Wind peters out in Alberta, yet again, on Wednesday
See all those orange pins on this Google map, created by @ReliableAB? The show the locations of 45 wind farms with at total of 1,519 megawatts of nameplate capacity (grid-scale solar is purple). But a week after Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced new rules for renewable power development, wind power yet again collapsed to effectively nothing.
Op-Ed: Kaase Gbakon: A (Hungry?) Tiger in Your Tank: Part 2
In this concluding part of the 2-part article, we examine the trend of retail prices of diesel and household heating oil.
Energy Realities Podcast: Robert Bryce talks about Juice
The Energy Realities Podcast crew got online with Robert Bryce on March 4 to discuss his recent docu-series about the electrical grid.
Brian Zinchuk on Evan Bray Show: Coal, CO2 and oil, Trans Mountain Pipeline, spring breakup and more
Pipeline Online editor and owner Brian Zinchuk was on CJME/CKOM’s Evan Bray Show on Wednesday, March 6 for the full 10 o’clock hour (but you get to listen to it in just 34 minutes!) The discussion included the importance of keeping coal going so captured carbon dioxide could be used to for enhanced oil recovery in the Frobisher formation, spring breakup, and a bunch of calls from the public.
Op-Ed: Kaase Gbakon: A (Hungry?) Tiger in Your Tank, Part 1
Whenever oil prices rise, Canadians feel it at the pump. The reasons for the pinch have been explained repeatedly. The usual suspects are lined up and questioned: oil price, taxes, retail/marketing margins, and exchange rate. One suspect drawing much attention these days is the carbon tax – but we will talk about that later.
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Surge surges to the top of Saskatchewan’s Top 10 conventional wells in January
When your company is named “Surge Energy” and you drill the top conventional well in Saskatchewan, the headline kind of writes itself.
Axiom Exploration goes “Between Two Rocks” at PDAC 2024
Companies are always trying to do something a little different at trade shows and conferences. Well, Axiom Exploration Group of Saskatoon did something different, indeed, at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada 2024 (PDAC 2024) in Toronto, being held March 3-6.
Quick Dick McDick: A Calving Tour
Quick Dick McDick is calving, and he takes us along for a late-night check.
NDP asks why Sask Gov’t didn’t get a deal on carbon tax, Moe says it’s about fairness
The federal carbon tax was first at the plate as Question Period took place on March 4. Here’s the exchange between Leader of the Opposition, NDP Leader Carla Beck and Premier Scott Moe.
Guilbeault calls Saskatchewan premier ‘immoral’ for breaking carbon-price law
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Ottawa has to take action against Saskatchewan for breaking the federal carbon-pricing law. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said last week his province would not submit the money it owed for the carbon price on natural...
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When is a carbon tax a tax or a price on pollution?
n Monday, March 3. Saskatchewan Minister of Highways, MLA for Estevan Lori Carr, made the following statement regarding the government and opposition positions on the carbon tax.
Saskatchewan residents with low incomes worry about not getting carbon rebate
Alan Holman says the carbon rebate he gets four times a year from the federal government is crucial for his household budget.
Energy regulator approves Enbridge tolling deal for Mainline pipeline system
Enbridge Inc. says the federal energy regulator has approved the tolling deal for its Mainline pipeline system.
Brian Zinchuk: A plan to save coal, power generation, and the oil industry in southeast Saskatchewan
What if there was a way to keep coal mining jobs in Saskatchewan, continue to produce low-cost electrical power, and extend the production of a substantial portion of Saskatchewan’s oilfields not by decades, but by generations? And in doing so, we could still dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and maybe save some money by reducing our nuclear rollout?
NDP get into carbon tax fight
Saskatchewan NPD Leader Carla Beck called out Premier Scott Moe for his “failure to secure an Atlantic-style carve-out of the carbon tax,” on Feb. 29.
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Wilkinson says no carbon rebates for Saskatchewan after province says it won’t remit
Moe said while the province’s natural gas utility, SaskEnergy, has stopped remitting the federal charge, residents are still paying it on gasoline, diesel, propane and other goods.
“If Saskatchewan people stop getting the rebate entirely, Saskatchewan should stop paying the carbon tax entirely,” said Moe.
We’re not remitting carbon tax to the feds, says SaskEnergy/SaskPower minister
Justin Trudeau may not have taken a “walk in the snow,” like his father did 40 years ago on this day, but Dustin Duncan took a walk in rain in front of Parliament
Don’t block our mountains or mess with good farmland: Alberta releases renewable power rules
The announcement was made a day after Alberta’s 45 wind farms spread across the southern part of the province produced next to zero power for 12 hours. For over 40 minutes, the 1,519 wind turbines in Alberta were producing net zero power whatsoever. For those 12 hours, the 4,481 megawatts of installed wind power were generating under 10 megawatts.
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.
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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.
Tight budget, health-care changes expected to dominate Alberta legislature sitting
Alberta politicians are set to return to the legislature this week for a spring sitting that is expected to see the first steps on sweeping structural reforms to a health-care system grappling to find and keep family doctors.
Irving Oil president to step down as company undergoes strategic review
The president of Irving Oil is stepping down as the company undergoes a strategic review that includes the possible sale of the business.