Key takeaways from Trump’s energy secretary pick’s confirmation hearing
Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary, told senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that he would promote all sources of American energy, while also acknowledging the burning of fossil fuels causes climate change.
Independent Well Servicing Safety Standdown, Part 2: Decision making while driving
“That same risk tolerance we use every day in the workplace tends to go out the window when we’re driving, because we do so much of it. Like, we’re all driving all the time. We’re driving for work, we’re driving for personal life. We’re taking kids to hockey games, or grand kids, depending on your generation. You’re going out on those roads daily, all the time, and you get complacent with the risk. You get complacent with the outcomes of that risk.”
Reaching for a Million, Part 1: If Saskatchewan wants to pay for doctors and teachers, we need to drill, baby, drill
Pipeline Online is going to publish an ongoing series of stories, like its Lithium in Saskatchewan series, called Reaching for a Million. Pipeline Online will be asking the smartest people in the industry, the ones who know Saskatchewan’s oil industry in particular, if we can reach a million barrels, and if so, how would they do it?
Independent Well Servicing Safety Standdown, Part 1: Did anyone see the van in the rhubarb? Don’t be that guy
Not long before the event started, some poor soul hit the rhubarb a block away from Estevan’s Southeast College, sliding into a snowy ditch in front of Conquest Equipment. There could have been no better talking point for a safety stand down focusing on safe driving.
Ms. Smith goes to Mar-a-Lago
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is scheduled to go to Washington for several days to attend his inauguration. But she posted on X on Sunday, Jan. 12 that she actually spent time with him, directly, at his golf resort of Mar-a-Lago, which has been functioning as the staging area for the new administration.
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Frontier Centre for Public Policy: Trudeau Resigns. What Does This Mean for You?
Canada is facing a crisis with high tariffs looming, what will happen now that our government is crumbling? Is this the start of a new chapter for Canada?
Op-Ed: Robert Skarzynski: The Great Canadian EV Winter Adventure
I know what you’re thinking: Who willingly drives an electric vehicle (EV) from Saskatoon to Edmonton in the dead of winter? We all know it’s a bad idea, borderline dangerous, but I thought, how bad could it be? Spoiler: It was worse. Much worse.
Bronwyn Eyre: The Green Slush Fund era may finally be over…but hands off our pensions!
There’s a reason why Norway’s US$1 trillion sovereign wealth fund isn’t allowed to invest domestically: to ensure diversification and prevent political interference.
Brad Wall: Trudeau was the manifestly the most divisive and economically damaging prime minister of any in our history
The undeniable truth is that Canada would be better off today had he decided not to follow in his father’s footsteps.
Trudeau’s done! And the oilpatch rejoices!
For everyone who put a “F— Trudeau” sticker on the back of their truck, Monday was a day of celebration.
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Half a per cent output, yet again – Alberta wind power on Jan. 5
Yet again on Jan. 5, wind power in Alberta flatlined, with just 27 megawatts being produced out of a maximum capacity of 5,688 megawatts. That was at 11:53 a.m., according to minute-by-minute data published by the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO, which can be...
Brian Crossman: Magic Eight Ball Prediction Edition for 2025
I will once again attempt to predict what going to happen in 2025. I have attempted this in previous years, with, uh, less than accurate results. So once again, I say “WTF” and with the help of the “Fantasmical Prognostication Machine” AKA, my “Magic Eight Ball TM” we will throw caution to the wind.
Jon Hromek throws hat into Sask Party leadership ring, but there’s no ring just yet
Hromek just quit as leader of Sask United Party, and Moe hasn’t said he’s going anywhere
Jordan Peterson: Pierre Poilievre on preparing to be the next prime minister
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sat down with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in late December for an in depth discussion about what’s going on in Canada, and how Poilievre will deal with it, should he become prime minister in 2025. Energy is an important part of the conversation.
Wind and solar bottom out, again, in Alberta on Jan. 2
With temperatures of -27 in Grande Prairie, -22 in Edmonton and -16 in Calgary, the long and short of it is that without natural gas-fired power, Alberta would have been freezing in the dark (save for daylight through windows).
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Brian Zinchuk: In opposing a wind project, Weyburn might want to be careful what they wish for
It was right around the time a man walked up to me, leaned close to my face and asked how much I had been paid to write a story talking about the benefits of the Weyburn wind project that I had an epiphany: I wasn’t standing in Weyburn’s McKenna Hall, reporting...
Jon Hromek resigns as leader of Sask United Party; here’s his full resignation letter
As former CEO of two oil companies, Hromek’s stance on energy was one of his strengths. He says that CO2 is not a pollutant, and that Saskatchewan should burn coal for power generation until we run out of it.
Scott Moe 2024 in Review: Full interview – Oil, Power, Nuclear, Helium, Lithium and more
Pipeline Online editor and owner Brian Zinchuk sat down with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on Dec. 12 to discuss the Saskatchewan energy sector in 2024 and the year ahead.
Energy Realities Podcast: Turns out “Energy Transition” isn’t working out. What is “Energy Coexistence?”
The crew over at the Energy Realities Podcast once again pour cold water on the “energy transition.”
Strathcona hits No. 1 in the Top 10 conventional oil wells for October
There are a few surprises in the top 100 conventional oil wells in Saskatchewan for the month of October.
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Alberta premier hopes for health reform payoff in 2025, regrets deferring tax cut
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is eager to show that her government can finally put the pieces of a dismantled provincial health-care system back together again in the new year.
Santa gave Alberta free power again on Christmas and Boxing Day
Santa was so generous this year, he gave Albertans enough wind power to have zero dollar pool pricing for all Albertans for several hours on Christmas Day, and a hell of a deal on Boxing Day, too.
Quick Dick McDick: Here Comes Blueball
As part of Pipeline Online’s annual Christmas tradition, here’s Quick Dick McDick singing another carol for us all. Merry Christmas!
2024 in Saskatchewan Energy – Scott Moe Year End Part 3: Helium, Lithium, Growth, Podcast
This is Part 3, focusing helium and lithium in Saskatchewan. There’s also discussion about reaching goals of increased oil production, population, canola crush and more.
Scott Moe 2024 in Review: Nuclear, Coal, Wind and Solar Power Generation
This part of the discussion focused on nuclear, coal, wind and solar power generation. Pipeline Online asked why the province insists on Indigenous partial ownership in all grid-scale wind and solar projects going forward.