Prof. Vaclav Smil says world has started an “energy transition” – you’d never know it by Democrat, Republican energy platforms I’m mad as hell at both the Democrats and the Republicans. Energy policies from all [Read more]
Obama rejection of Keystone XL pipeline marked political ascendance of Everything Has Changed tribe Like most political discussions these days, the public discourse around energy is highly polarized. The problem for the energy industry is that their tribe [Read more]
Thinking – and debating – global energy transitions in terms of time, cost, and complexity What the world desperately needs now is not love, as the old pop song has it, but a simple framework within [Read more]
Political scientist says Hillary Clinton tacking left on fracking, climate in response to Bernie Sanders persistence in primaries race Hillary Clinton anti-fracking comments during Sunday’s Democratic Party debate against Bernie Sanders will soon be forgotten once primary season [Read more]
Continuous improvement of American shale technology, operations also important to lowering costs – Charlotte Batson One of the most interesting debates in the American oil patch is the role innovation and new technology will play [Read more]
Alberta, Saskatchewan must be wary that Quebec review doesn’t become basis to oppose Energy East in future Canadian constitutional scholars says Quebec has the legal right to review Energy East, but the politics are starting to [Read more]
Oil and gas industry should step up and provide funding for University of Cincinnati to continue research on fracking, water wells UPDATE: Just FYI, the Ohio legislator and the OOGA are wrong: the study is [Read more]
American oil engineers are a hard sell for new technology, but innovation always seems to find a way into oil patch Will American oil companies be able to innovate their way to lower production costs? Maybe, [Read more]
Permian Basin already has shale fields that are profitable under $20/b, how much lower can costs go with Big Data/analytics? It’s an oil price war and American shale producers are bringing out the big guns, according [Read more]
Global GHG emissions will increase 10%, but energy consumers will rise by 25% – Outlook for Energy, Exxon Mobil Can the global economy grow and use more energy, while at the same time significantly reducing [Read more]
Capitalism is already developing better energy technologies, which are the counter argument to Naomi Klein’s call for revolution Naomi Klein is once again calling for “radical” political change to respond to climate challenges, arguing in [Read more]
Permian Basin enjoying a renewed spirit of innovation as companies respond aggressively to low oil prices Doom and gloom pervades the American oil industry right now, but judging from my experiences in the Permian Basin, [Read more]
Let market develop new transportation technologies – like self-driving cars – to create clean transportation system President Barack Obama has picked a very odd time to float a very bad idea: A $10 a barrel [Read more]
Polarized debates around other important pipeline projects led to defeat. Lesson? Don’t polarize Energy East debte Have Alberta mayors learned nothing from the debacle that is the BC pipeline debate? Or the equally humiliating debacle [Read more]
The Notley evidence: Favourable royalty review, climate change policies designed to increase oil sands market access, pipeline coalition building Back in May, I wrote a column about the Alberta oil and gas royalty review that still makes [Read more]
Industry has already said it would reduce carbon intensity of oil sands crude, build partnerships with First Nations – Trudeau wants action On Thursday, the Trudeau Government introduced new rules governing pipeline environmental assessments. The [Read more]
Canadian oil sands producers pledged to reduce GHG emissions, Alberta introduces strict new climate policies. What has Nigeria done to earn favored status? Now that President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are buds, [Read more]
Alberta energy minister Marg McQuaid Boyd says neatbit by rail ‘intriguing,’ plans to follow up Energy East created quite a buzz over the weekend, courtesy of clashes between Alberta and Quebec politicians. But what if neatbit by [Read more]
“[T]here are families suffering, out of work, who need to be supported, and inflammatory rhetoric doesn’t necessarily help those families or help Canada” – Trudeau to DiCaprio Well, that must have been awkward. After years of [Read more]
With Wynne and Trudeau onboard, only Quebec remains as a potential political obstacle to Energy East Rachel Notley had a good day Friday. In the morning, Ont. Premier Kathleen Wynne backed the Energy East project. [Read more]
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