“…in Alberta we believe that markets are the best way to set prices.” – Rachel Notley, December 2 A week in and the consensus seems to be that Rachel Notley made the right decision to [Read more]
The electric power sector is the nation’s largest consumer of coal, accounting for 93 per cent of total US coal consumption between 2007 and 2018. Getty Images photo. 2018 US coal consumption will be 44 [Read more] [Read more]
In October, Royal Dutch Shell announced it will go ahead with construction of the $40 billion LNG Canada facility. Petronas, a partner in the endeavour, announced it has signed a deal with trading house Vitol [Read more] [Read more]
Sixteen new Gulf of Mexico natural gas production fields will slow or reverse nearly two decades of declining production. 16 new Gulf of Mexico natural gas fields to start producing in 2018, 2019 By Naser Ameen [Read more] [Read more]
A low starting inventory level and below-average net injections of natural gas into storage contributed to working US natural gas stocks ending the refill season at this relatively low level. Getty Images photo. US natural [Read more]
US natural gas prices are at their highest in four years as gas stocks plummet to their lowest seasonal level for 15 years and sit at 15-16 per cent lower than the same time last [Read more]
Calgary-based Pieridae Energy says it has been granted a permit by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board to construct the Goldboro LNG facility. Equinor photo. Pieridae now to make financing decision on Goldboro LNG [Read more]
The IEA report addresses how LNG markets are reshaping shipping needs. The risk of a lack of timely investment in the LNG carrier fleet could pose a threat to market development and security of supply. [Read more]
Heading into the 2018-19 winter, US natural gas stocks are at their lowest level in 15 years. As a result, benchmark prices have been pushed to their highest point in almost nine months and some [Read more]
As the use of natural gas fired power plants rises, a number of coal-fired power plants have been retired. ELP.com photo. Natural gas prices drop below coal prices, boosting gas use at natural gas fired [Read more]
The US Energy Information Administration reports that heading into winter, US natural gas storage levels will be at their lowest end-of-October level since 2005. Shutterstock photo. US natural gas storage used to balance seasonal fluctuations [Read more]
Tuesday’s BC pipeline explosion significantly cut down on the natural gas supply to British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. One of the two pipelines was re-opened late Wednesday, but is only running at 80 per [Read more]
US natural gas exports have increased primarily with the addition of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in the Lower 48 states. Total photo. US natural gas exports outpace imports for five of first [Read more]
After six years working with its partners, Indigenous groups and local BC communities, TransCanada announced on Tuesday that it will proceed with construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project. TransCanada photo. Coastal GasLink pipeline will [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]
US oil production rose to a record high of 10.964 million barrels per day (b/d) in July, mostly due to record output in Texas and North Dakota. Drones of Texas photo via YouTube. US oil [Read more]
Political support from the Trump administration has not boosted US coal consumption, in fact, it continues to fall as power producers shut down coal-fired units in favour of cheaper and more flexible natural gas and [Read more]
Most traders see little prospect of a sustained rise in natural gas prices. Hedge fund managers hold a net long position in natural gas futures and options equivalent to 1,336 bcf, down from 2,223 bcf [Read more]
TransCanada Corporation announced on Thursday that its Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project has signed community and project agreements with all of the elected Indigenous bands along its pipeline route in British Columbia. TransCanada image. Coastal GasLink transports [Read more]
Decline in CO2 emissions in residential, commercial sectors mostly due to milder weather U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2017 fell to 5.14 billion metric tons, 0.9% lower than their 2016 levels, and coal [Read more]
@2020 Energi Media Ltd., | Thoughtful Energy Journalism
Get the eBook, The New Alberta Advantage: Technology, Policy, and the Future of the Oil Sands, written by our founder and publisher, Markham Hislop, for FREE.
Sign up now and get exclusive access to your FREE download in the next newsletter and receive Energi Media Weekly Update straight to your inbox too!
