Carney vows budget will spur ‘unprecedented’ investment, but warns of ‘sacrifices’
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised the nation Wednesday evening the fall budget will spur unseen levels of private sector investments, but at the same time he warned that sacrifices are in store.
Helium Evolution reaches major milestone with first helium produced for market
t’s been a long road, but there are now trucks rolling down that road, carrying Helium Evolution’s first product to market.
Saskatchewan is going nuclear, with a new energy security strategy
“Here in Saskatchewan, we are going to have power generation from nuclear power sources in Saskatchewan. That is a formal decision that this government has made,” said Minister of Crown Investments Corporation Jeremy Harrison.
Lithium in SK, Part 41: ROK is out of the lithium game, and privatizing as a strictly oil company
ROK Resources, the Regina-based oil company that ventured into the lithium industry, is going private and spinning out the company’s lithium ownership (via EMP Metals) into a private corp.
Free power for Alberta’s neighbours, again
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 19 have seen strong wind output on the Alberta electrical grid. And the result on Sunday, as is typical when this happens, is free power for the neighbours.
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Montreal emissions-tracking satellite company says climate fight hasn’t slowed
The CEO of a Montreal-based company that uses satellites to monitor methane emissions says interest in his technology continues to reach new heights, even as governments appear to be wavering on their climate commitments.
Trans Mountain faces $292k environmental fines after 2024 B.C. rainstorm: regulator
Trans Mountain is facing $292,000 in regulatory fines for alleged environmental issues in January 2024 along a stretch of its British Columbia pipeline expansion route hit by a major rainstorm.
When the training pays off: Classic Oilfield Service in Lloydminster reacts quickly to carbon monoxide leak
“While our staff were processing the incident and checking on one another, a few team members began to report symptoms such as nausea and dizziness. This prompted immediate concern that there might be a broader environmental issue. Using portable monitors typically deployed in our fieldwork, we detected dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide within the office portion of the building.”
Saskatchewan-Alberta electrical intertie soon to be up and running, after being down nearly a year
f it had been working, there were many times SaskPower could have received power at zero dollars per megawatt – for free – when Alberta had a surplus of power.
Progressive Conservatives win majority government in Newfoundland and Labrador, with Quebec power deal a major issue
The Churchill Falls agreement in the 1970s was one of the most lopsided imaginable, with Quebec getting thousands of megawatts of energy for a fixed price that today is so negligible to be almost considered free. Yet Newfoundland has all but starved in the decades hence. That agreement is now being renegotiated and was a major point in Tuesday’s election.
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Lithium in SK, Part 40: In depth with Energy and Resources Minister on new lithium royalty scheme
The announcement came at a critical time, as several companies are on the path to move from lithium explorers to lithium producers, which would place them as the first commercial lithium producers in this province. Those companies are working on developing financing to move into commercial production, but surely among first questions any financial backer will want answered is “how much is the government’s take?”
If your turkey relied on wind power this Thanksgiving in Alberta, you’d be eating baloney sandwiches
Your Thanksgiving turkey likely wasn’t cooked by wind power in Alberta on Monday,
Energy Realities Podcast: China v. America on Rare Earth and Critical Energy Minerals
Dr. Tammy Nemeth says, “In the end, who is the beneficiary of not allowing the West to build up its supply chains? It’s China.”
Weekend Watch: The maddening reality of oilfield units
It’s an entertaining watch, the deeper you get into it. I found out, for instance, why barrels are abbreviated “bbl.” I never would have guessed that was the reason.
Sask Gov’t seeks public feedback in Occupational Health and Safety regulations review
The Government of Saskatchewan is reviewing The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020 and is seeking feedback from stakeholders and the public, according to an Oct. 8 press release.
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Lithium in SK, Part 39: Province defines lithium royalty structure, based on potash, not oil
One of the big questions around the development of a new lithium industry in Saskatchewan is just what will be the royalty structure? Will it be based on oil and gas extraction, or potash?
Pipeline Online Podcast, Ep. 19: Grant Greenslade on junior oil producers and southwest Sask
Grant Greenslade has spent many years in the junior producer space, first with a family oil business in southwest Saskatchewan and then through the first three Spartan companies. He's also a former councillor and mayor of Shaunavon, providing a southwest Sask...
Weekend Watch: The Age of Depopulation With Nicholas Eberstadt
What will the energy industry and landscape look like in a world where population decline is almost universal? Think about that as you watch this fascinating discussion about the reality no one is talking about – population decline.
Smith says Alberta will be proponent for Pacific pipeline, for now
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith really, really wants to build another oil pipeline to the northern BC coast. British Columbia Premier David Eby apparently really, really does not want that to happen. Meanwhile Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe previously said he thinks the most important pipeline project is that very same pipeline to the Pacific, not that any Saskatchewan oil would find its way into it, but such it would free up room in other pipelines for more Saskatchewan oil.
Brian Zinchuk on Evan Bray Show: Imperial Oil layoffs, oil prices, drilling, multilaterals, mineral rights and more
On Oct. 1, Pipeline Online editor and owner Brian Zinchuk appeared on the CJME/CKOM Evan Bray Show for a monthly checkup on the energy industry. The conversation included Imperial Oil layoffs, oil prices, drilling, multilaterals, mineral rights, nuclear power generation, the recent Southeast Tech Hub ICED Rural 2025 conference in Estevan and upcoming SIMSA conference in Regina.
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Alberta re-enters pipeline arena, plans to propose new oil pipeline to B.C. coast
Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta is committing $14 million to a West Coast oil pipeline do-over that hinges on First Nations getting on board early and Ottawa reversing a tanker ban that would make such a project unworkable on the northern B.C. coast.
Cenovus receives MER approvals for new wells and upgrading work at four thermal properties in NW Sask
Cenovus is planning on taking two steps forward after one big step backward this year in northwest Saskatchewan, announcing plants to “improve and expand four existing thermal facilities in the region.” This comes after a blowout in May at its Rush Lake 2 facility put both Rush Lake 1 and 2 out of commission for the foreseeable future.
Sask Highway Patrol adding six weigh scale officers at Estevan and Swift Current
Every trucker’s favourite part of the job just got some reinforcement at two key weigh stations in the oilpatch.
34 Drilling rigs at work in Saskatchewan on Monday
Late September has been warm, dry and windy in southern Saskatchewan – so there’s no excuse for not drilling because of rain. So what does the rig count look like?
Legal challenges claim B.C. natural gas pipeline hasn’t been ‘substantially started’
Petitions filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week allege the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission natural gas pipeline project has been given the green-light by the B.C. Environment Ministry to go ahead without requiring a new environmental assessment certificate, which was first granted in 2014.