After a record year, Norway’s giant oil fund pledges to push sustainable energy
The manager of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund pledged Tuesday, Jan. 30, to push major oil and gas companies to speed up preparations for the “inescapable” transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels while also twisting arms in U.S. boardrooms to take control of executive pay.
Brian Zinchuk: What “doubling the electrical grid” really means
On Jan. 30, SaskPower announced a formalized agreement with General Electric-Hitachi for small modular reactors. But when I asked how many they plan on building, the CEO wouldn’t say. But he did speak of increasing the provincial grid from 5,400 megawatt now to 13,000 to 15,000 megawatts.
Lithium in SK, Part 26: Enter the big boys: 70-year-old Denison Mines buys into Grounded Lithium’s Kindersley project
Up until now, Saskatchewan’s emerging lithium play has been strictly a junior affair. That changed in January, as one of Canada’s older mining firms, Denison Mines, has jumped into the province’s lithium play.
Drought in Western Canada impacting hydropower production as reservoirs run low
Two hydro-rich provinces are being forced to import power from other jurisdictions due to severe drought in Western Canada.
Climate activists in Germany to abandon gluing themselves to streets, employ new tactics
BERLIN (AP) — A group of climate activists who infuriated many in Germany by gluing themselves to streets to block traffic said Monday that it will abandon the tactic and move on to holding what it calls “disobedient assemblies.”
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Trans Mountain expansion runs into ‘technical issues,’ completion delay possible
The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is facing delay yet again.
Tories seek to reject Senate amendments on carbon pricing, but Bloc not on board
The housing crisis, clean-tech tax credits and carbon pricing were front and centre in the House of Commons on Monday, as MPs picked up where they left off — both in substance and in tone — when they rose for the Christmas break in December.
US government pulls some of Venezuela’s sanctions relief after court blocks opposition candidate
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government on Monday pulled back part of the sanctions relief it granted Venezuela last year, following through on its threat after the South American country’s highest court blocked the presidential candidacy of an opposition leader.
CBC’s Marketplace tests EVs in real world and finds them wanting
CBC’s Marketplace put several EVs to the test, checking their range, charging infrastructure, and repairs, and found them wanting. Of 12 charging stations attempted from four different providers, seven had problem. And to top it all off, they even asked Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault about it!
Solar at noon in Alberta on Sunday: 23.5% output, when the sun was highest in the sky
When the sun is highest in the sky, solar output should be reaching its maximum output for the day. Well, that’s the idea, anyway.
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Who hasn’t wanted to crush a car with their yellow iron?
I will freely admit to a desire to utterly destroy cars or demolish buildings back when I used to run an excavator. Hulk smash! sort of thing.
Still room to take part in 65th Annual Weyburn OTS Bonspiel next weekend
As of Wednesday evening, there was still room to sign up for the 65th Weyburn Oilfield Technical Society Curling Bonspiel Feb. 2 and 3.
Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Temporary Pause on Pending Approvals of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports, verbatim
Editor’s note: on Jan. 26, President Joe Biden put a pause on approvals of new liquefied gas exports, throwing a serious monkey wrench into what has been one of the largest economic success stories in American history, going from zero exports to world leader in about a decade, and in the process of doing so, displacing coal at the other end of the export chain. Here’s the Whitehouse’s backgrounder, verbatim.
CAPP reacts to Biden pushing pause on new LNG export terminal approvals
The Joe Biden administration has just hit pause on approvals of new liquefied natural gas export terminals. And it turns out, that has an impact on Canadian production.
Whitecap has four of the Top 10 wells in November
There might be a good reason Whitecap Resources had ten drilling rigs making hole in Saskatchewan this week. It’s knocking it out of the park with four of the Top 10 producing conventional wells in Saskatchewan for November, 2023.
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44 Rigs drilling in Saskatchewan on Jan. 24
The next six weeks are typically the height of drilling activity for the year, so it’s a good time to take note of certain trends.
Lithium in SK Part 25: Primacy of rights, revisited
Saskatchewan is facing a curious and perhaps perplexing dilemma. In addition to oil and gas, it is now seeing development of helium and soon lithium production, too. And in one area near Torquay, geothermal power production is also in development.
The issue then arises of who owns the rights to what.
Ryan Birnie named Southeast Saskatchewan Oil Person of Year, Legends and other awards announced
On Jan. 18 the Weyburn Oil Show Board announced the distinguished recipients of the 2024 Southeast Saskatchewan Legends Award, the “Laurence M Woodard” Southeast Oil Person of the Year Award, and the “Ron Jeffery” Friend of the Show Award.
SaskPower chooses developer for Estevan-area 100 megawatt solar project
Ocean Man First Nation partners in large solar project SaskPower has selected Iyuhána Solar LP (Iyuhána Solar) to construct and operate Saskatchewan’s largest solar facility to date in the Estevan area. “With a total generating capacity of 100 megawatts (MW), this...
Brian Zinchuk: This Saskatchewan teachers strike is about something no one wants to say openly
The path the education system has taken the last 20 years has been a path to ruin. This has become abundantly clear. But will anyone have the courage to finally fix this?
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Lithium in SK, Part 24: Hub City Lithium releases preliminary economic assessment for Viewfield project
The company that has reported the highest concentrations of lithium in brine in Canada has just released its preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on Jan. 9, laying out its plans for commercialization of lithium production.
Hub City Lithium is 75 per cent owned by EMP Metals of North Vancouver and 25 per cent owned by Regina-based ROK Resources Inc., a Saskatchewan-based oil and gas producer with operations concentrated in southeast Saskatchewan.
While Canada is forcing EV adoption, Ford cuts a shift on its F-150 Lightning production line due to lack of customer demand
This is happening despite the Canadian federal government bringing in requirements for dealerships to hit 20 per cent zero emissions light vehicles, nearly all of which will be battery-powered electric vehicles, by 2026, By 2035, 100 per cent of new light vehicles sales are supposed to be zero emissions, according to the policy introduced just before Christmas by Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault.
SaskEnergy set natural gas consumption record Jan. 12
Extreme cold weather across Saskatchewan this past week resulted in record-breaking natural gas demand in the province, SaskEnergy said.
Energy Realities Podcast, Episode 94: Energy Threats
Armando Cavanha, David Blackmon, Stuart Turley, Irina Slav and Tammy Nemeth talk about energy threats. Originally broadcast Jan. 15, 2024
Peter Zeihan: Texas Did Not Fall Down: Energy Grid Updates
While Alberta’s grid was in peril last weekend, Texas’ grid faired better. That appears to be in part because they did something to address the issues that killed hundreds during the blackouts of February, 2021.