Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska’s petroleum reserve
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres (5.3 million hectares) of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm.
Report suggests little progress in first year of Alberta’s emissions reduction plan
Alberta has done little to advance its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions a year after introducing it, an analysis suggests.
TC Energy reduces pressure on pipeline segment as rupture investigation continues
TC Energy Corp. says it has reduced the pressure on a segment of its NGTL pipeline system in Alberta while an investigation continues into the cause of a rupture that occurred earlier this week.
2024 Southeast Saskatchewan Legends: Dean Gilliss
In recent years, the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show has presented its Southeast Saskatchewan Legends Award. Pipeline Online will be publishing their biographies here. First up: Dean Gilliss
High interest rates threaten rollout of green economy: Wood Mackenzie report
Renewable energy companies in Canada are feeling the pinch of higher interest rates, which a new report says could make the net-zero transition more costly and difficult.
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Alberta government announces plan to protect consumers from power price swings
The Alberta government is proposing measures, to take effect in January, that aim to protect power consumers from wild price swings.
US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela as hopes for a fair presidential election fades
MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela, admonishing President Nicolás Maduro’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the U.S. eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading hopes for a democratic opening in the OPEC nation.
Wildfire sparked by TC Energy pipeline rupture under control
A wildfire in west-central Alberta that was sparked by a natural gas pipeline rupture is under control, but an investigation into what caused the pipeline to break could take months or even years.
Saskatchewan funding aero-magnetic survey in southwest Sask to drive further critical mineral development
In recent months, there have been more rigs drilling for helium in southwest Saskatchewan than there have been drilling for oil. The region has become a hotbed for helium development in recent years, but it’s not the only resource underground. There might be a lot more potential geological development in that area, if only more was known about what’s possibly there.
Engine Capital backs Simpson Oil’s call for strategic review at Parkland
CALGARY — An activist investor has sent a letter to the board of directors at Parkland Corp. backing a call from the company's largest shareholder for a strategic review at the fuel retailer. U.S.-based Engine Capital LP says it supports a request...
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CAPP likes parts of federal budget, but seeks clarity on emissions and doesn’t like new taxes
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers likes some parts of the April 16 federal budget, but not others.
CAOEC disappointed in federal budget, calls it lost opportunity to support energy workers
The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC) said it is disappointed with the federal budget, referring to it as a lost opportunity to support energy workers on the frontlines of Canada’s energy transformation. “The federal Liberal government has turned its...
TC Energy pipeline rupture sparks wildfire near Edson, Alta.
A natural gas pipeline owned by TC Energy Corp. ruptured near Edson, Alta., on Tuesday, sparking a wildfire.
Royal Helium announces Val Marie helium project with Sparrow Hawk Developments
A Saskatchewan First Nation is getting into the helium game in this province, buying a non-operating stake in a new helium development near Val Marie, Saskatchewan. The new economic partnership with Royal Helium, announced on April 16, in turn will expand the number of helium producers operating in this province.
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:
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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.
Conflict heating up between Parkland Crop. and top shareholder Simpson Oil
While Parkland rejected Engine’s suggestion that it sell or spin off its Burnaby, B.C. refinery, the company did make other changes including putting a number of other assets, such as certain retail locations, up for sale and making changes to its board of directors.
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.”
Oil and gas companies must pay more to drill on federal lands under new Biden administration rule
Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on federal lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells under a final rule issued Friday by the Biden administration.
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.