A survey of Alberta and BC residents taken near the time the conflict over the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX) erupted suggests that the polarization of opinion between the two provinces over the past [Read more]
Headliners at the Energy Relaunch conference Thursday in Calgary at the Metropolitan Conference Centre Energy Relaunch would benefit from more outward looking, forward thinking panelists – like the Alberta oil sands CEOs – instead of [Read more]
Refinery outages will take care of themselves over the next month or two as maintenance is completed and facilities come back online The discount for Western Canadian Select reached $65.17 Thursday, setting off alarm bells [Read more]
CEPA (Canadian Energy Pipelines Association) consistently emphasized that the NEB (National Energy Board) was the best placed regulator to oversee the full cycle of a pipeline from beginning to end…If the goal is to curtail [Read more]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (left), sits beside BC Premier John Horgan at Tuesday’s LNG Canada announcement. “We can’t have a country built on double standards. LNG means a 172% increase in marine traffic from its [Read more]
Positive FID on LNG Canada will lead to more West Coast liquefaction facilities, good news for Alberta gas producers Don Braid’s Sunday column in the Calgary Herald on LNG Canada is problematic for anyone who [Read more]
Upstream oil sands GHG emissions are expected to continue to fall in the coming years. According to a report by IHS Markit, by 2030, greenhouse gas emissions in the oil sands are expected to fall [Read more]
Technology tranforming oilfield: fracking, horizontal drilling, multiple wells from single pad on production side, digital tech on business side Texas oil production is booming like never before, especially in the prolific Permian Basin, but just like [Read more]
American investors are picking up discounted shale oil and gas assets on the cheap, preferring them to long-cycle oil sands investment, say US economists Oil and gas investment is falling in Alberta and rising rapidly [Read more]
Amarjeet Sohi, new federal natural resources minister from Edmonton Zoe Caron formerly worked under Gerry Butts in WWF Canada, is prominent environmentalist Canada has a new minister responsible for energy infrastructure – read, pipelines – [Read more]
Shell Canada supports Alberta’s industrial biotechnology sector – biofuels, industrial solvents, bioplastics, etc. Alberta is spending up to $70 million to support new, emissions-reducing technologies through a new competition called Biotechnology, Electricity and Sustainable Transportation Challenge, which is [Read more]
Canada oil sands importance to heavy oil markets rises, though constrained pipeline infrastructure will weigh on investment decisions, according to IHS Markit. Syncrude photo. Production growth from the Alberta oil sands will moderate in the [Read more]
Was Prentice preparing to introduce a province-wide carbon tax in Alberta if re-elected in 2015? Stephen Harper says “the media” is trying to bring down Jason Kenney. The UCP leader himself says elite commentators – [Read more]
“A product (oil sands bitumen) that is produced in the least GHG-intensive way is a product that can compete in the 21st century.” – Shannon Phillips Regular readers know I’m writing a book about Rachel [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]
Mike Hogan shares capacity market design basics and lessons Alberta can learn from other jurisdictions in this blog published by the Pembina Institute on June 11 2018. AESO finalizes rules for new electricity capacity market [Read more]
Alberta still has a healthy reserve margin in the electricity system with no need for immediate development and the creation of Energy Efficiency Alberta (EEA) has the province in a position to catch up on years [Read more]
Alberta digital media companies that recruit, retain more homegrown talent are eligible for new Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit Alberta’s passing of the Growth and Diversification Act will see students gain additional access to skills and [Read more]
“Renewables can provide greater reliability for the electricity grid because of the nature of their distribution.” – Jeyakumar By Binnu Jeyakumar, Director of Pembina Institute’s electricity program Alberta’s electricity sector is undergoing a substantial transformation. There’s no [Read more]
Retailers are not required to upgrade their pumps with pay-at-the-pump technology On June 1, new Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) rules will take effect and make fuel prepayment mandatory at all gas stations in the [Read more]
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