Investment

Ottawa upgrading spill response equipment for Canadian coasts

Canada

New equipment includes curtain booms, high-speed sweep systems, and small, portable multi-cassette skimmers Through the Oceans Protections Plan, the Government of Canada is upgrading spill response equipment and capacity to prevent and respond to marine pollution incidents, according to a press release. The government claims it will modernize and create a world-leading marine safety system […]

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World Bank teams up with Canada to help developing countries transition from coal

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Starting in 2019, World Bank Group will stop financing upstream oil and gas exploration and production in developing countries The World Bank says it will work with Canada to help developing countries transition away from coal-fired power generation. In a separate announcement at the One Planet Summit, the global organization set up to promote economic development and

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Global upstream oil and gas investment falls 25% in 2016, modest rebound in 2017 – IEA

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  Rapidly growing economies of Southeast Asia represent over 4% of global energy investment Total energy investment worldwide in 2016 was just over $1.7 trillion, accounting for 2.2 per cent of global GDP, according to the International Energy Agency(IEA). Investment was down by 12 per cent compared to IEA’s revised 2015 energy investment estimate of

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Suncor to increase production in 2018 while capital spending drops $750 million

Energy Financial

Oil sands cash costs per barrel are $23-26 dollars Suncor released its 2018 corporate guidance today which includes a capital program of between $4.5 and $5.0 billion and average upstream production of 740,000 to 780,000 boe/d, according to a press release. The midpoints of these ranges represent a year over year production increase of more

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Corporate global solar funding $7.1 billion in first 9 months of 2017

Innovation

Large-scale project corporate funding crosses $10 billion in 2017 Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in the third quarter (Q3) of 2017 and the first nine months of 2017. Total corporate funding (including venture capital funding, public market

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TransCanada to expand Canadian Mainline capacity through new investment

Canada

Expansion will move additional 80 million cubic feet of natural gas per day, much of it from West to Eastern Canada markets TransCanada Corporation announced it will apply to the National Energy Board to expand the capacity of the Canadian Mainline System through its Maple Compressor Station near Vaughan, Ontario, according to a press release.

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Global infrastructure investment of $97 Trillion needed by 2040

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US to have the largest funding gap, Canada among countries with the lowest funding gap A ground-breaking new report by the G20’s Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) outlines infrastructure investment needs globally and individually for 50 countries and seven sectors to 2040, according to a press release. The report, Global Infrastructure Outlook, reveals the cost of providing infrastructure

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Global upstream investment on track to double in 2017 – Wood Mackenzie

Energy Financial

Majors continue to dominate new project sanctions According to a recent Wood Mackenzie report “A big year for FIDs: 2017 marks a turning point“, the number of upstream projects reaching FID (final investment decision) in 2017 could double to 25 compared to only 12 last year. In the first half of the year, the industry

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