American oil engineers are a hard sell for new technology, but innovation always seems to find a way into oil patch Will American oil companies be able to innovate their way to lower production costs? Maybe, according to the experts I interviewed, but their engineering corporate culture both helps and hinders the process. Oil and gas […]
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Permian Basin already has shale fields that are profitable under $20/b, how much lower can costs go with Big Data/analytics? It’s an oil price war and American shale producers are bringing out the big guns, according to supporters of the Shale 2.0 model. And that is good news for the Permian Basin, the most prolific shale
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Global GHG emissions will increase 10%, but energy consumers will rise by 25% – Outlook for Energy, Exxon Mobil Can the global economy grow and use more energy, while at the same time significantly reducing the carbon intensity of human activities? Exxon Mobil thinks so. A blog post by Suzanne McCarron, the energy giant’s VP of public
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Capitalism is already developing better energy technologies, which are the counter argument to Naomi Klein’s call for revolution Naomi Klein is once again calling for “radical” political change to respond to climate challenges, arguing in a new Salon interview that only “radical options” are left. Klein is wrong. And she’s wrong because she ignores the
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Permian Basin enjoying a renewed spirit of innovation as companies respond aggressively to low oil prices Doom and gloom pervades the American oil industry right now, but judging from my experiences in the Permian Basin, behind the negative headlines are remarkable stories of innovation and resilience. Every month I spend a week in Midland, Texas,
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Let market develop new transportation technologies – like self-driving cars – to create clean transportation system President Barack Obama has picked a very odd time to float a very bad idea: A $10 a barrel tax on American oil production, intended to finance a “21st century clean transportation system.” Obama has no illusions the measure,
Polarized debates around other important pipeline projects led to defeat. Lesson? Don’t polarize Energy East debte Have Alberta mayors learned nothing from the debacle that is the BC pipeline debate? Or the equally humiliating debacle of Keystone XL that ended with President Obama rejecting the Canadian proposal outright? Yet, earlier this week, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi
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The Notley evidence: Favourable royalty review, climate change policies designed to increase oil sands market access, pipeline coalition building Back in May, I wrote a column about the Alberta oil and gas royalty review that still makes a lot of sense in light of today’s report by the review commission. The column quoted Gordon Sick, professor of finance
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Industry has already said it would reduce carbon intensity of oil sands crude, build partnerships with First Nations – Trudeau wants action On Thursday, the Trudeau Government introduced new rules governing pipeline environmental assessments. The best way to understand them is this: The Liberals are holding industry’s feet to the fire. Last week, Prime Minister
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Canadian oil sands producers pledged to reduce GHG emissions, Alberta introduces strict new climate policies. What has Nigeria done to earn favored status? Now that President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are buds, he needs to explain to his northern neighbor why the USA is promoting dirty Nigerian oil, but rejected Alberta oil
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