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Frontier Centre: The failed economics of carbon taxes
By Lee Harding Frontier Centre for Public Policy Originally published March 16, 2022 A leading Canadian economist says the case for carbon taxes is limited and its proponents deliver more rhetoric than reality. In an interview with this author, Steve Ambler, Economics...
Frontier Centre: Chattering Classes Need to Change Their Anti-Energy Tune
By Joseph Quesnel Frontier Centre for Public Policy Originally published March 13, 2022 Canada’s chattering classes – who are often more accustomed to playing the sadly ineffectual dovish role – are rushing to prove their outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and...
Is helium a critical mineral? And how does Russia play into this?
SASKATOON - In on Feb. 22, the United State Geological Survey (USGS) revised its critical minerals list. In doing so, they added nickel and zinc, but removed helium, potash, rhenium and strontium. The revision to the list took place two days before Russia invaded...
Royal Helium concludes 2D and 3D seismic programs, intends on Val Marie well after breakup
SASKATOON – Royal Helium shifted gears over the course of the winter, reducing its drilling plan, focusing more on production and seismic surveys for future drilling.
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EU agrees on Russia sanctions so far, but energy divides
By Raf Casert And Samuel Petrequin in Brussels BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union preserved a sense of rarely seen unity through four rounds of unprecedented sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. But at a summit Thursday, the 27 leaders faced...
Canada to hike oil, gas output by 300,000 barrels a day to help displace Russian fuel
Canada’s oil and gas producers can hike output by the equivalent of 300,000 barrels a day by the end of the year to help displace Russian fossil fuels, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Thursday.
Wilkinson, speaking at the end of an International Energy Agency meeting in Paris, said two-thirds of that is oil and the rest natural gas.
“Canada’s European friends and allies are experiencing an energy security crisis, a crisis that could impact industry, mobility, and even the heating of homes,” Wilkinson said. “This crisis must be addressed.”
As part of economic sanctions intended to punish Russia for its invasion in Ukraine, western allies are also trying to cut off any dependence on Russia for oil and gas.
Patchwork Podcast: Victor Guillet of Vicon Ent. Oilfield Services Corp.
Kurt Price and Tracy Klotz speak to Victor Guillet of Vicon Ent. Oilfield Services Corp. on this edition of the New Lloydminster Nissan Patchwork Podcast.
Brian Zinchuk: Demographics are driving the world. If you ever want a holiday again, welcome refugees and immigrants today
Have you noticed that not only you’re short-staffed, but it seems like everyone else is, too? Canada’s collapsing demographics is likely the root cause. And the only way we can solve that is by dramatically increasing immigration and the reception of refugees right now.
Putin wants ‘unfriendly countries’ to pay rubles for gas
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday that Russia will demand that “unfriendly'' countries pay for Russian natural gas exports only in rubles from now on. Putin told a meeting with government officials that “a number of Western countries made...
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Sask Budget 2023: Rising resource revenue has big impact
REGINA – In the years after the oil downturn hit in late 2014, the deficit hole in the Saskatchewan budget was typically almost exactly the equal to the decline from previous oil revenues. And now that hole is closing. That’s apparent in the 2022-23 budget tabled by...
EU wants gas storage topped up to curb reliance on Russia
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm proposed Wednesday that all natural gas storage facilities in the 27-nation bloc are topped up to at least 80% capacity for next winter as it seeks to reduce its reliance on Russian energy in the future.
On the eve of a two-day summit of EU leaders, the European Commission said the bloc must quickly revamp its energy policy before next winter and another price crisis leaves millions of EU citizens with bills they cannot pay.
EU leaders have already vowed to wean the bloc off its dependence on Russian energy by 2027, but tangible measures still have to be put in place. On top of mandatory high storage levels, the commission also wants EU nations to agree to the joint purchase of natural gas and liquefied natural gas that would be similar to its system of buying COVID-19 vaccines in huge quantities for equitable distribution.
Quick Dick McDick: Saskatchewan currency on budget day
You know a jar of jam is as good as cash, right?
Liberals, NDP reach deal to keep minority government in power till 2025
OTTAWA — The Liberals and New Democrats have reached an agreement that would see the NDP support Justin Trudeau's minority government through to 2025. The deal is a "confidence and supply" agreement effective immediately, Trudeau said Tuesday....
Brian Crossman: Hollywood. They Know Best
I have been working hard (well, kinda) on my next article to be fun and light-hearted. You know, it’s spring-time, we’ve had lots of bad news from the Ukraine (Don’t forget to donate to a good organization to help the refugees) and the patch has potential to be busy...
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Nine years after Cowessess First Nation pioneered battery storage, SaskPower announces grid scale battery project
REGINA – Back in 2012, at the Williston Basin Conference in Bismarck, North Dakota, Scott Tinker, the person who produced the documentary Switch told the conference, “If you truly want to solve the world, solve storage.” Now, ten years later, SaskPower is getting in...
Atlantic premiers adopt wait-and-see approach on changing to permanent daylight time
HALIFAX — Atlantic Canada’s premiers are holding off on any move toward permanent daylight time until they see what neighbouring jurisdictions do. The premiers told reporters in Halifax Monday that it doesn’t make sense at this point to make the...
‘Do the right thing’: How US, allies united to punish Putin
By Josh Boak in Washington WASHINGTON (AP) — Just days before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, President Joe Biden quietly dispatched a team to European Union headquarters in Belgium. These were not spy chiefs or generals, but experts in reading fine print and...
Baker Hughes joins oil rivals in pausing Russian operations
NEW YORK (AP) — Baker Hughes, a major U.S. oil services company, added its name Saturday to the growing list of U.S. companies that are pulling back from Russia in response to Moscow’s war against Ukraine. Baker Hughes made its announcement one day after...
Halliburton, Schlumberger suspend operations in Russia
By Anne D'innocenzio in New York NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. oil field services companies Halliburton Co. and Schlumberger said they are suspending operations in Russia as the Houston, Texas-based businesses respond to U.S. sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine....
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Natural gas prices are up. Is anyone ever going to drill again for gas in Saskatchewan?
These days, any gas development in this province is almost always from associated gas production – the natural gas that comes up with oil. On March 14, Minister of Energy and Resources Bronwyn Eyre announced two new programs for increasing gas collection. When asked...
If we’re going to be regulated on methane, Saskatchewan wants it to be based on our own data. Two programs announced as a result
REGINA – As the federal government moves to dramatically reduce methane emissions, they are using data to regulate Saskatchewan that is not actually Saskatchewan-specific, and that could be a big problem for this province. Thus, to address that, the provincial...
Saskatchewan launches helium liquefaction hub study to advance helium export infrastructure
It’s one thing to drill for helium (and that’s not particularly easy), but it’s another to ship it. Doing so means purifying and then liquefying it, if you want to get the most value out of the product. With that in mind, the Government of Saskatchewan, in partnership...
Michigan wants ‘to have its cake and eat it too’ on Line 5: chambers of commerce
WASHINGTON — Business leaders from the United States and Canada are again wading into the fray over Line 5, accusing the state of Michigan of dragging its heels to ensure the controversial cross-border pipeline remains in a state of legal limbo...
Brian Crossman: Strategy, politics, and Go Fish
As Brian Zinchuk noted in an article two weeks ago, “weak men create hard times.” The events that have...