Sask brings in $6 million for Crown land sales, but some parcels went for next to nothing
REGINA – For the first time since June, 2019, a Crown land sale for oil and gas mineral rights exceeded $6 million. But while the total dollar value was up significantly compared to sales over the last 2.5 years, some parcels went for exceedingly low dollar...
Brad Wall is out, when it comes to the federal Conservative leadership
CYPRESS HILLS – Brad Wall is out, when it comes to consideration of who will be the next leader of the federal Conservative party. The question of who would be the next leader of the Conservatives became acute following the Feb. 2 ouster of Erin O’Toole as party...
NEWS: Suncor adopting mining safety technology for first time in oilsands, says CEO
CALGARY — The chief executive of Suncor Energy Inc. says the company is adopting mining safety technology for the first time in the oilsands following a recent death and several incidents. The change is among a series of efforts to improve safety...
NEWS: Suncor Energy Inc. swings to $1.5-billion profit on soaring crude prices
CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says it earned $1.53 billion in the fourth quarter and achieved record adjusted funds fromoperations against the backdrop of soaring oil prices. The Calgary-based oil producer and refiner reported after markets closed...
Brian Zinchuk: NDP and Trudeau care more about woke feminism than Ukrainian lives
In the debate on Canada’s role in the Ukraine crisis, an Edmonton NDP MP asked the prime minister “what his government is doing to ensure that the feminist foreign policy is front and centre as we deal with this current crisis in Ukraine?”
Trudeau, of course, had the appropriate woke answer.
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Rex Murphy returning to keynote Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show June 1-2
WEYBURN – Rex Murphy will be one of the keynote speakers at the 2022 Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show in Weyburn.
The event will take place June 1-2, after a being postponed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brian Crossman: Baby, it’s cold outside
Once again climate change has reared its ugly head. Another winter with tropical temperatures and all of us walking around in our shorts and sandals! Awesome! The good people that burned all that jet fuel and ate all the good food and drank the good wine were right....
NEWS: Exxon Mobil restructures into three divisions and packs up for Houston
NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon Mobil is restructuring its business into three divisions and moving its headquarters 250 miles south from Irving, Texas, to its campus north of Houston. The oil giant said Monday it will combine its chemical and refining operations, while...
NEWS: US Interior Department approves $1B to clean up orphaned wells
(Editor’s note: this story by the Associated Press uses the term “abandoned wells” in manner that is not industry standard, at least in Canada. An abandoned well is one that is permanently plugged and made secure. The term the writer should have used is “orphan wells.” Pipeline Online contractually cannot alter the text of stories sourced from the Associated Press or Canadian Press.)
The Department of Interior is spending $1.15 billion to cap abandoned oil and gas wells across the United States.
Patchwork Podcast: Mark Lea-Wilson on the Edmonton Region Hydrogen Hub
Tracy Klotz (“Tracy K”) and Kurt Price speak with Mark Lea-Wilson Hub, Lead for the Edmonton Region Hydrogen HUB with the Transition Accelerator on New Lloydminster Nissan’s Patchwork.
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NEWS: Imperial Oil raises dividend amid Q4 profit, higher revenues
CALGARY — Imperial Oil Ltd. has raised its dividend as it reported a fourth-quarter profit compared with a loss a year ago tied to a billion-dollar non-cash charge. The Calgary-based oil company increased its quarterly dividend by 26 perc ent to...
Brian Zinchuk: Canada’s energy weapon is an empty holster in dealing with Russia with regards to Ukraine
My late grandfather, Harry Zinchuk, and parents got on a boat in 1930, leaving Ukraine for Canada. They were following his much older brother, Steve, who had come over in 1929. Harry was 13 at the time, having been born in May 1917, during the height of the Great War,...
David Yager: Will the Liberals really raise carbon taxes April 1?
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the world has been plenty crazy in the past two years. Governments have borrowed enormous amounts of money to keep the economy functioning as it was legislated into lockdown to halt the spread of the COVID-19 virus. And as...
Orphan wells: Parliamentary Budget Officer, Energy and Resources Minister weigh in on who pays
REGINA – In response to a recent report from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) regarding orphan wells particularly in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre wants to make something very clear: the Saskatchewan taxpayer is not on the...
NEWS: Nord Stream 2 pipeline a sanctions option if Russia invades Ukraine: German envoy
OTTAWA — A controversial gas pipeline that links to Russia beneath the Baltic Sea could be part of a broader package of sanctions should Russia invade Ukraine, says Germany's ambassador to Canada. Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser says her government...
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NEWS: CN Rail will not pursue contempt case related to 2020 rail blockade in B.C.
VANCOUVER — Canadian National Railway says it will not pursue criminal charges against protesters accused of defying an injunction and blocking a CN rail line in northwestern British Columbia nearly two years ago. The BC Prosecution Service...
Overwhelming response for upcoming Weyburn OTS Bonspiel
WEYURN – After a year’s hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Weyburn Oilfield Technical Society Bonspiel is back again this Feb. 4-5.
As of Jan. 25, the event is full, according to Rob Sommerville, one of the organizers
Weekend Read: Years of CO2 research, and now the phone is ringing off the hook with interest, says retiring PTRC CEO Dan MacLean
REGINA – After nearly five years as president and CEO of the Petroleum Technology Research Centre, Dan MacLean is retiring. Again.
This isn’t his first time hanging it up. Previously he retired as president of Tundra Oil & Gas, Manitoba’s largest oil producer.
NEWS: Alberta’s Kenney to talk supply chain issues, pipelines at U.S. governors meeting
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will travel to Washington to discuss issues including COVID-19 and pipelines with American leaders. Kenney says he wants to talk about cross-border supply chain issues, including a ban by both...
NEWS: EU envoy says unity prevails against Russia despite differences among 27 members
OTTAWA — The European Union remains staunchly united in the face of a possible Russian...
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FCL CEO Scott Banda to retire in May. Banda led enormous change for FCL, but also fought union at refinery
SASKATOON – In recent months, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) CEO Scott Banda has made a lot of major announcements over the last six months. They included a carbon capture and utilization partnership with Whitecap Resources, the sale of its upstream oil...
Quick Dick McDick: Thank a trucker, and thoughts on the Freedom Convoy to Ottawa
This is a two-parter. First, Quick Dick McDick talks about the differences between truckers, and thanking a trucker. But the second half he gives his well-reasoned thoughts about the convoy rolling into Ottawa. He's tried to stay out of the COVID debate, but he...
NEWS: Canadian National Railway Co. names Tracy Robinson as new chief executive
https://twitter.com/CNRailway/status/1486092696850780170?s=20 MONTREAL — Canada's largest railway has named a longtime former rival as its new president and CEO to succeed embattled chief executive J.J. Ruest as the company looks to build on a...
NEWS: Budget officer finds $1B orphan well liability by 2025; critics claim underestimate
The parliamentary budget officer has found the cost of cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells in Alberta and Saskatchewan already dwarfs the money collected from industry to pay for it. But critics immediately called Yves Giroux's estimated $1...
Fire wipes out three of five bays in Arcola oilfield shop; but an excavator tearing the building in half saved the rest
ARCOLA – Cody Christman was on his way westward on Highway 13 at Kisbey when he got an urgent call to come back his shop he had just left in Arcola. It was on fire. The owner of Outlaw Ventures, a boiler outfit that specializes in heating frac water, found his shop in...