By Bob Weber Oil, pipelines and grievance – to non-Albertans, that may sound like all the province ever talks about. A disruptive presence in the locker room of Confederation, a whining first-liner who’d rather muse [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 18, 2025. By Mitchell Beer The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) is running into a wall of criticism for an analysis of the federal oil and [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on March 5, 2025. Total exports of Canadian crude oil reached record highs in 2024(1). Despite this, Canadian crude oil volumes exported by rail declined by about 10 [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 7. 2025. By Mitchell Beer 2025 will be the year for oil sands companies to “fish or cut bait” on the C$16.5-billion carbon capture hub [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct 24, 2024. By Mitchell Beer An 8,000-tonne liquid carbon leak at the United States’ first commercial site for underground carbon dioxide storage is setting off [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 14, 2024. By Gaye Taylor Alleging “unconstitutional, negligent, and reckless actions,” the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is suing the Alberta’s Energy Regulator after it took [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 11, 2024. By Mitchell Beer With this year’s federal budget just over a month away, Canada’s oil sands industry is once again demanding more generous [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 15, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has approved the use of smaller pipe in a section of Trans Mountain Corporation’s pipeline [Read more]
This article was published by Grist on Nov. 10, 2023. By Joseph Winters In Canada’s vast boreal forest — the northern expanse of spruce, fir, pine, and tamarack trees that stretches across nearly the entire country [Read more]
Alberta is investing $7 million from the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Fund to help Cenovus Energy study how small modular nuclear reactors could be used in northern Alberta. Portions of the allotted money will [Read more]
This article was published by Policy Options on August 23, 2023. by Truzaar Dordi, Katya Rhodes, Madeleine McPherson Canada’s oil and gas industry is at a crossroads. With global targets to rapidly reduce carbon emissions, Canada’s [Read more]
Time for careful evaluation of impact on McClelland Lake’s two fens and their 60 kilometres of sensitive peat-producing wetlands? Critics call it the “Alberta Energy Facilitator.” A spat emerging over Suncor’s proposed McClelland Lake oil [Read more]
This article was published by Policy Options on July 10, 2023. by Scott MacDougall, Jonathan Arnold, Janetta McKenzie This is the third article in a series of three on Canada’s climate objectives and the oil and [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on June 8, 2022. Canadian bitumen production from oil sands mining(1) and in situ operations hit a record high of 3.5 million barrels per day (MMb/d) in October 2021. [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on June 8, 2022. Canadian bitumen production from oil sands mining(1) and in situ operations hit a record high of 3.5 million barrels per day (MMb/d) in October 2021. [Read more]
Cenovus Energy has entered into a power purchase agreement to buy solar-powered electricity and the associated emissions offsets from Cold Lake First Nations and Elemental Energy Inc. The oil sands major says the agreement will [Read more]
Rating: Advanced high school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Kevin Birn, an economist with IHS MarkIt, about how oil sands producers have driven down costs to around $30 WTI per barrel. Falling supply from Latin [Read more]
A new analysis by IHS Markit has found that delays in the expansion of export pipeline capacity have contributed to wider differentials and lower commodity prices, costing Canadian heavy crude producers billions of dollars. Kevin [Read more]
This article was published by COSIA on Nov. 19, 2019. By its nature, oil sands development—particularly mining—disturbs surface lands. Sections of forest in Northern Alberta have been cleared so the underlying bitumen can be recovered. [Read more]
By Simon Dyer This article was published by the Globe and Mail on Feb. 12, 2020. Canada is facing a decision on the biggest oil sands mine proposal in almost a decade. Alberta’s Frontier oil [Read more]
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