SIMSA 2024: Oil and gas is a “cornerstone of our financial prosperity,” says CAPP CEO Lisa Baiton
To rectify Canada’s sinking economic status, we need to fix our energy regulatory framework to be timely, predictable and simpler. Along the way, we need to include Indigenous people and their investments.
Those were the messages by Lisa Baiton, president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, in her keynote address to the 10th annual Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers Association (SIMSA) Energy Forum.
Election 2024: Grow oil production to 500,000 bpd, cut PST by half: Saskatchewan United Party
“Our party, myself, we do not believe in the demonization of carbon dioxide. That will be the end of Saskatchewan as we know it. That would be catastrophic for the province, that will kill agriculture, that will kill oil and gas. It will kill industrial production. And frankly, I don’t think the people of Saskatchewan want to go back to a horse and buggy.”
Canadian Natural Resources buying Chevron’s Alberta assets for US$6.5B
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has signed a deal to buy Chevron Canada Ltd.’s interests in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project and Duvernay shale for US$6.5 billion.
Trump’s ‘Drill, baby, drill’ could mean a return of US$35 oil
“I believe I’ll be able to get energy down to 50 per cent – 50 – five-oh – of what it is right now within a period of less than a year.” – Donald Trump
Trevor Rose Podcast: Brad Wall, former premier of Saskatchewan
Trevor Rose has had some pretty big names in Saskatchewan energy on his podcast, and Pipeline Online is publishing some of his back catalog. On June 14, Rose interview former Premier Brad Wall.
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Jim Warren: It is way too soon to assume the 2024 temperature anomaly is the new normal
Clearly, the climate does not always behave in ways that conform to the expectations of journalists or climate scientists. Similarly, GHG emissions concentrations do not always correspond to global temperature predictions.
Cement maker Lafarge opens low-carbon fuel facility at Alberta plant
Cement producer Lafarge Canada Inc. says it has installed a new facility at its Exshaw, Alta., plant that will use construction waste to reduce the plant’s reliance on fossil fuels.
Enbridge to build new oil and natural gas pipelines in Gulf of Mexico
Enbridge Inc. continues to invest in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, announcing Thursday that it will spend about US$700 million to build new crude oil and natural gas pipelines in the gulf for the recently sanctioned Kaskida development, operated by BP Exploration & Production Co.
What the parties are promising ahead of the British Columbia provincial election
The British Columbia’s New Democrats released the party’s platform Thursday days after the Greens unveiled a plan for government ahead of the election on Oct. 19.
Quick Dick McDick: My Canola (“My Sharona”)
Harvest is done on the Bar R Ranch, and Quick Dick McDick is singing about it, to My Sharona.
Yes, he went there. Hey Quick Dick, the 70s called, they want their music back!
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AI boom could spur large-scale investments in clean energy: experts
CALGARY — The coming boom in artificial intelligence represents both a threat and an opportunity for the clean energy transition, market experts suggest. No longer purely in the realm of the tech sector, AI has in recent years become an energy...
Op-Ed: CAPP CEO Lisa Baiton: Bill C-59 targets Canadian companies with confusing new regulations
Most Canadians might not pay much attention to the Competition Act, but recent changes made by the federal government should be a concern for everyone. The amendments impact how businesses operate and influence the information Canadians receive.
Gas well fire north of Calgary continues to burn: company
An energy company says a natural gas well fire that injured five workers north of Calgary continues to burn a day later.
SaskPower’s lifeboat: Boundary Dam Unit 4 is being recertified, will be kept in cold standby
Pipeline Online had been hearing some rumors that it might be totally taken out of service soon, and inquired to SaskPower about that is going on. This was the response from SaskPower media relations, emailed on Sept. 30.
TC Energy launches South Bow Corp. as independent crude oil pipeline business
TC Energy Corp. has completed its spinoff of South Bow Corp., its crude oil pipelines business, as an independent company.
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Topaz Energy to acquire royalty interest in Tourmaline properties
Tourmaline Oil Corp. says it has signed a $278.2-million deal with Topaz Energy Corp. giving Topaz a gross overriding royalty interest in recently acquired lands in Alberta and B.C.
Five workers seriously injured by drilling blowout north of Cochrane, according to RCMP
An explosion at an energy site northwest of Calgary has injured five workers, and RCMP say the resulting fire could burn for days.
Cpl. Gina Slaney said the five were part of a crew that was drilling on a lease site at a field north of Cochrane, Alta., on Monday afternoon when it’s believed they hit a gas pocket, triggering a large explosion.
A Million Times We Cry: Stacey Grimes-Wempe writes memoir on grief, and launches it at oil show
An oil show isn’t a typical place for a book launch, but for Stacey Grimes-Wempe, it was fitting. After all, her book was sitting close to the model pumpjack sitting on the counter of her display.
Brian Zinchuk: Too much wind, not enough wind? What’s going on in Alberta?
Weird things have been happening in Alberta’s electrical grid over the last week. Interties to BC and Montana are down due to maintenance. Many hours have seen zero dollars paid for power. Wind and solar have been in such surplus numerous facilities have shut down at times to clear the glut. The grid frequency has had numerous variances, including “due to sudden variability of renewables.” Is the Alberta grid pushing the limits of how much wind and solar it can take?
Fire at Oxbow’s Saskarc on Sunday
A fire occurred at Saskarc’s campus in Oxbow on Sunday, Sept. 29.
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Wall Street Journal looks, wrongly, at Trans Mountain Expansion Pipeline and its impacts
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the Trans Mountain Expansion Pipeline.
It is good to look at what is being said, from an American perspective, even if its wrong. What do you think?
Weekend Watch: Mike Rowe and Victor Davis Hanson on what’s wrong with society, and there’s a lot
Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs fame and Victor Davis Hanson have a brutally honest discussion about what’s wrong with society, from education to DEI to class warfare. There’s a lot of talk about elites vs. the people with more “muscular” jobs. There has little to do with energy and everything about reality. It’s definitely worth your time to listen to this weekend.
Manitoba government extending gas tax holiday until end of the year
The Manitoba government is extending the provincial fuel-tax holiday until the end of the year.
U.S. Inflation Reduction Act causing brain drain of Canadian talent: CEOs
BANFF, ALTA. — Some Canadian CEOs say the hundreds of billions of dollars the United States is offering in subsidies for the energy transition is causing a worrisome brain drain of some of this country’s top talent.
Suncor Energy pleads guilty to charges for 2019 injury on oil vessel off Newfoundland
Suncor Energy has been fined $90,000 after pleading guilty to two charges stemming from a worker injury in 2019 aboard its production vessel in an oilfield off the coast of Newfoundland.