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Alberta funds multi-year study to explore deployment of small modular nuclear reactors at oil sands operations

September 19, 2023 Energi Staff

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]

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Foreign-owned oil companies in Canada hold key to climate change

August 25, 2023 Energi Staff

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]

Energi Notes

Suncor’s McClelland Lake project opportunity for AER to rehab image as ‘Alberta Energy Facilitator’

July 30, 2023 Markham Hislop

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]

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Cash-flow modeling shows carbon capture and storage can help meet climate goals

July 11, 2023 Energi Staff

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]

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Bitumen production hits record high in 2021

July 8, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Bitumen production hits record high in 2021

June 13, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Cenovus to buy renewable-produced electricity from Cold Lake First Nations

August 4, 2021 Energi Staff

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]

Student Resources

Oil sands are low-cost, competitive producers – economist

January 3, 2021 Markham Hislop

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]

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Pipeline construction delays cost Canadian heavy crude producers billions: IHS Markit

December 22, 2020 Energi Staff

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]

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Oil Sands Vegetation Cooperative supports reclamation of disturbed areas

February 28, 2020 Energi Staff

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]

Opinion

Opinion: Teck Frontier proves the system is still broken

February 13, 2020 Energi Staff

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]

Markham on Energy

Kudos to Cenovus Energy for 2050 net-zero ambitions, but why not do more, quicker?

February 3, 2020 Energi Staff

“Business as usual” in the Canadian oil patch is unacceptable, but “only slightly better than business as usual” is just as unacceptable CEO Alix Pourbaix is being praised for Cenovus Energy’s aspirational goal of net-zero [Read more]

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Alberta Innovates launches Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge

January 16, 2020 Energi Staff

On Thursday, Alberta Innovates announced it has launched a new clean technology initiative called the Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge. The Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge is a $15 million international competition created to accelerate the development [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Shifting oil demand effects call for cooperation, not polarization

December 12, 2019 Energi Staff

By Simon Dyer This article was published by Pembina Institute on Dec. 11, 2019. Throughout the Pembina Institute’s 35-year history, we have been dogged in our efforts to stand up for Albertans. We have developed [Read more]

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Alberta production limits impact large oil producers the most

October 31, 2019 Energi Staff

This article was published by the National Energy Board on Oct. 3o, 2019. The Government of Alberta capped Alberta crude oil production at 3.56 million barrels per day (MMb/d) on 1 January 2019. This was in response to Alberta crude [Read more]

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2019 Report on Sustainability released by Suncor

July 19, 2019 Energi Staff

On Friday, oil sands giant Suncor released its annual Report on Sustainability which details the company’s environmental, social and economic performance. Also available within the report is the company’s third Climate Risk and Resilience Report. [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Will Kenney’s comments to the Globe and Mail spook international investors demanding carbon risk strategies?

May 26, 2019 Markham Hislop

A Friday tweet from energy reporter Shawn McCarthy pulled back the curtain a bit on Premier Jason Kenney’s off-the-record view of climate change: “investor concerns about climate risk are ‘flavour of the month’…” [Read more]

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Opinion

Opinion: Look for energy industry solutions, not scapegoats

March 27, 2019 Energi Staff

The truth is: if we care about Alberta’s energy industry and the people who work in it, everyone needs to start working together. Polarization, spurious accusations, and name-calling will not make new energy projects move [Read more]

Canada

Western Canadian condensate, pentanes plus output hits all-time high

February 6, 2019 Energi Staff

Last August, production of condensate and pentanes plus in western Canada reached an all-time high of 414 thousand barrels per day (Mb/d); 35 per cent higher than August of the previous year.  Nexen photo. Most [Read more]

Alberta

Alberta Govt offers $440 million loan for $2 billion oil sands partial upgrader

January 23, 2019 Energi Staff

The government of Alberta has offered a $440 million loan guarantee to a Calgary-based company planning to build a 77,500 barrel per day partial upgrading facility near Edmonton.  Twitter photo. Oil sands upgrader will create [Read more] [Read more]

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Huge battery plant subsidies are price Canada pays for lagging in clean energy industry

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

China dominates clean energy industry, US and Europe race to catch up Government subsidies totalling $28.2 billion for two Ontario battery plants require 20-year pay back, according to Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux. Clean [Read more]

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