No gas for you, Quebec tells builders
It turns out the Quebec government’s disdain for pipelines extends to those supplying new buildings with natural gas, as well.
AER orders Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. to suspend all wells, facilities and pipelines
On November 14, 2024, the Alberta Energy Regulator AER) issued an order requiring Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. to suspend its wells, facilities, and pipelines; post a security deposit; and provide reasonable care and measures for its sites as the company has repeatedly failed to comply with regulatory requirements and address compliance issues in a timely manner.
Impending snowmageddon postpones Wednesday’s Canadian School of Hydrocarbon Measurement Saskatchewan School in Estevan
With up to six inches of snow expected to wallop Estevan Monday night into Tuesday, the organizers of the Canadian School of Hydrocarbon Measurement Saskatchewan School had a call to make – do they postpone the Wednesday event, or go ahead? The answer: postpone, for safety’s sake.
200 megawatt Bekevar Wind Energy Facility joins Saskatchewan grid, produces less than a phone charger on opening day
On the day that SaskPower announced the addition of the new 200 megawatt Bekevar Wind Energy Facility to the grid, output at that wind farm totally died. It happened not just at Bekevar, but across the southern prairies.
That evening, Alberta’s 48 wind farms totaling a theoretical maximum output of 5,340 megawatt produced between 0 and five megawatts for at least three hours, from 8:44 p.m. until midnight. For most, if not all, of that first hour, wind output in Alberta was a big fat zero, just as it was at Bekevar in the late afternoon.
Brian Zinchuk on Evan Bray: Elections, pipelines, million barrels, emissions cap and more
This month on the CJME/CKOM Evan Bray Show, Pipeline Online editor and owner Brian Zinchuk discusses the energy sector impacts of the US and Saskatchewan elections. The key one is the idea of reviving the Keystone XL pipeline, as seen in the video below. Premier Scott Moe talked about not only reaching 600,000 barrels per day oil production in Saskatchewan, but aiming for a million – so how could that happen? There’s also some talk about natural gas and career fairs.
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Prairie Dawg Steel Supply launches in Estevan
Prairie Dawg Trailer Sales & Rentals has opened a new division, offering steel sales. That new division is Prairie Dawg Steel Supply.
What’s a drilling rig doing southeast of Moose Jaw? Drilling a CO2 sequestration well, naturally
It’s not often, if ever, you see a drilling rig working along Highway 39 due south of Belle Plaine and southeast of Moose Jaw, but there it is.
Ensign Drilling Rig 808 is punching a hole, a deep one. And not for the reason you might think.
Brian Crossman: Elections, Name Calling and Doing the Right Thing
Well kids, we have survived another two elections, so far anyway. The incumbent Saskatchewan Party pulled it off again for a fifth consecutive term and of course, Donald J. Trump will once again be the president of the country just south of us, not as a true incumbent, but he was the commander-in-chief four years ago. And by all accounts Trump won a landslide, while Scott Moe and the Sask Party just squeaked in with a majority.
Colleen Young new energy minister, Tim McLeod new justice minister in cabinet shuffle
Premier Scott Moe today appointed a new, smaller cabinet, with a new minister in every cabinet position. And in that shuffle, Lloydminster MLA Colleen Young was dealt the card for Minister of Energy and Resources.
Running out the clock on the federal oil and gas emissions cap: SK energy minister
Late in the year, just in time for the next COP (Conference Of the Parties) event, the federal Liberal government released its planned oil and gas emissions cap details on Nov. 4. The Saskatchewan government reacted negatively to this plan, calling it a cap on production. And it looks like the newly re-elected Sask Party government plans on running out the clock in this ongoing fight with the federal government, expecting an upcoming election within the next year will result in the policy being quashed.
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Brian Zinchuk: Trump won. Let’s build that pipeline, quick!
It can be done. I worked on a crew that, along with several other crews, built a pipeline from Fort St. John, B.C., to Chicago. We got it done, from scratching dirt to in commission, in 16 months from 1999 to 2000. You just need to cut all the ridiculous bovine feces that has crept into the regulatory environment since then, and let fly.
Verbatim backgrounder on oil and gas emissions cap
In Pipeline News’ continuing its quest to ensure all Canadians know exactly what the federal government is telling us about its climate change agenda, this is the backgrounder posted on Nov. 4.
Emissions cap puts methane in spotlight; industry says low-hanging fruit already gone
Oil and gas producers who have already made progress on lowering their methane emissions over the last decade say further large-scale reductions will be tougher to deliver.
Guilbeault’s oil and gas emissions cap press release, verbatim
Pipeline News is continuing its quest to ensure all Canadians know exactly what the federal government is telling us about its climate change agenda. On Nov. 4, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault released draft regulations on a cap on greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector of the economy. In the X post made on Nov. 4, Guilbeault continually refers to carbon dioxide as “pollution,” but does not refer to it as “plant food,” which it is.
Reaction to Guilbeault’s emissions cap on oil and gas industry, Part 1
Editor’s note: Reaction to federal government’s draft oil and gas emissions cap came in fast and furious on Nov. 4. This is part 1 of the reaction – each piece presented verbatim. This one include the Government of Saskatchewan, CAPP, CAOEC, Environmental Defence, Enserva.
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Reaction to Guilbeault’s emissions cap on oil and gas industry, Part 2
Editor’s note: Reaction to federal government’s draft oil and gas emissions cap came in fast and furious on Nov. 4. This is part 1 of the reaction – each piece presented verbatim. This one includes the Government of Alberta, Pembina Institute, MEI
Federal government’s control of media to grow, now seeking to subsidize radio news
Editor’s note: After subsidizing newspaper news for several years now, and its ongoing subsidies for the CBC, on Nov. 4, the federal Liberal government announced its intentions to subsidize radio news now, too. The funding announcement comes less than a year before the expected federal election.
Oil, gas companies told to cut emissions by one-third under planned cap
Oil and gas producers in Canada will be required to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about one-third over the next eight years under new regulations published Monday.
Veren intends on spending 15% of its 2025 capital budget in Saskatchewan
The company plans on spending 85 per cent of its $1.48 billion to $1.58 billion 2025 capital budget in the Duvernay and Montney assets, and just 15 per cent in Saskatchewan.
Trevor Rose Podcast: Scott Saxberg
Trevor Rose has some pretty spectacular podcasts with movers and shakers in the energy industry, but this podcast with Scott Saxberg, founder and former CEO of Crescent Point, has got to be one of his best. As an outside observer who spent the better part of a decade observing what Crescent Point was doing, with its phenomenal growth to at one point the largest producer in Saskatchewan, this interview was fascinating.
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Brian Zinchuk: How will tripling maximum electrical pricing in Alberta help consumers?
Here’s the hourly price for power in Alberta in September, with 114 hours of zero dollar pricing. Notice the price spikes? It is common for the price to reach near the theoretical maximum. In September, it didn’t, but on Tuesday, it did. What do you think will happen when the maximum triples?
Pamela Wallin and John Gormley discuss the Saskatchewan election results
Senator Pamela Wallin and John Gormley discuss the results of the Saskatchewan election. Mentioned several times is the importance of energy to the economy.
Ottawa fires back at Alberta’s application for judicial review of carbon price
The federal government says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s application for a judicial review of Ottawa’s carbon levy is nothing more than political posturing.
Top 10 Conventional Saskatchewan oil wells in August – Surge surges
All 10 of the Top 10 conventional oil wells in Saskatchewan came from southeast Saskatchewan in August, with the first heavy oil well coming in No. 11. Surge Energy Inc. knocked it out of the park in August, with three of the top four conventional wells in...
Sask drilling rig report: Rigs working on oil, potash, helium and lithium
The drilling rig report for Oct. 28 demonstrated the growing variety of resources been accessed through the drill bit.