Eric Cline’s Squandered: Canada’s Potash Legacy: Windfall profits, economic rent and paying for social services, Part 3
“It is abundantly clear that the division of profits from potash is grossly unbalanced. The province is shortchanging its own treasury and people.”
Eric Cline’s Squandered: Canada’s Potash Legacy: About that royalty review … Part 2
Cline notes that the industry was not making huge profits at the time, and the government agreed to a capital cost allowance of $1.20 for every dollar of capital investment. “Perhaps it was overly generous, and I don’t claim everything I was responsible for in government was perfect. One thing I can claim is that it seemed to work,” he writes.
Brian Crossman: Finally, the Official Pipeline Online Landman Review
I’m gonna go straight to what is on every oilfield worker’s mind. The actual oilfield work performed on the show has been mocked, lamented, criticized and generally picked to pieces by everyone on the internet, random people on the street, and my friends and colleagues in the industry.
Eric Cline’s Squandered: Canada’s Potash Legacy, takes a hard look at royalties. Part 1
In late March, 2024, Eric Cline released his book Squandered: Canada’s Potash Legacy. It’s not often that former Saskatchewan resource ministers write books about royalties, so Pipeline Online is dedicating a lot of space to it.
Jim Warren: How to govern while fiscally handcuffed: don’t follow the example of the Romanow NDP
Improving conditions for the oil and gas industries may be the low hanging fruit for a fiscally challenged government.
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You don’t see that very often – Saskatchewan’s wind power averaged 89% output on Jan. 24
According to SaskPower’s Where Your Power Comes From webpage, wind power generation had an exceptional day in this province on Friday, Jan. 24.
Trump’s call for OPEC to bring down cost of oil conflicts with his agenda: experts
By Kelly Geraldine Malone WASHINGTON — Experts say U.S. President Donald Trump's push for the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries to bring down the cost of oil conflicts with the Republican leader's own plans to make America energy-dominant....
Equinor hires companies for work on stalled Bay du Nord oilfield off Newfoundland
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has contracted two companies to do preliminary work for the stalled Bay du Nord offshore oil project in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Fishers worried by N.S. premier’s musings over lifting oil-exploration moratorium
Nova Scotia seafood industry representatives voiced concerned Thursday over comments from the premier that he’s open to ending a moratorium on fossil fuel drilling in the rich Georges Bank fishing grounds.
Manitoba regulator approves hikes in natural gas, northern propane rates
Manitobans are going to pay a bit more for natural gas as well as propane used for home heating.
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Meet Poppy, an oil spill-sniffing dog and a scientific trailblazer
Poppy, a six-year-old springer spaniel with floppy brown ears and a tail that never seems to stop wagging, is by all accounts a very good dog. Her white, brown speckled nose has also made her something of a trailblazer. In a first-of-its-kind...
Egypt and Eni-Total consortium to sign deal on processing Cypriot natural gas for export
Egypt and a consortium made up of energy companies Total of France and Italy’s Eni will next month sign a key agreement to transport natural gas from an undersea deposit inside Cypriot waters to Egypt where it will be liquefied and processed for export, officials said Friday.
Basin Electric to build 1,470 megawatt natural gas power station near Williston, ND
Since electrons are agnostic to what generates them, it means that whenever SaskPower buys power from the Southwest Power Pool, of which Basin Electric is a part of, there’s a very high probability a substantial amount of those electrons will come from this power station, as opposed to wind or solar projects.
Shocking and refreshing, say Estevan mayor and RM reeve about coal-fired power’s possible revival
The Government of Saskatchewan announcing SaskPower would be looking at refurbishing, instead of shutting down, its coal-fired power generation plants was some of the best news in years for the City of Estevan and the RM of Estevan.
Saskatchewan is looking to rejuvenate coal, not abandon it: in-depth with Minister Jeremy Harrison
If SaskPower carries through with rejuvenating coal, it will save three power plants, two mines, ~1000 jobs and two communities
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Estevan Chamber of Commerce on coal-fired power announcement
Last week marked a significant commitment by the provincial government to seriously examine the refurbishment and extension of the lives of Units 4, 5, and 6 at Boundary Dam, with a promise to provide a firm answer by summer.
B.C. First Nations leader reverses stance on Northern Gateway pipeline as Trump tariff threat looms
The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is reversing his previous opposition to the scrapped Northern Gateway pipeline project that would have created another route for Alberta’s oil to get to the Pacific Ocean.
Alberta’s Smith doubles down on diplomatic approach as U.S. tariffs expected Feb. 1
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is staying the course on her diplomatic approach to try to avert punishing tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump as a new deadline looms.
Brian Zinchuk: Absorbing Canada would make the US Democrat forever
And it could lead to war
Trump’s executive order “Unleashing American Energy”
Editor’s note: as mentioned in his inauguration speech, President Donald Trump declared a “National Energy Emergency” within minutes of taking the oath of office. And part of that is his plan to “drill, baby, drill.” Later on Jan. 20 he signed an executive order to that effect. This is that executive order, verbatim
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Trump declares a “National Energy Emergency” to drill, baby, drill
Editor’s note: as mentioned in his inauguration speech, President Donald Trump declared a “National Energy Emergency” within minutes of taking the oath of office. Later on Jan. 20 he signed an executive order to that effect. This is that executive order, verbatim
Cenovus, Vermilion and Whitecap sign on to support new Oil and Gas 20 and 30 high school courses
When Saskatchewan’s new online high school oil and gas class was announced last June at the Saskatchewan Oil & Gas Show, there was one oil company onboard. Now, with the first class starting in two weeks, there are four.
BREAKING: With “second carbon tax” in jeopardy, FCL and AGT pause renewable diesel and crush plant projects
SASKATOON, REGINA - While the Government of Saskatchewan has fought the carbon tax policy tooth and nail, a related policy, known as the “Clean Fuel Regulations” was a driving factor in the dramatic expansion of canola crush capacity in Saskatchewan. All those crush...
BREAKING: Op-Ed: Government of Saskatchewan says coal has a future
Editor’s note: Crown Investments Corporation Minister Jeremy Harrison was in Coronach on Jan. 15 and in Estevan Jan. 16, talking to coal workers. Here’s an op-ed he submitted to Pipeline Online about the message he told those workers. Fundamentally, Saskatchewan is looking to run conventional coal well past the federal deadline of 2030, and in so doing, securing the futures of Estevan and Coronach for years to come.
CAOEC opposes any proposal to impose retaliatory export tariffs, taxes or bans on Canadian oil and gas
The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC) issued the following statement on Jan. 16 with regards to the coming trade war with the Trump-led United States: For half a century, free trade has yielded mutual benefits for both Canada and the United States....