Archive for November, 2017
Suncor to reinstate random drug testing Dec. 1 for ‘safety sensitive’ oil sands jobs
Building Trades of Alberta seeking collaborate solution, Unifor hopes to challenge Suncor in Supreme Court of Canada Suncor Energy is planning to re-instate random drug testing of oil sands employees on Dec. 1, according to an internal memo obtained by Energi News, which has a national union seeking leave to challenge the decision in the […]
British Columbia and Washington meet on climate action, high tech, jobs
Total Canada-Washington trade valued at $25.6CDN billion B.C. Premier John Horgan and Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee resolved to strengthen the partnership between British Columbia and Washington state, and act jointly to fight climate change, grow the tech sector and create good jobs across the region, according to a B.C. government press release. “Gov. Inslee […]
Electric semi-truck may finally turn me into a Tesla fan-boi
Tesla electric semi-truck lowers operating costs by 20%, has superior torque for hauling loads up steep grades While I respect Elon Musk, I’ve never been a fan-boi. Why? Because of the hype. The man has enough giddy middle-aged tech nerds who swoon at his every Tweet. And don’t get me started on all the Bloomberg […]
US gasoline prices this Thanksgiving are higher than previous two years
American gasoline prices continue to be closely linked to crude oil prices Heading into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, U.S. retail regular-grade gasoline averaged $2.57 per gallon (gal), up 41 cents/gal from the same time last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Although gasoline prices are higher than in both 2015 and 2016, the […]
Renewable energy offers cost-effective options to cut carbon emissions from industry – IEA
Public/private procurement might play prominent role in facilitating development of renewable energy By Cédric Philibert, senior energy analyst, IEA Reducing long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the industry sector is one of the toughest challenges of the energy transition. Combustion and process emissions from cement manufacturing, iron- and steelmaking, and chemical production are particularly problematic. […]
Red Deer’s Predator Drilling expands into Permian Basin, buys Midland Texas competitor
Assets include six, one thousand horsepower single drilling rigs Predator Drilling LLC, a subsidiary of Predator Drilling Inc. of Red Deer, Alberta, has acquired all assets of J. B. Hunt Gas and Oil Drilling of Midland, Texas in an all equity transaction. The experience and successful business practices of the J. B. Hunt family will […]
Nissan VC Turbo engine uses variable compression ratio system
VC Turbo engine doubles thermal efficiency of current gasoline engines Nissan Motor Co. will unveil its VC Turbo engine, which uses an efficiency-boosting variable compression ratio system, at the Los Angeles auto show next week. Shinichi Kiga, the head of Nissan’s gasoline engine project group, told Reuters that the global automaker plans to keep improving […]
Keystone pipeline shut down prompts rise in oil prices
Oil prices hit two-year high US oil prices hit a two-year high Friday on reduced crude stocks in the wake of the shutdown of the Keystone pipeline after a spill in South Dakota last week. Earlier in the session, US WTI crude hit $58.92/barrel, the highest its been since July 2015, and Brent crude prices […]
More GDP with less energy: Canada’s declining ‘energy intensity’
Energy efficiency has been improving for the past decade, but Canada has been slow to keep up The International Energy Agency reports that energy intensity, the energy used to generate a unit of gross domestic product, fell by 1.8 per cent in 2016. According to recent data from the National Energy Board, Canada is also becoming […]
Canadian fossil fuel use peaks in 2019, but not in Alberta until 2037 – NEB study
Alberta fossil fuel use driven by 2.1MM b/d jump in crude oil output from 2016 to 2040, high economic growth The National Energy Board recently released its Energy Future 2017 report (EF2017) that forecasts Canadian fossil-fuel demand could peak in 2019, then plateau until 2040. A follow up study shows that the trend looks quite different across […]
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