Libyan oil smugglers are driving instability in the OPEC nation, according to the US Treasury Department. Reuters photo by Aidan Lewis. Libyan oil smuggling sanctions imposed against six people, 24 companies, seven vessels The United [Read more]
Charging a price on emissions ensures we appropriately weigh costs and benefits. According to Trevor Tombe, one can argue for high or low carbon taxes, but that is where the debate should be. The price [Read more]
Oil prices rose after Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, Khalid al-Falih, made comments during a trip to India that the kingdom will lower its production to well below output caps during the first quarter of 2018. [Read more]
The real consequence of a shortage of Canadian pipelines may be the impact on investor confidence, and that value may never be known. Trans Mountain photo. Pipelines are running near capacity as output grows By [Read more]
Horgan says BC referring issue of restricting dilbit shipments by pipeline to Federal Court of Appeal The provincial government will be moving forward with consultation around four bitumen spill safeguards while referring to the courts [Read more]
Asia’s share of global crude oil imports rises from 50% today to more than two-thirds by 2040 The International Energy Agency’s new World Energy Outlook is the story of a series of upheavals in global energy, in [Read more]
“If you want to do something about our reliance on fossil fuels then address the demand for them not the transportation of them.” By Lori Ackerman, Mayor of the City of Fort St. John, British Columbia Dear British Columbia [Read more]
New filling station primary generation is electricity that would use large batteries to supply high demand times Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Cars equipped with electric engines or other alternative drives are making [Read more]
After suffering heavy losses and retreating from markets, including China and Russia, Uber says it is looking to build partnerships with automakers and taxi companies to establish itself in global markets. PAP photo by Will [Read more]
The permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles for testing autonomous cars with remote operators could be issued as early as April 2. Spectrum.ieee.org photo by Mark Harris. Remote control for autonomous cars already [Read more]
Oil prices rose on Friday by well over one per cent after reports of a drop in Libyan production and OPEC’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih (left) said, while in India, “the oil markets, its clear, [Read more]
Natural gas imports accounted for 40% of Chinese gas use , and LNG made up over 50% of imports China surpassed South Korea to become the world’s second-largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in [Read more]
Encana RAB Davidson is spread over 16 acres and is made up of over 1 million pounds of drilling rigs, bulldozers, tanker trucks and other oilfield equipment. Encana photo. “Cube development” by Encana taps multiple [Read more]
US oil prices rose nearly two per cent on Thursday after US Energy Information Administration data showed US crude stocks fell by 1.6 million barrels last week. Phillips 66 photo. Oil prices rally on Thursday [Read more]
In their scholarly article published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Jay J. Van Bavel and Andrea Pereira focus on the role of ideology and political partisanship in the United States, but many of the same arguments [Read more]
Largest number of installed heat pumps are in Ontario and Quebec Heat pumps are a highly efficient technology that extract heat from one place and transfer it to another, heating or cooling buildings and industrial processes. More [Read more]
Tight oil estimated to make up 77% of total US production by 2050 EIA’s recently released Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018) Reference case projects that U.S. tight oil production will generally increase through the early 2040s, when [Read more]
BNI Energy Savings Program sees expanded funding, additional rebates and process improvements. Shutterstock photo by Tyler McKay. Notley government boosts benefits of BNI Energy Savings Program On Wednesday, the Alberta government introduced changes to the [Read more]
Last November, Elon Musk unveiled the Tesla Semi, an electric heavy duty truck that the upstart automaker said would be in production and set for delivery by 2019. Daimler AG is doubtful that Tesla can [Read more]
“The impacts and benefits of the Trans Mountain expansion project reach beyond the borders of any single province. It stands to benefit Canadians across the country, just as the existing Trans Mountain pipeline has done [Read more]
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