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Opinion: Pipeline feud underscores need for evidence-based energy strategy

May 2, 2018 Markham Hislop

Study: Canada’s long-term energy security needs and climate commitments cannot be met without major changes A new study by veteran earth scientist David Hughes anchors the heated debate about pipeline and energy infrastructure within the [Read more]

Innovation

Alberta engineer finds way to create valuable energy storage battery product from oil sands waste

April 13, 2018 Markham Hislop

JT Steenkamp, Shell Canada engineer. Photo: CBC. University of Calgary is monitoring and analyzing field test data from Alberta’s first vanadium Redox Flow Battery JT Steenkamp had momentarily stepped away from his family’s Christmas festivities [Read more]

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Innovation

$20 million Carbon XPRIZE finalists ready to test transformative CO2 technologies at Alberta’s carbon conversion centre

April 9, 2018 Markham Hislop

Canadian Natural, CNOOC Nexen, Cenovus Energy, ConocoPhillips Canada, Devon, Imperial Oil, Suncor partnered on the $20 million global competition to re-imagine CO2 Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) joined XPRIZE and NRG Energy in revealing the [Read more]

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Innovation

COSIA marks 5th year promoting oil sands innovation, 981 environmental technologies shared by members

March 20, 2018 Markham Hislop

COSIA supports improvements in 4 key priority areas: greenhouse gases, land, water and tailings Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance says industry is making huge strides toward its goal of accelerating the pace of environmental performance in [Read more]

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Financial

Low oil prices force sale of Calgary-based citrus bio-solvent oil sands producer

February 27, 2018 Markham Hislop

Production process utilizes citrus based bio-solvent that naturally separates bitumen from oil sands with no tailing ponds US Oil Sands Inc., an innovator of oil extraction technologies using citrus, announced that it has commenced a sale solicitation [Read more]

Alberta

Alberta oil sands production to almost double by 2040 – NEB

February 1, 2018 Markham Hislop

Now, new oil sands projects can be built with WTI lower than US$ 60/bbl The National Energy Board’s (NEB) recently released report shows that growth in the oil sands will continue. Raw bitumen production in 2016 [Read more]

In the Spotlight

Trump Sought Canadian Submission, Not Just a Trade Deal

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

The collapse of Canada-US trade negotiations was about more than tariffs. Washington’s last-minute demands sought influence over Canada’s trade, resources, industries and domestic laws—and closely matched the Trump administration’s blueprint for dominance in the Western Hemisphere. [Read more]

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