Liberals rebrand carbon-price rebates in bid to make policy more palatable
Quarterly payments to offset the cost of the carbon price will now be called the “Canada Carbon Rebate,” federal ministers said Wednesday as they moved to rebrand their signature climate policy amid slumping support.
NDP to move bill calling for ban of coal exports as Canadian output booms
Canadian exports of the kind of coal used to make electricity hit an eight-year high in 2022 despite promises from the Liberal government to work on banning exports completely by the end of the decade.
Don’t expect a rig hand to make a date on Valentines. He’s hopefully working on one of the 38 rigs in the field
Don’t expect a drilling rig hand to make it to a Valentines date, because that’s the time of year they can make the most money.
New Mexico Senate endorses budget bill emphasizing savings during oil sector windfall
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico would set aside well over $1 billion to guarantee tuition-free college and sustain government spending in case its oil production bonanza fades in the transition to cleaner energy sources under an annual spending plan endorsed by the state Senate on Monday.
Jared Kushner, former Trump adviser, defends business dealings with Saudi Arabia
NEW YORK (AP) — Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s former White House adviser and his son-in-law, defended on Tuesday his business dealings after leaving government with the Saudi crown prince who was implicated in the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Oil and gas producer to pay millions to US and New Mexico to remedy pollution concerns
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Texas company has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the federal government and the state of New Mexico to address air pollution concerns in the largest oil and gas producing region in the United States.
Despite being old enough to collect pension, the Weyburn Unit can still top production charts
Whitecap and Surge are within spitting distance of each in the race for the top conventional well in Saskatchewan. Additionally, despite being old enough to have collected a pension cheque for several years, the Weyburn Unit can still produce the top well in the province.
Brian Zinchuk: One (megawatt) is the loneliest number, but hundreds of batteries are absurd
How does $104 billion in batteries, just to back up wind for 18 hours, sound?
First a rig shows up near Radville, now that area tops February Crown land sale
Every so often, interest in oil production near Radville starts getting attention. In recent weeks, a drilling rig showed up south of Radville, for the first time in a long time. And now, that area was the highlight of the Feb. 6 Crown land sale for petroleum and natural gas mineral rights.
CAOEC responds to NDP private members bill to end oil and gas advertising
The CAOEC strongly opposes Bill C-372, Fossil Fuel Advertising Act, introduced by Mr. Charlie Angus, Member of Parliament from Timmins—James Bay (Ontario), the organization said in release on Feb. 7.
The Bill proposes to prohibit the advertisement of Canadian oil and gas.
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Two gensets in sea cans could have matched the output of Alberta’s entire wind fleet Wednesday morning
Does your wind farm have performance anxiety? At 8:30 a.m., Feb. 7, 44 out of 45 wind farms in Alberta could not perform. You are not alone. But there is a solution.
Sweden closes probe into explosions on Nord Stream pipelines, saying it doesn’t have jurisdiction
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish officials said Wednesday that they have decided to close their investigation into the September 2022 explosions on the underwater Nord Stream gas pipelines which were built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany, saying they don’t have jurisdiction.
NDP MP Charlie Angus wants to shut down all oil and gas advertising
Editor’s note: In a move that would effectively destroy media like Pipeline Online, EnergyNow.ca, BOE Report, Daily Oil Bulletin and more, Timmins-James Bay NDP MP Charlie Angus on Feb. 6 proposed eliminating all advertising from oil and gas firms. “It is prohibited for a person to promote a fossil fuel, a fossil fuel-related brand element or the production of a fossil fuel except as authorized by the provisions of this Act or of the regulations,” the private members bill, which was just introduced and is not law, says.
Brian Zinchuk on Evan Bray: Mud, drilling, oil prices, Trans Mountain pipeline, doubling the electrical grid
This month’s appearance of Pipeline Online editor and owner Brian Zinchuk on the Evan Bray Show got moved up a day to Tuesday, Feb. 6. Up for discussion: Mud, drilling, oil prices, Trans Mountain pipeline, doubling the electrical grid.
PTRC and Mitacs fund $6 million to develop and retain “cleantech” personnel
REGINA - On Feb. 6 PTRC Sustainable Energy and Mitacs announced in Regina a four-year collaborative funding program to develop and retain highly qualified personnel (HQPs) in “cleantech” research and development (R&D) at the University of Regina and other...
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Duncan among four veteran Sask Party cabinet ministers not seeking reelection
Four long-time Saskatchewan Party MLAs announced on Feb. 6 they will not be seeking re-election in the 2024 provincial election. All are current cabinet ministers, and one of which ran for the leadership of the Saskatchewan Party when former Premier Brad Wall retired.
Just as Alberta has had minimal wind power, so, too has Saskatchewan
Wind power generation in Alberta has flatlined twice in as many days, and as weather patterns typically flow from west to east, Saskatchewan has seen similar conditions.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 42 times, shame on me, as only 3 of Alberta’s 45 wind farms produced power at points of Monday night
This one Caterpillar 3612 generator could produce more than entire fleet of hundreds of wind turbines across Alberta did at certain points on Monday night.
Brian Zinchuk: Current world oil prices make no sense
On Monday, Feb. 5, I was looking in depth at world oil prices and something struck me – does the world not know there are several wars going on which should normally have a direct impact on oil markets?
A few weeks after Alberta’s grid was on the brink, renewables again bottom out, but no crisis this time
At suppertime on Sunday, Feb. 4, Alberta saw its wind power generation fall to 15 megawatts out of 4,481 megawatts, or one-third of one per cent (0.3 per cent) at 5:38 p.m. This was at the same time solar was producing zero megawatts as the sun had gone down.
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22 Rinks took part in Weyburn OTS Bonspiel Feb. 2-3
Twenty-two rinks took part, and $8300 was handed out to community organizations. A good time was had by all.
New AFN chief looks to turn page with Pierre Poilievre from Harper-era tensions
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is trying to make inroads with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, hoping to forestall the tensions and angst that marked the party’s last time in power.
Weekend Watch: Juice: Power, Politics & the Grid – a must watch
This video series is a spectacular take on many of the energy issues of the day. It starts with the February, 2021, Texas blackouts, and goes on to tackle renewable power in the form of wind and solar. It doesn't speak too fondly of coal, but goes broadly into the...
SaskPower and GE Hitachi advance small modular reactor plans, but won’t say how many, or how much they’ll cost just yet
SaskPower and GE Hitachi Canada signed an agreement on Jan. 30 allowing for further development of small modular reactors in Saskatchewan. But exactly how many reactors, or how much they will cost, SaskPower isn’t saying just yet.
Jim Warren: The Cost of Copying Biden’s Assault on LNG
What would it cost Western Canada’s natural gas producers if the federal government does to them what it did to tidewater export opportunities for petroleum? This question became topical last week when the Biden Democrats announced they would block construction of new LNG export facilities in the US.