Biden, Chevron chief trade sharp words over gas prices

By Josh Boak in Washington WASHINGTON (AP) — In a pointed back and forth, the head of Chevron complained Tuesday that President Joe Biden has vilified energy firms at a time when gasoline prices are at near record levels and the president responded that...

Brian Crossman: Now hiring!

Hey everybody! It’s time to start jumping up and down like idiots! The patch is busy and everyone is hiring! Outstanding! Let’s go make the big money on “The Rigs!” (That’s how I remember hearing it nearly four decades ago) It is true; there is “big money” to be made...

Brian Zinchuk: My daughter is going into mechanics. You go girl!

This past weekend was an emotional one for our family. Katrina crossed the stage, graduating Grade 12. And her future looks bright. She’s going to school, and she’s going to work. In the oilpatch. Katrina was a beneficiary of a forward-thinking government roughly six...

Jim Warren: Rough patch for rewewables

  Just two years ago, executives from a leading renewable energy company boasted they were experiencing the “best renewable energy development environment in history.” But, as of the second quarter of 2022 the renewable energy boom they predicted looks more like...

How much for gas? Around the world, pain is felt at the pump

By Daniel Niemann, Paola Corona, Jade Le Deley And Hau Dinh in Cologne COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — At a gas station near the Cologne, Germany, airport, Bernd Mueller watches the digits quickly climb on the pump: 22 euros ($23), 23 euros, 24 euros. The numbers showing how...