NEWS: U.S. Supreme Court won’t take Dakota Access Pipeline case
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to consider an appeal of a lawsuit over the Dakota Access Pipeline, meaning that an ongoing environmental review of the pipeline will continue. Dakota Access, which is controlled by Texas-based Energy...
The Oxbow assets Saturn bought in SE Saskatchewan are expected to produce more cash flow this year than the purchase price: Saturn CEO
Last year, Saturn Oil & Gas bought a substantial chunk of the southeast Saskatchewan assets Crescent Point had put up for sale. Now, if oil prices stay consistent, the cashflow from those assets will exceed the purchase price. In the meantime, Saturn’s doing a pile of abandonments.
Peter Linder: Musings of an ex-oil and gas analyst: Less drilling but more dividends; Inflation; Ukraine, Iran and U.S. shale
Editor’s note: I’ve been following Calgary-based Peter Linder’s “Musings of an ex-oil and gas analyst” for some time now on LinkedIn, and have found them to be some of the most astute observations on the Canadian energy industry, anywhere. What he posted on Feb. 17,...
NEWS: Alberta UCP government readies throne speech for start of busy legislative session
EDMONTON — Alberta's United Conservative government is getting ready for a speech from the throne to open a legislative session that could be like no other. Lt.-Gov. Salma Lakhani is expected to deliver the speech in the legislature this...
NEWS: Cost of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion soars 70 per cent to $21.4 billion
CALGARY — An eye-popping 70 per cent increase in the projected price tag for the Trans Mountain expansion was met Friday by jeers from environmental groups and a pledge from the federal government to put no additional public money toward the...
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NEWS: Politicians condemn violence at Coastal GasLink construction site in northern B.C.
Politicians are denouncing what police have called a violent confrontation in separate attacks against officers and employees at a construction site for a natural gas pipeline being built across northern British Columbia.
NEWS: Alta. homeowners feel pinch of high commodity prices as utility bills spike
CALGARY — Alberta’s oil and gas sector is awash with cash and the province’s books could be headed back into the black this year, but residents of the energy-producing province are experiencing the downside of the commodity price boom on their utility bills.
Market prices for natural gas and electricity have surged to near-record highs after more than seven years of depressed prices, and that’s leading to some shocks to the wallet for homeowners.
Meili takes his own “walk in the snow,” steps down as NDP leader. The last two years he focused almost exclusively on COVID, and very little on energy
SASKATOON – Ryan Meili announced on Feb. 18 he is stepping down as leader of the New Democratic Party. The 46-year-old Saskatoon Meewasin MLA was initially elected in a byelection in March, 2017. He had sought the leadership in 2009 and 2012, ultimately gaining success in his third attempt in 2017. In announcing his resignation in Saskatoon, Meili spoke of “taking a walk in the snow,” a clear reference to former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who famously decided to resign after taking his own walk in the snow, in February 1984.
Brian Zinchuk: While police prepared to shut down trucker protests in Ottawa, a pipeline site was attacked at night. Where is the real emergency now?
On a day when police in Ottawa continued to prepare to break up the trucker protest near Parliament Hill, and Parliament, itself, was debating the necessity of implementing the Emergencies Act, news emerged of a true emergency that occurred half a continent away....
Coastal GasLink: Workers shaken after violent attack at Morice River drill site
“During the early morning hours of Feb. 17, 2022, approximately 20 masked and violent attackers wearing camouflage surrounded and attacked Coastal GasLink workers in a highly planned and dangerous unprovoked assault.”
“This coordinated and criminal attack from multiple directions threatened the lives of several workers. In one of the most concerning acts, an attempt was made to set a vehicle on fire while workers were inside. The attackers also wielded axes, swinging them at vehicles and through a truck’s window. Flare guns were also fired at workers. Workers fled the site for their own safety and remain shaken by this violent incident. Fortunately, there were no physical injuries to Coastal GasLink workers,” said Coastal GasLink
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NEWS: RCMP say Coastal GasLink site in northern B.C. ‘attacked,’ causing significant damage
HOUSTON, B.C. — Mounties in northern British Columbia are investigating what they say was a violent confrontation between a group of about 20 people and Coastal GasLink employees at a worksite for the natural gas pipeline.
RCMP say in a news release they were called to the area early Thursday following reports that a group of people, some allegedly armed with axes, attacked security guards and smashed vehicle windows.
NEWS: Saudi Arabia keeps lid on oil output as US gas prices rise
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia is signaling it isn’t willing to pump more oil and won’t push for changes to an agreement with Russia and other producers that has kept a lid on oil production levels.
This has Washington concerned as gasoline prices rise and tensions with Russia over Ukraine fuel market uncertainty.
The Biden administration dispatched Brett McGurk, the National Security Council’s Middle East coordinator, and the State Department’s energy envoy, Amos Hochstein, to Riyadh on Wednesday to talk about a range of issues — chief among them the ongoing war in Yemen and global energy supplies.
SaskPower: Boundary Dam Unit 4 is still being used as other generating units undergo maintenance
REGINA – Saskatchewan’s power generation is made up of a diverse system of power generation assets, and like any large system, most of the time things work, but sometimes they don’t, and maintenance is needed. Additionally, new hardware comes online from time to time,...
PTRC’s new CEO Ranjith (Ran) Narayanasamy says Saskatchewan should be a clean tech exporter to the world
REGINA – On Feb. 14th the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) and its board of directors announced the appointment of Ranjith (“Ran”) Narayanasamy as the company’s new president and chief executive officer.
Narayanasamy comes to the PTRC from SaskPower after over 16 years. He has a somewhat different perspective on carbon capture and storage. You see, he spent some time in India speaking about and promoting SaskPower’s efforts in that regard. And India happens to have more than 180,000 megawatts of coal-fired power generation
Royal Helium completes Climax-4 well, intends future multi-leg well, multi-branch horizontal wells
SASKATOON –Royal Helium Ltd. announced on Feb. 16 that the hydraulic fracture program at the Climax-4 vertical well was successful in opening the Nazare formation and tested 0.57 per cent helium over the 100-meter interval. The helium grade is consistent with initial...
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NEWS: Canada has existing options if Line 5 shuts down, environmental report argues
WASHINGTON — A new report by a Canadian environmental group says alternatives to Line 5 already exist if the controversial cross-border pipeline gets shut down. The report, commissioned by Environmental Defence, recommends upgrading Enbridge...
Coastal GasLink pipeline to go ‘significantly’ over budget, says TC Energy
CALGARY — The company behind the Coastal GasLink pipeline continues to expect to go “significantly” over budget for the project and will also deliver a delayed completion date.
However, TC Energy Corp. said Tuesday it still expects the pipeline to be finished ahead of LNG Canada’s export terminal at Kitimat, B.C., which is also currently under construction.
Calgary-based TC Energy was selected by LNG Canada in 2011 to design, build, own and operate Coastal GasLink. Construction began in 2019, with an originally anticipated completion date of 2023.
NEWS: TC Energy reports $1.1-billion Q4 profit, raises quarterly dividend to 90 cents
CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. raised its dividend as it reported a fourth-quarter profit of $1.1 billion. The pipeline company says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 90 cents per share, up from 87 cents per share. The increased payment to...
Brian Crossman: What changed? Protests, truck convoys about freedom and now the Emergencies Act?
Normally when I write these opinion pieces, I tend to focus on the energy industry issues and maintain a positive outlook on what we do and why we do it. Obviously, the current main topic of everyone’s conversations of late is the Freedom Convoy 2022 currently...
Don’t cap production: CAOEC addresses Commons Natural Resources committee on capping GHG emissions from oil and gas sector
At the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow last fall, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to “cap oil and gas sector emissions today, and ensure they decrease tomorrow, at a pace and scale needed to reach net zero by 2050.” The House of Commons Standing...
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ICYMI: Pipeline Online editor Brian Zinchuk tangles with caller on CBC’s Blue Sky regarding ESG, inviting him to turn off his natural gas
Be sure to listen to the end, when he tangles with a caller who self-righteously declares how he’s been an ethical investor and won’t invest in Saskatchewan. Zinchuk tells him to turn off his house’s natural gas.
Murray Lyons: Good news in uranium sector with Cameco restarting McArthur River and Key Lake operations
The glow is coming back to uranium and that’s good news for Saskatchewan, especially for the province’s northern economy.
After a decade of declining output and revenues, the Saskatchewan uranium mining sector delivered some good news this past week during Cameco’s presentation of its fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results.
Ten Saskatchewan First Nations team up with Saskatoon’s miEnergy Inc. to create solar and geothermal energy company targeting Indigenous communities across North America
SASKATOON – The nine First Nations under the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) and Mistawasis Nêhiyawak have formed a new renewable energy company called miEnergy North America. It is a partnership among 10 First Nations, and with the existing, privately-owned...
NEWS: Enbridge reports $1.84B fourth-quarter profit, up from $1.78B a year ago
CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. expects to settle on a new tolling plan for its Mainline pipeline system this summer, the Calgary−based company said Friday.
The pipeline giant said it is consulting with industry about two potential options after its proposal to fill Canada’s largest oil pipeline network through long−term contracts was rejected by the Canada Energy Regulator in November.
NEWS: Precision Drilling reports fourth-quarter loss, revenue up 46% from year ago
CALGARY — Precision Drilling Corp. says it lost $27.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with a loss of $37.5 million a year earlier as its revenue rose 46 per cent. The company says the loss for the quarter ended Dec. 31 was $2.05 per...