New website features over 120 projects, ranging from wind and solar to energy efficiency and clean tech The Pembina Institute recently launched an interactive online tool showcasing the multitude of new clean energy projects operating [Read more]
Image: Alberta Oil, Marco Cibola Writing farcical nonsense in the pretend voice of an energy executive insults Albertans, important topic Sigh. Graham Hicks is why Alberta can’t have nice things. By “nice things” I mean a [Read more]
Food services sector can now get rebates for energy-efficient ovens, fryers, griddles, dishwashers and more Alberta’s food services and hospitality industries have new ways to reduce emissions and energy bills following the expansion of an existing program [Read more]
Alberta’s unemployment rate will drop close to 6% by the end of 2018 British Columbia and Alberta will still be performing well this year and will be joined by Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador [Read more]
Nearly 90,000 full-time jobs created in Alberta over last year Alberta’s economy is leading the country with growth in nearly all sectors. In the third-quarter fiscal update, GDP growth is revised up to 4.5 per [Read more]
CAPP should focus on helping solve Canadian oil/gas industry’s biggest problem: lack of pipeline capacity On Monday, Canadian Big Oil released the first of seven “economic reports” outlining industry’s public policy issues and its “four-part [Read more]
Heavy conventional is majority of Saskatchewan production and grows substantially over projection period Oil prices have been significantly lower in the last couple of years compared to the early 2010s. This has led to a [Read more]
Seven Generations Energy building a natural gas processing facility in Montney Kakwa River area Editors note: In an interview with Seven Generations, they stated that the natural gas processing facility is already under construction, and [Read more]
An aggressive push for partial upgrading might generate $60 billion to $100 billion of capital spending in Alberta For at past decade or so, the oil sands has been the economic engine of Alberta, helping [Read more]
Notley Government hopes for 2 to 5 partial upgraders representing up to $5 billion in private investment Alberta plans to spend $1 billion over eight years to boost commercialization of bitumen partial upgrading technology, just one [Read more]
“I think that it is fair to say that in a small way, today, BC blinked…” Premier Rachel Notley No one blinked. But suspension of the Battle of the Wine between Rachel Notley of Alberta and [Read more]
Since Redwater ruling, about 1800 AER-licensed sites disclaimed with estimated liabilities of more than $110 million By Jim Ellis, Alberta Energy Regulator president and CEO It’s a disturbing picture: oil and gas companies incentivized to [Read more]
Government proclaiming April as B.C. Wine Month to support wine industry In a move the Premier John Horgan says is aimed at protecting British Columbia’s wine producers, the BC government is formally challenging Alberta’s ban [Read more]
With existing technology, amount of remaining marketable natural gas estimated at 1,225 trillion cubic feet Canadian marketable natural gas production has remained steady in the last few years despite declining natural gas prices since 2014, according to [Read more]
Growth of shale and tight natural gas in NW Alberta, NE BC led to “pinchpoints” moving gas to mainline in SE TransCanada Corporation is spending $2.4 billion to expand the of its NOVA Gas Transmission [Read more]
Most Canadian crude by rail gets shipped to the U.S. Gulf Coast The Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) has approximately 1.2 million barrels per day (MMb/d) of crude rail loading capacity. Crude oil shipped from the WCSB can access refineries [Read more]
Integrity of Canadian natural resources regulatory system on the line in Trans Mountain Expansion dispute – Prof. Coleman Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau use the declaratory power of [Read more]
Albertans will see new jobs, more private-sector investment and increased green power generation as the next phase of the Renewable Electricity Program focuses on partnerships with Indigenous communities, according to an Alberta government press release. [Read more]
Christina Lake oil sands site is located about 350 kilometres northeast of Edmonton Cenovus Energy says a worker employed by a third-party contracting company died Tuesday night after an incident involving a hauling truck occurred as a drilling [Read more]
Jim Carr states unequivocally Canada’s support for Trans Mountain Expansion project, but Alberta consumed with Notley wine ban The wailing and gnashing of teeth in Alberta can be heard across the Rockies at Kinder Morgan’s [Read more]
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