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Gasoline futures prices are below distillate futures prices, rare for this time of year

June 7, 2018 Markham Hislop

US distillate inventories have fallen since Jan. and were estimated to have fallen lower than the five-year range as of May 18 During the spring and summer months, gasoline futures prices are generally higher than distillate futures [Read more]

Canada

Canadian gasoline prices rise to highest level in over 3 years – NEB

June 1, 2018 Markham Hislop

The Alberta carbon tax on gasoline increased on 1 Jan. 2018 to 6.73 cents/L, BC to 7.78 cents/L Gasoline prices in Canada have been increasing from this decade’s low of 90.2 cents per litre (cents/L) on average in Feb. 2016. In April 2018, [Read more]

Canada

Gasoline prices driving Canadian inflation higher

April 24, 2018 Markham Hislop

Bank of Canada will remain cautious in its approach to reducing monetary stimulus with just one more rate hike this year The Conference Board of Canada(CBOC) released a report showing that gasoline prices are driving [Read more]

propane exports
Canada

Canadian propane exports to Mexico leap eight-fold in 2017 – NEB

April 20, 2018 Markham Hislop

Mexico moved away from regulated propane prices towards market-based wholesale prices throughout 2017 The value of Canada’s propane exports to Mexico totaled $204.7 million in 2017, an increase of nearly eight times from the $25.4 million exported [Read more]

consumption
USA

Coal decline for power generation leads to more US natural gas production, consumption – EIA

April 16, 2018 Markham Hislop

Natural gas leading source of electricity generation in U.S. through 2050, accounting for 35% of electricity generation, an increase from 31% in 2017 EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO) projects that U.S. dry natural gas production will [Read more]

summer gasoline
USA

US summer gasoline prices expected to be highest in 4 years

April 12, 2018 Markham Hislop

Gulf Coast gasoline prices among lowest in country because the region generally has low state tax rates and abundant gasoline supplies The US Energy Information Administration forecasts that drivers in the United States will pay [Read more]

demand
USA

US coal demand remains flat for decades – EIA

March 30, 2018 Markham Hislop

Coal demand drops to 14% of total generation by 2050, and utilization rate for coal plants remains under 60% EIA projects U.S. coal disposition—domestic demand and coal exports—to remain relatively flat through 2050 in the Annual Energy [Read more]

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News

Stock market volatility surpassed that of crude in Feb. for first time since 2008

March 13, 2018 Markham Hislop

Crude oil and stock markets often move independently because of factors specific to each market For four consecutive days in early Feb., stock market implied volatility surpassed crude oil price volatility for the first time since 2008, [Read more]

No Picture
USA

US coal production, exports, and prices increased in 2017

February 16, 2018 Markham Hislop

US coal production increases are in part to bankruptcy-caused restructuring of several major coal producers The EIA expects total 2017 U.S. coal production to be 773 million short tons (MMst), 45 MMst higher than in [Read more]

USA

Future US electricity generation mix depends on natural gas prices, but plenty of new solar ahead

February 7, 2018 Markham Hislop

Renewable increases, most of the new generation capacity is powered by solar The mix of fuels used to generate electricity in the United States has changed in response to differences in the relative costs of [Read more]

USA

January’s cold weather leads to spike in oil-fired electricity generation in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic

January 30, 2018 Markham Hislop

Dual-fuel generators can now specify the percentage of fuels they plan to use and the costs for each fuel The bomb cyclone weather event in early Jan. 2018 resulted in record levels of U.S. natural gas demand [Read more]

News

Natural gas prices to remain flat through 2019 – EIA

January 29, 2018 Markham Hislop

United States became net exporter of natural gas on an annual basis for first time in 2017 In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA expects the Henry Hub natural gas spot price to average $2.88 per [Read more]

canada
Opinion

Is $70 oil enough? Volatile year expected for oil prices

January 19, 2018 Markham Hislop

Possible US crude production could soon overtake Saudi Arabia and rival Russia’s International Energy Agency commentary The price of Brent crude oil closed earlier this week above $70/bbl for the first time since Dec. 2 [Read more]

Canada

Growing electric vehicle incentives in Canada – NEB

January 18, 2018 Markham Hislop

Fully recharging battery can take 4 to 8 hours with basic charging stations Canada has a small but growing fleet of electric vehicles (EVs). EV sales are accelerating, but still account for less than 1 per cent of [Read more]

USA

US electricity prices stable in east, but higher in renewables-rich Texas, California

January 17, 2018 Markham Hislop

Natural gas-fired power plants supplied 32% of total US electricity in 2017, coal supplied 30% Wholesale electricity prices at major trading hubs in the eastern United States during 2017 were relatively unchanged from 2016, while [Read more]

News

US natural gas production, exports increase but imports from Canada continue to drop

January 17, 2018 Markham Hislop

 US net pipeline imports from Canada continued to decline in 2017 In 2017, natural gas spot prices at the national benchmark Henry Hub in Louisiana averaged $3.01 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), about 50 [Read more]

News

EIA forecasts 3.3 million b/d crude oil consumption growth, flat prices through 2019

January 11, 2018 Markham Hislop

Global petroleum consumption grew by 1.4MM b/d in 2017 (to 98.4MM b/d), will grow by 1.7MM b/d in 2018, 1.6MM b/d in 2019 The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Jan. Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts Brent crude oil to average [Read more]

In the Spotlight

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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