Energy industry has to woo “soft political middle” so Trudeau Liberals have enough “legitimacy” to approve pipelines I got myself in hot water with a couple of columns lately. One argued that oil and gas [Read more]
Emotional connection is the new norm, energy industry’s old facts and science approach no longer connects with stakeholders If the Dilbert comic strip taught us anything, it’s that engineers are socially awkward and terrible communicators. Now [Read more]
Peak tight gas production in Barnett Shale is 5 Bcf/d, down to 4.5 Bcf under current conditions Global shale natural gas production will rise by 400 per cent over the next 25 years, but that’s [Read more]
CleanCarbon Energy uses bacteria to fix CO2 in depleted oil reservoirs, turns it into cheap syngas The Carbon XPrize is on! Thirty-eight teams from seven countries are vying for the $20 million prize, awarded for [Read more]
Trudeau government was always going to approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline project Kai Nagata of BC’s Dogwood Initiative is dismayed by the ” slapdash” three-person panel reviewing the Kinder Morgan pipeline panel, and even hints that [Read more]
Dear Oil Sands Boosters; You know who you are: Ezra Levant, Cody Battershill, Gwyn Morgan, Brett Wilson, Vivian Krause, Patrick Moore, Claudia Cattaneo, and the legion of Albertans who agree with you. I regularly read your [Read more]
Eco-activists, BC First Nations eroded NEB and industry legitimacy, which must now be restored before new pipelines are built Why is the idea of social license so important to the oil sands industry? Because the [Read more]
“In my view, innovation is essential to human progress.” – Bill Gates I’m writing a news story about an Alberta team entered in the Carbon X Prize that got me thinking about the best way [Read more]
Canadian oil and gas industry is caught in 1950s time warp, incapable of innovative communications with Canadians If you ever wondered why the oil and gas industry does so poorly with the Canadian public, look [Read more]
North American Energy News delivers news stories, analysis, opinion that illuminates this new stage of human history for our readers Every news organization has a bias. Today, I want to write about ours, which is based [Read more]
Hillary Clinton better hope casualties are within the range of acceptable losses because this issue has snafu written all over it By proposing that the Dept. of Justice investigate fossil fuel companies for misleading the public [Read more]
Abandoning “all of the above” for “renewable energy fast” is significant change in American energy policy, politics After the high-profile speeches and celebrity endorsements of Hillary Clinton, down on the floor and in the backrooms of [Read more]
TransCanada and the Canadian oil industry need to significantly step up their political game with Energy East A few months ago, uber environmentalist Bill McKibben promised that all future energy infrastructure projects will be”Keystoned.” Right on cue, [Read more]
Lesbian meme created by gay oil sands activist Robbie Picard, who thinks buying OPEC gas supports repressive, anti-LGBTQ regimes The Facebook meme that accompanies this column has raised a lot of hackles on social media. Our [Read more]
Hamm said to be auditioning for energy portfolio if Donald Trump becomes president Bakken oil mogul Harold Hamm, the leading contender to be energy secretary in a Trump Administration, fired a howitzer across the bow [Read more]
President Trump could issue executive order to establish import quotas keeping OPEC oil from US refineries I’m embarrassed. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to (sort of) ban OPEC and I missed it. My only consolation [Read more]
Expect Mike Pence to be articulate and forceful in his defense of the American energy industry Donald Trump has a running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. The 57-year old lawyer is an interesting blend of energy [Read more]
Co-existence of climate mitigation and oil sands development will be the new norm for many decades Critics of the new Alberta Oil Sands Advisory Group are missing a key point: mixing environmentalists with industry representatives perfectly [Read more]
Oil sands producers will concentrate on expanding existing facilities, production to rise 1M b/d by 2025 – IHS Oil prices are near levels where Alberta oil sands operators will consider expanding production, according to presenters [Read more]
Interesting issue is Obama Administration’s need to address perceptions of USA as committed to fighting climate change – Kronby When President Barack Obama rejected TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline proposal last year, he probably expected some sort of [Read more]
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