During energy transition from oil to alt fuels, producing and exporting oil to drive economic growth/pay for transition is reasonable compromise My wife and I often stroll the picturesque beaches of Semiahmoo Bay with our little [Read more]
Traditional diffusion path over 50 to 75 years vs. 10 years if “pooling economy” catches on Just how important is Tuesday’s announcement that the Chevy Bolt will get 238 miles (400 kms) per charge? According to [Read more]
Kevin O’Leary proposal for a national referendum on pipelines impractical, impossible, inefficient and just plain dumb A national referendum on pipelines? If Kevin O’Leary pitched this ridiculous idea to his old reality show, CBC’s the Dragon Den, [Read more]
Alliance of Native Americans and environmental groups could spell big trouble for industry, a la Keystone XL fiasco Energy Transfer Partners and the American Petroleum Institute have just made a huge strategic mistake with their [Read more]
British Columbia demonstrates that pipeline projects can succeed even against vociferous opposition Vancouver pollster Shachi Kurl has a message for skeptics who think Quebec opposition will sink the Energy East pipeline: more British Columbians now support the [Read more]
Carr set up a parallel consultation process for Kinder Morgan pipeline review, why not Energy East? A few months ago I interviewed Jim Carr, Canada’s minister responsible for pipeline reviews. He told me Canadians would [Read more]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must set up a government-led process to address “soft” pipeline review concerns and get them out of the NEB review Is the National Energy Board review of the Energy East pipeline [Read more]
Canadian First Nations have caused Canadian energy projects to be significantly delayed – in a few cases, maybe cancelled Indigenous peoples’ opposition to pipelines has been a huge issue in Canada, and could become one in [Read more]
South Delaware Basin short on oil and gas infrastructure, including pipeline capacity Yesterday’s announcement that Apache Corp. has discovered a three billion barrel oil field in the South Delaware Basin has many West Texans celebrating, [Read more]
Equalization payments for pipelines is unconstitutional, poor way to stimulate Canadian debate Mark Salkeld is basking in oil and gas industry approval for his recent media comments about linking Eastern Canada equalization payments and pipelines [Read more]
Experts expect to see more E&P, service company bankruptcies before next boom starts Despite oil prices hovering in the mid-$40 range, the Permian Basin industry is shaking off two years of hibernation and readying itself [Read more]
The energy transition has begun. Resistance is futile. So is half-baked carping by climate journalists Last month, influential British journalist George Monbiot published a criticism of the media’s role in the global “climate crisis” that illustrates why [Read more]
Neither industry nor government has ever said climate policies were quid pro quo for pipeline social license Judging by the hysteria surrounding the arrest of a few protestors at Monday’s Energy East hearings in Montreal, Canadian [Read more]
Big Energy must stake its claim to manage the energy transition, not leave it to eco-activists I’ve taken plenty of heat lately from fossil fuels boosters who disagree the global economy has begun a 100-year [Read more]
Technology competitions like Waste Heat Challenge are terrific policy for stimulating technical innovation When Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced her climate change policies last Nov., energy industry leaders promised they would “take the carbon out [Read more]
Hillary Clinton can’t – or won’t – distance herself from anti-fossil fuel movement “Keep it in the ground” The US Chamber of Commerce has waded into the election campaign with the release of a report [Read more]
California has only 223,700 electrics and plug-in hybrids. Vancouver, BC has far more Ferraris, Lamborghinis. etc. than EVs California will fail to meet its goal of 1.5 million electric vehicles by 2025 in Hollywood blockbuster [Read more]
EOG says Permian Basin assets are responding well to productivity improvements like longer horizontal well laterals Not many American oil producers are competitive at low prices, but EOG Resources has the technical knowhow and execution to [Read more]
Tzeporah Berman: “Being asked as member BC’s Climate Leadership Team what I think of this plan: Pathetic and cowardly. U can quote me” British Columbia’s newly revised climate plan is being panned by environmental groups. That [Read more]
NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s Exxon climate change fraud investigation just became ridiculous, as revealed in his interview in today’s NY Times. You can read North American Energy News stories on the background here and here and my columns here [Read more]
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