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...
I have several friends that always ask me, “When is Brad Wall running for prime minister?” The guys asking are almost exclusively from Alberta; Calgary, in particular. I think that the reason they ask is based on two things. One, the less-than-desirable federal...
A clear signal that Alberta’s oil and gas industry is alive and kicking was Calgary’s Global Energy Show June 6-8. Last held in 2019, this important annual event was one of the many casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Originally called the...
I may have no choice but to register as a journalist and a news company with Facebook/Meta. And that deeply concerns me. On June 13, I wrote about how I wished to “boost” a post on Facebook. The post was on the Pipeline Online Facebook page and the particular post was...
Editor’s Note: Pipeline Online would like to introduce new columnist Jim Warren, University of Regina adjunct professor in the department of Sociology and Social Studies, Faculty of Arts. Let’s just say his views are a little different than those we often...
Editor’s note: What’s this about potash on an energy website? The same sort of drilling rigs that are used for oil and gas are used for helium, now lithium, and of course, potash. Many of the oilfield services used in oil development also work in the...