Budget 2024: Everything energy related in the finance minister’s speech
Very little was said about energy in the 2024 budget address. Here are the portions of Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget speech that are related to energy, including artificial intelligence, which presumably will eventually have an impact on the energy sector:
Wayne Zandee, former president of Red Dog Drilling, is competing to be in the 2025 Saskatchewan Fire Fighters Calendar
What does a retired drilling company owner do after selling his company? Eventually he gets around to one of his dreams as a young man – becoming a fire fighter.
And if you’re going to be a fire fighter, you might as well compete to be in the Saskatchewan Fire Fighters 2025 calendar!
Sask Research Council and Saskatchewan Gov’t sign agreements with Vietnam for rare earths and strategic minerals for France
Two critical minerals announcements came out of the Saskatchewan government on April 15, involving opposite sides of the planet. One was in relation to processing rare earth metals from Vietnam, the other involved strategic minerals for France.
Energy Realities Podcast: Energy transition insanity
The Energy Realities Podcast tears into energy transition insanity. As an example, one of the hosts on the View blamed last week’s solar eclipse on climate change. It also apparently caused the NE USA earthquake.
SaskPower turns sod on natural gas-fired Aspen Power Station near Lanigan
Even though the federal government doesn’t want Canadians to be using natural gas power generation (without carbon capture) by 2035, SaskPower turned sod on its next major power plant, the Aspen Power Station, 17 kilometres west of Lanigan on Friday, April 12.
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Increasing renewable energy to create more conflicts between environmental values
An Alberta environmental group opposes a solar power project over concerns it would damage antelope habitat and block their migration.
Alberta’s population growth is breaking records, but signs of strain are showing
At Calgary’s Centre for Newcomers, where Kelly Ernst is chief program officer, staff have been — in Ernst’s words — “run off their feet.”
Saskatchewan-based junior producers show substantial interest in April land sale
The sale showed notable interest in southeast Saskatchewan from several Saskatchewan headquartered oil producers who provided much of the activity in this sale.
Weekend Watch: Dr. Jordan Peterson and Dr. Patrick Moore discuss “Fake Invisible Catastrophes”
Two of Canada’s leading academics discuss anthropogenic (manmade) climate change, whether CO2 is really all that bad, and whether the climate is always changing. Dr. Moore was one of the founder of Greenpeace, but they don’t like him too much these days as he’s spent years calling BS on them.
This is definitely worth your time this weekend.
RBC faces questions on climate, Indigenous rights at annual general meeting
Royal Bank of Canada faced a steady stream of questions about the bank’s climate and Indigenous rights track record at its annual general meeting Thursday.
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Helium Evolution updates helium discovery south of Mankota drilled with partner North American Helium
Helium Evolution Inc. and its partner North American Helium have been jointing drilling helium wells in southern Saskatchewan, finding success.
Emissions caps for oil and gas: Bronwyn Eyre and Brian Zinchuk on Evan Bray Show
On Wednesday, April 10, CJME/CKOM’s Evan Bray show started off with a one-two punch on the federal government’s greenhouse gas emissions cap for oil and gas production, and the related Methane 75 regulation which seeks to cut methane emissions by 75 per cent by 2030 compared to 2012 levels.
Brian Crossman: Advice for the Sask Party
I would like to offer some friendly advice. This advice applies to politicians of every stripe, but in this case, we will focus on the leadership of the Sask Party.
Saskatchewan fights back on federal oil and gas emissions cap, Methane 75
Ministers invoke the Saskatchewan First Act, taking first step in battle with Ottawa
Saying “to hell with it” is “definitely on the table,” says minister when asked.
Brian Zinchuk: Alberta’s rolling blackouts show we’re the frog being boiled
First grid alerts have become more and more common. Then there was a close call in January after four days in a row of grid alerts, but no rolling blackouts occurred. Now, in April, rolling blackouts did occur, but it was not big deal, right? People coped. After all, it wasn’t -35 C, like it was in January.
It’s the frog-in-a-boiling-pot effect.
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Saskatchewan’s Top 10 oil producers in 2023
Saskatchewan’s Top 10 oil producing companies account for 84 per cent of all oil production in this province.
That’s one of the nuggets from an analysis of year-end production numbers done by BlincSoftware. Blinc compiled its numbers from data provided by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources. Much more detailed information can be found at BlincSoftware’s Canadian Petroleum Registry.
Latest milestones move Cedar LNG closer to getting a green light
The proposed US$3.4-billion Cedar LNG facility is looking more likely to become a reality in the wake of recent positive statements by the project partners.
Baker Hughes to supply electric-driven liquefaction tech for Cedar LNG Project
Baker Hughes was awarded an order from Black & Veatch, a global engineering, construction and consulting leader, to supply Cedar LNG in Canada with electric driven liquefaction technologies.
The NDP MP who wants to outlaw promotion of oil and gas is not running again
The NDP member of parliament that recently introduced a private members bill which would outlaw the promotion of oil and gas has announced he will not be running in the next federal election.
Mexico’s likely next president is a scientist. Politics has her mostly quiet on climate threats
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The López home kept filling with seawater as the Gulf of Mexico rose and winter storms got worse.
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Statistics Canada says trade surplus up in February as gold exports hit record high
Canada’s merchandise trade surplus increased to $1.4 billion in February as exports of gold hit an all-time high, Statistics Canada said Thursday.
Drought poses key risk to Canada’s natural gas producers in 2024: Deloitte
Persistent drought conditions are poised to challenge natural gas producers even as they aim to ramp up in anticipation of Canada’s first liquefied natural gas export terminal opening, a new report warns.
Trudeau says provinces must price carbon as Manitoba eyes alternative to federal plan
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew appeared at odds over carbon pricing Thursday.
Brian Zinchuk on Evan Bray Show: Multilateral wells, oil royalties, TMX pipeline, lithium, helium and more
Zinchuk explains in detail the new multilateral well incentive program in the recent provincial budget, one of the most important changes in the Saskatchewan oilpatch in two decades that is expected to incentive drilling
SLB, formerly Schlumberger, acquires ChampionX in an all-stock transaction
On April 2, SLB and ChampionX Corporation announced a definitive agreement for SLB to purchase ChampionX in an all-stock transaction.