

When the training pays off: Classic Oilfield Service in Lloydminster reacts quickly to carbon monoxide leak
“While our staff were processing the incident and checking on one another, a few team members began to report symptoms such as nausea and dizziness. This prompted immediate concern that there might be a broader environmental issue. Using portable monitors typically deployed in our fieldwork, we detected dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide within the office portion of the building.”

Saskatchewan-Alberta electrical intertie soon to be up and running, after being down nearly a year
f it had been working, there were many times SaskPower could have received power at zero dollars per megawatt – for free – when Alberta had a surplus of power.

Progressive Conservatives win majority government in Newfoundland and Labrador, with Quebec power deal a major issue
The Churchill Falls agreement in the 1970s was one of the most lopsided imaginable, with Quebec getting thousands of megawatts of energy for a fixed price that today is so negligible to be almost considered free. Yet Newfoundland has all but starved in the decades hence. That agreement is now being renegotiated and was a major point in Tuesday’s election.

B.C. Premier Eby says lifting the tanker ban would sink billions in ‘real’ projects
“This is a pretty straightforward issue for British Columbia,” Eby said. “The oil tanker ban off the coast is the social licence with First Nations along the coast to be able to do significant economic development in the region,” he said on Tuesday at an unrelated news conference.

Cenovus Energy acquires 8.5 per cent stake in MEG Energy
Cenovus Energy Inc. says it has acquired an 8.5 per cent stake in MEG Energy Corp.
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Lithium in SK, Part 40: In depth with Energy and Resources Minister on new lithium royalty scheme
The announcement came at a critical time, as several companies are on the path to move from lithium explorers to lithium producers, which would place them as the first commercial lithium producers in this province. Those companies are working on developing financing to move into commercial production, but surely among first questions any financial backer will want answered is “how much is the government’s take?”

If your turkey relied on wind power this Thanksgiving in Alberta, you’d be eating baloney sandwiches
Your Thanksgiving turkey likely wasn’t cooked by wind power in Alberta on Monday,

Energy Realities Podcast: China v. America on Rare Earth and Critical Energy Minerals
Dr. Tammy Nemeth says, “In the end, who is the beneficiary of not allowing the West to build up its supply chains? It’s China.”

‘It depends’: Carney shifts stance on maintaining emissions cap
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday the fate of the emissions cap on oil and gas producers depends on other efforts to lower emissions, suggesting his government might be open to scrapping the policy — an apparent shift from his commitment to it earlier this year.

Alberta Premier Smith says Ottawa is dodging responsibility for pipeline decision
The Alberta government says Ottawa is dodging responsibility by not standing behind the province’s planned proposal for a pipeline that would bring oil to the B.C. coast.
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Strathcona Resources abandons takeover pursuit of MEG Energy
It’s over. Strathcona has given up on its bid for MEG Energy.

Weekend Watch: The maddening reality of oilfield units
It’s an entertaining watch, the deeper you get into it. I found out, for instance, why barrels are abbreviated “bbl.” I never would have guessed that was the reason.

Sask Gov’t seeks public feedback in Occupational Health and Safety regulations review
The Government of Saskatchewan is reviewing The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020 and is seeking feedback from stakeholders and the public, according to an Oct. 8 press release.

CEO of new Major Projects Office skirts MPs’ questions about tanker ban
The head of Canada’s new Major Projects Office and her staff sidestepped MPs’ questions Thursday about whether she has special powers to skirt the West Coast tanker ban.
B.C.’s Dix says it is ‘Canadian’ to disagree with Alberta Premier Smith over pipeline
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Energy Minister Adrian Dix has dismissed the latest push by Alberta’s premier for an oil pipeline to the West Coast, saying the “definition of being Canadian isn’t to agree with everything Danielle Smith says.”
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Alberta Premier in Ottawa to push for federal partnership on energy projects
OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is in Ottawa this week, following up on her now week-old pledge to help fund the development of a proposal for a new oil pipeline to Canada’s West Coast.

Carney pitches Keystone XL restart in exchange for progress on aluminum, steel
Wait, wasn’t Keystone XL killed by Obama? Then a Montana Judge? Then Biden?

Lithium in SK, Part 39: Province defines lithium royalty structure, based on potash, not oil
One of the big questions around the development of a new lithium industry in Saskatchewan is just what will be the royalty structure? Will it be based on oil and gas extraction, or potash?

Pipeline Online Podcast, Ep. 19: Grant Greenslade on junior oil producers and southwest Sask
Grant Greenslade has spent many years in the junior producer space, first with a family oil business in southwest Saskatchewan and then through the first three Spartan companies. He's also a former councillor and mayor of Shaunavon, providing a southwest Sask...

Oil and gas driller Precision Drilling promotes Carey Ford to chief executive
Precision Drilling Corp. says chief financial officer Carey Ford has been promoted to president and chief executive of the company.
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CIBC analysts applaud Alberta efforts to spur new pipeline, but doubt its success
Analysts at CIBC say they’re doubtful Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s plan to spur development of a West Coast bitumen pipeline will succeed.

Western Canada Marine Response Corporation exercised off Vancouver Island last month
On this day, Hecate Sentinel is on its way to join other vessels from Sidney, as well as from Beecher Bay west of Victoria and Nanaimo for a daylong exercise to contain an imaginary oil spill.

Massive fire erupts at Chevron refinery just outside of Los Angeles
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — A fire broke out at a Chevron oil refinery just outside Los Angeles on Thursday night, sending towering flames into the air that were visible for miles.

Quebec LNG proposal not of ‘national interest’ at this point, says federal minister
Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says it’s too early to say whether a liquefied natural gas facility pitched for Quebec meets the bar of being in the national interest.

Weekend Watch: The Age of Depopulation With Nicholas Eberstadt
What will the energy industry and landscape look like in a world where population decline is almost universal? Think about that as you watch this fascinating discussion about the reality no one is talking about – population decline.