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Markham on Energy

Leadership crisis in the Alberta-based oil and gas industry

October 5, 2019 Markham Hislop

Current crop of leaders making strategic mistakes that will lead to opposite outcomes Alberta needs The Alberta oil and gas industry has a fundamental strategy problem: it’s misaligned with the major energy trends of the [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Is the discount on Canadian oil justified? Not a chance

December 28, 2018 Markham Hislop

Source: ARC Financial Institute Demand for Alberta heavy crude oil is growing at the very time pipeline projects have been delayed In any war, truth is one of the earliest casualties, and it’s no different [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Never mind uninviting Tzeporah Berman, can we cancel Cody Battershill?

September 19, 2018 Markham Hislop

Canadians support a balanced, pragmatic approach to new pipelines – not Canada Action’s shrill tub thumping Jonathan Teghtmeyer points out that Alberta teachers are informed, discerning folks quite capable of hearing both sides of a [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Burnaby loses another Trans Mountain Expansion legal challenge, vows to continue spending tax dollars in futile battle

August 24, 2018 Markham Hislop

From left to right: Derek Corrigan, Rachel Notley, Amarjeet Sohi Only real legal threat to Trans Mountain Expansion is Federal Court of Appeals review spearheaded by coastal First Nations The City of Burnaby has lost another legal [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Never mind new pipeline minister Amarjeet Sohi, let’s keep our eye on his chief of staff

July 20, 2018 Markham Hislop

Amarjeet Sohi, new federal natural resources minister from Edmonton Zoe Caron formerly worked under Gerry Butts in WWF Canada, is prominent environmentalist Canada has a new minister responsible for energy infrastructure – read, pipelines – [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Is ‘Canada’s Folly’ buying Kinder Morgan pipelines or screwing up oil/gas investment climate?

June 28, 2018 Markham Hislop

‘Canada’s Folly’ is important not because it’s accurate, but because this is increasingly how investors outside Canada view industry, government policy Is the Canadian government’s purchase of West Coast pipeline assets from Kinder Morgan Canada “a [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Time for David Suzuki to address Canada’s energy dilemma: Science says we’re not ready to ditch oil

June 20, 2018 Markham Hislop

Dr. David Suzuki. Photo: CBC Energy dilemma: to reduce oil consumption requires cheap, longer-range EVs but battery science is decade or two from delivering David Suzuki is complaining “how difficult it is to have an [Read more]

Keystone XL
Canada

‘No more new pipelines’ if Bill C69 passes, despite forecast of 1.6MM b/d more production by 2035, warns industry veteran

June 14, 2018 Markham Hislop

First Nations court challenges to pipelines have same characteristic: consultation was “inadequate.” But what does inadequate mean? By Sue L. Blanchard, special to Energi News Veteran pipeline executive Dennis McConaghy told a Global Petroleum Show [Read more]

Jason Kenney
Markham on Energy

Jason Kenney wrong when he claims ‘declaratory powers’ can stop BC pipeline obstruction today

June 11, 2018 Markham Hislop

Prof. Dwight Newman appearing before the Senate on May 8 Contrary to Jason Kenney claims, invoking declaratory powers would be a minor clarification, assertion of federal authority over inter-provincial pipelines For weeks now, Jason Kenney [Read more]

Markham on Energy

TMX solution: Crown corp buys Kinder Morgan pipeline assets, plans to build 10 new dilbit pipelines to West Coast as part of 20-year plan

May 26, 2018 Markham Hislop

Calvin Helin, Eagle Spirit Energy. Photo: Reuters Potential 4.7 million b/d of new oil sands supply + northern infrastructure corridor to BC coast + indigenous ownership = 10 new pipelines by 2038 As Kinder Morgan’s [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Notley thanks Horgan for filing challenge to ‘turn off taps’ bill, providing insight into BC’s legal argument

May 23, 2018 Markham Hislop

Only 8 days to Kinder Morgan deadline, Notley “reasonably confident” deal will be struck to save Trans Mountain Expansion “On one hand, they don’t want our oil and on the other hand, they’re suing us [Read more]

Kinder Morgan
Markham on Energy

Canada backstopping Kinder Morgan, but Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline mired in legal, political quagmire

May 16, 2018 Markham Hislop

Finance Minister Bill Morneau during Wed. press conference. How will Canada decide what are unconstitutional actions by BC if courts haven’t yet ruled on reference question about restricting dilbit shipments within British Columbia? – Young, [Read more]

kinder morgan
Canada

Canadian gov’t to cover Kinder Morgan losses due to ‘unconstitutional’ BC political opposition

May 16, 2018 Energi Staff

Canada’s Finance Minister Bill Morneau blamed the government of British Columbia for the delay in the construction of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.  Reuters photo by Chris Wattie. Kinder Morgan stopped non-essential work [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Pipeline ad campaign in BC might work, but ‘Keep Canada Working’ should have been sooner and bigger

May 15, 2018 Markham Hislop

“This campaign is coming to the party quite late. It would have been good to be persuading people some time ago.” – Lacombe Alberta spending $700,000 on a pro-Trans Mountain Expansion advertising campaign in British [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Vancouver mayor, pipeline opponents losing public opinion battle because they violate Canadian energy consensus

May 10, 2018 Markham Hislop

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson Survey data show Canadians, BCers favour compromise that acts on climate/environment while allowing natural resource development Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and opponents of the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline – including NDP [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Vancouver completely unhinged over Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline

April 19, 2018 Markham Hislop

Vancouver anti-pipeline “analysis” dominated by muckraking fabulists immune to facts, evidence, expert opinion Most British Columbians will no doubt agree that to understand the complexity of an oil pipeline business model, say, one asks an [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Hard-nosed Notley boosting support for Trans Mountain Expansion…BC’s biggest concern is tanker spill, response

April 18, 2018 Markham Hislop

Scientists say dilbit floats, enough science to craft adequate spill response…why isn’t message getting through to BC? BC Premier John Horgan and his eco-activist and coastal First Nation supporters will be annoyed with a new [Read more]

Kinder Morgan
Markham on Energy

BC permitting data shows Horgan is outmaneuvering Notley and Trudeau in Kinder Morgan pipeline war

April 14, 2018 Markham Hislop

When Notley banned BC wines from Alberta, Horgan declared April to be BC Wine Month and turned the fight with Alberta into a political advantage BC is properly processing Kinder Morgan permits, referring disputed issues [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Trudeau all hat, no cattle on Kinder Morgan pipeline…time to saddle up and get the job done

April 13, 2018 Markham Hislop

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (middle) Trudeau can buy off opponents or run roughshod over them or actively negotiate a middle ground that benefits BC, Alberta, and Canada When Justin Trudeau said Canada needs “wind turbines [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Bombshell in the BC Legislature: Horgan govt knew all along stopping Kinder Morgan is illegal

April 12, 2018 Markham Hislop

“It became clear, through listening to legal advice, that we did not have the authority to stop a project that had been approved by the federal government…” – Heyman Thanks to George Heyman, we now [Read more]

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Smith’s panel on Alberta’s energy future is a bad joke

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

“A new advisory panel will develop a long-term vision for Alberta’s energy future and recommend steps the province should take to ensure the industry [emphasis added] continues to thrive for decades to come.” Premier Danielle [Read more]

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