Archive for December, 2017
Harvest re-starting work on 10,000 b/d Blackgold oil sands project
With oil prices stabilizing, Harvest decided to move forward with BlackGold Harvest Operations Corp. announced the decision to re-sanction and complete the construction and commissioning of its 10,000 bbl/d BlackGold SAGD oil sands project near Conklin, Alberta, according to a press release. Harvest had previously suspended work in early 2015 dues to the drastic fall […]
$115 million funding now available for pre-commercial clean technology
No minimum amount of funding or leverage required The Natural Resources Canada Clean Growth Program has made funding available to advance pre-commercial technology, including up to first commercial installations, in Canada’s energy, mining and forestry sectors. With $115 million available, the deadline for Letters of Intent is February 7, 2018, 12:00 p.m. EST. The federal […]
CNR supports CanaPux pilot project to ship solid bitumen by rail
Toyo will create equipment to solidify and re-liquefy up to 1,000 barrels of bitumen per day for pilot project CNR says Calgary-headquartered Toyo Engineering Canada Ltd. has been selected to design and build a pilot project to produce CanaPux pellets, a key step toward demonstrating the commercial viability of moving bitumen by rail in solid form, according to […]
Kevin Taft’s claim for Big Oil-controlled Canadian ‘deep state’ ignores Climate Leadership Plan
Belief in Big Oil “deep state” treads dangerously close to conspiracy theory Has Big Oil subverted democracy and installed a polite version of the “deep state” – a state within a state intended to further industry’s interests at the expense of pubic interests – in Canada? Are public institutions in Alberta “captured” by the Petroleum […]
NEB denies Trans Mountain request to immediately begin building Burnaby Mountain tunnel portals
NEB cites desire to finish detail route hearings in March before ruling on tunnel portal construction The National Energy Board has denied an early start to construction of the entry and exit portals of the underground tunnel through Burnaby Mountain that is part of the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project, the federal regulator announced Friday. […]
Fossil-fuel consumption subsidies are down, but not out – IEA
Phasing out subsidies means a better allocation of resources across the energy system By Toshiyuki Shirai and Zakia Adam, International Energy Agency Getting energy prices right is critical for sound policymaking. But because of government energy subsidies prices that consumers pay in many countries are often well below their real market value, let alone the price that would […]
Canada’s renewable power generation continues to grow – NEB
Nuclear power supplied an average of 14.7% of electricity from 2005 to 2016, 2nd largest source of total generation Canada’s non-hydro renewable power capacity grew by more than eight per cent in 2016, adding nearly 1,300 megawatts (MW) of solar, biomass and wind-generated power, according to the National Energy Board’s update of the Canada’s Renewable Power Landscape […]
Time for oilfield services assoc. to choose progressive CEO as Salkeld retires
Salkeld provided effective leadership as Canadian industry begins grappling with technology-driven changes to its business model Mark Salkeld is preparing to leave his job in mid-March as head of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada. Who will the PSAC board choose as his successor? Will it be a conservative with instructions to push back hard against […]
Global oil and gas discoveries fall again in 2017, will impact supply in the 2020s
Global exploration expenditures fell by over 60% from 2014 to 2017 2017 was another low year for the discovery of conventional volumes of oil and gas, with less than seven billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) found year to date, according to consultancy Rystad Energy. “We haven’t seen anything like this since the 1940s,” says senior analyst […]
Indigenous participation key to renewed oil sands monitoring agreement
Some Indigenous communities withdrew from Joint Oil Sands Monitoring agreement in 2014 over treaty rights Canada and Alberta signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday that renews environmental monitoring of oil sands production in northern Alberta and provides for greater Indigenous involvement in monitoring priorities and decisions. Catherine McKenna, Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, and […]
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