed in sync with Wall Street. Investors continue to weigh concerns about rising US crude stocks against effective OPEC supply cuts. Statoil photo. Oil prices are up about [Read more]
California is set to defend Obama-era vehicle efficiency standards which called for doubling of the average fleet-wide fuel efficiency to about 50 mpg by 2025. VideoBlocks photo. EPA is expected to declare that Obama-era vehicle [Read more]
China’s new crude oil futures contract has a good chance of confounding the doubters and becoming a regional benchmark where other contracts have failed. Wall Street Journal photo. China’s oil futures fulfil commercial hedging needs, [Read more]
BC has one of cleanest power grids in world in terms of carbon emissions A new study will enable United Kingdom-based ITM Power to examine the potential for large-scale production of renewable hydrogen in British [Read more]
“Proposed expansion of Alliance Pipeline will increase access to premium markets and improve our service offering to current and potential customers.” Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced that Alliance Pipeline Ltd., of which it owns a 50 percent [Read more]
IEA forecasts infrastructure export capacity will rise from 1.9 million b/d at the end of 2017 to 4.7 million b/d in 2020 The United States is on pace to becoming the world’s top oil producer [Read more]
Solar photovoltaic (PV), onshore wind, and natural gas combined cycle, together make up 77% of all projected capacity additions from 2018 through 2050 EIA’s long-term outlook for the electric power sector considers both the cost [Read more]
OPEC heavyweight Saudi Arabia, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is in talks with Russia to extend their production output cap deal that could last up to 20 years, according to a report by [Read more]
Funding for challenge is part of $1.4-billion investment, over seven years, for innovation projects Large industrial emitters with innovative ideas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save money are invited to apply for funding from [Read more]
“Super-emitters” in Barnett Shale study were often facilities with broken valves or hatches left open, easy fixes for industry A study released last week by the Environmental Defense Fund comes to the same conclusion as [Read more]
Oil prices fell over 1 per cent on Wednesday after data from the US Energy Information Administration reported a surprise increase in US crude stocks, mostly due to increased imports. Tulsa World photo. Oil prices [Read more]
First Nations LNG Alliance CEO Karen Ogen-Toews “The issue of poverty and the need for economic and employment opportunities for First Nations was raised consistently.” – Ogen-Toews There’s a “high degree of support” among First Nations for [Read more]
Activity in the US oil and gas industry continued to climb last quarter and was driven by gains in the oilfield services sector, however, the cost of goods and labour also rose. Anadarko photo. A [Read more]
Historically, most of Canada’s imported LNG came from Caribbean and Middle East Canada’s only liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility – the Canaport LNG terminal in New Brunswick – was completed in 2009 to supply natural gas to eastern [Read more]
Total net energy imports to the United States fell to 7.3 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) in 2017, a 35 per cent decrease from 2016 and the lowest level since 1982, when both gross imports [Read more]
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