Two days before Alberta is to lift its renewables pause, wind output falls to zero
On Feb. 29, the Alberta government is expected to lift its pause on wind and solar project approvals. For most of Wednesday, Feb. 27, wind power generation in Alberta had flatlined. Out of an installed nameplate capacity of 4,481 megawatts, total output was single digits for 12 hours. Most of that time total output was around two megawatts, and for much of an hour, it was a big fat zero.
Whitecap is now injecting CO2 into the Frobisher, opening up all sorts of possibilities
Ever since 2000, the Weyburn Unit has injected CO2 into the Marly and Vuggy formations. But starting late last year, Whitecap Resources has begun experimenting injecting carbon dioxide into the underlaying Frobisher formation.
The results could be profound for southeast Saskatchewan, as most drilling activity in southeast Saskatchewan these days is focused on the Frobisher. If additional carbon dioxide was available, the possibilities are enormous. And so far, results have been positive.
Did you know oil and gas is Saskatchewan’s largest industry, as measured by GDP?
You’d be forgiven if you thought agriculture was Saskatchewan’s largest industry. By many measures – people and communities impacted, land area affected, and culturally, it certainly is. But not by all measures, apparently. When it comes to GDP – gross domestic product – the measure used to measure economies, oil and gas supersedes mighty ag.
Federal prosecutors accuse a New Mexico woman of fraud in oil and gas royalty case
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico businesswoman is accused of defrauding the U.S. government and two Native American tribes of taxes and royalties due to them for oil and gas that her companies extracted from leased federal and tribal lands.
Crude-by-rail shipments jumped in last half of 2023 as Alberta’s oil output grows
Canadian crude-by-rail shipments nearly doubled in volume in the last six months of 2023, as oil output from Alberta surged to all-time highs and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion remained under construction.
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