Helium in Saskatchewan, Part 3: Our place in global production and minimizing environmental impact
Helium, the other natural gas, is the new frontier in Saskatchewan’s oil and gas production. On Nov. 15, Saskatchewan announced its ambitious Helium Action Plan, with the goal of taking us from 1 to 10 per cent of global market share. This is Part 3 of a eight-part Pipeline Online series on helium’s growing development in this province, and what it means for the oil and gas sector which is doing all the work on the ground.
307 days from Biden cancelling Keystone XL until he opened up the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve
307 days. That’s not even a year. That’s precisely how long it took from the day President Joe Biden was sworn in, when he cancelled Keystone XL, until the day he opened up the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve. What the heck is that? The U.S. Gulf...
NEWS: TC Energy seeks to recoup costs from U.S. for cancelled Keystone XL pipeline project
WASHINGTON — Pipeline giant TC Energy is formally seeking to recover more than US$15 billion in "economic damages" from the U.S. government following President Joe Biden's Day 1 decision to cancel the cross-border Keystone XL expansion project....
NEWS: Oil well drilling set to rise more than 25% in 2022, industry group says
CALGARY — An oil industry group says it expects the number of wells drilled in Canada to increase in 2022. The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors says it is projecting 6,457 wells for 2022, an increase of 1,363, or more than 25 per cent,...
Fighting gas prices, US to release 50 million barrels of oil
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from America's strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs, in coordination with other major energy consuming nations, including India, the United Kingdom and China. The...
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NEWS: Parkland moves to pause refinery operations due to Trans Mountain shutdown
CALGARY — Parkland Corp. is moving to pause its refinery processing operations in Burnaby, B.C., due to a lack of crude oil supply from the Trans Mountain pipeline, which has been shut down as a precaution due to the flooding in B.C. The company...
Helium in Saskatchewan, Part 2: The role of incentives, and future revenue from helium development in Saskatchewan
Helium, the other natural gas, is the new frontier in Saskatchewan’s oil and gas production. On Nov. 15, Saskatchewan announced its ambitious Helium Action Plan, with the goal of taking us from 1 to 10 per cent of global market share. This is Part 2 of a eight-part Pipeline Online series on helium’s growing development in this province, and what it means for the oil and gas sector which is doing all the work on the ground.
Pools, mines, potable water, pressure washing and septic: Raymond Vacuum Truck Services did what it could to get through tough times, and survived
ESTEVAN – It’s always tough to launch a new business, but Raymond Vacuum Truck Services Ltd did so four years into an oil downturn that seemed to have no end, and then endured the economic collapse that came with COVID-19. Now, with oil prices coming up, things are...
NEWS: Trans Mountain pipeline could be restarted by end of week: Company
CALGARY — The company that owns the Trans Mountain pipeline says it remains optimistic the pipeline could be restarted by the end of the week. Trans Mountain Corp. says it has 350 people working around the clock to restart the pipeline, which has...
NEWS: Journalists released with conditions after arrest at B.C. pipeline dispute
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A photojournalist and a documentary filmmaker have been released by a B.C. Supreme Court judge, three days after being arrested while covering the RCMP's enforcement of an injunction against pipeline protests in northern...
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Steve Halabura: Has ‘Next year country’ become ‘This year country?’
The farmer’s lament: “Well, there’s always next year.” But what about now? My fellow Pipeline Online columnist, Brad Wall, spoke to the politics of Canadian energy policy, and I will leave that commentary to him, as being a former politician and a current rancher, he...
Helium in Saskatchewan, Part 1: Saskatchewan announces Helium Action Plan, with goal of 10 per cent of global production by 2030
Helium, the other natural gas, is the new frontier in Saskatchewan’s oil and gas production. On Nov. 15, Saskatchewan announced its ambitious Helium Action Plan, with the goal of taking us from 1 to 10 per cent of global market share. This is Part 1 of a eight-part Pipeline Online series on helium’s growing development in this province, and what it means for the oil and gas sector which is doing all the work on the ground.
NEWS: Burnaby refinery maintaining fuel supply as Trans Mountain remains closed
CALGARY — While British Columbians in flood−affected communities continue to see lineups and sporadic outages at gas stations, experts say the province is not in any immediate danger of running out of fuel. However, in the longer−term, B.C.’s...
Statement from Trans Mountain on restarting pipeline
The Trans Mountain Pipeline remains shut down following a precautionary shut down on Sunday, November 14, in anticipation of the impacts of the heavy rainfall and extreme weather conditions. The pipeline remains safely in a static condition and there is no indication of any oil release.
Brian Zinchuk: If you build on a floodplain, and it floods, global warming is obviously the culprit
Watching what has been happening in British Columbia has been sobering, especially because two of the towns affected were places I was offered jobs, back in 2007. If we had moved to Merritt, and stayed there, there is a very good bet our house would have been flooded...
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Saskatchewan Research Council decommissions SLOWPOKE research reactor after 38 years
SASKATOON – While Saskatchewan is actively considering the deployment of multiple small modular reactors for power production, the reality is that, if they do come to pass, they won’t be this province’s first. That’s because for nearly 40 years, there’s been a...
David Yager: COP26 climate politics hit home in Saskatchewan
The citizens of Saskatchewan got a harsh reminder of their province’s second-tier status in Confederation after Premier Scott Moe took to the airwaves expressing his displeasure with the climate policies announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the COP26 UN...
NEWS: Regulators seek to suspend Trump rule on railway natural gas
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators have proposed suspending a Trump administration rule that would have allowed railroads to haul liquefied natural gas while they take a closer look at the potential safety risks. The rule, which was backed by both the natural gas...
NEWS: Michigan judge rejects attorney general’s effort to move Line 5 case to state court
WASHINGTON — Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. scored a key victory in the Line 5 dispute Tuesday as a judge in Michigan rejected the state attorney general's bid to get the dispute over the cross-border pipeline kicked out of federal court. U.S....
NEWS: B.C. public safety minister condemns blockade at Coastal GasLink pipeline site
VICTORIA — British Columbia's public safety minister has condemned a blockade set up along a forestry road used by construction workers for the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline. Mike Farnworth says in a statement the province is calling for...
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NEWS: Trans Mountain pipeline shut down due to severe rain, flooding in B.C.
CALGARY — The Trans Mountain pipeline has been shut down temporarily due to widespread rains and flooding in British Columbia. Trans Mountain Corp. spokeswoman Ali Hounsell says the precautionary move was taken due to the flooding situation in the...
Federated Co-operatives Limited secures land for $1 billion renewable diesel plant beside refinery
REGINA – On Nov. 10, Regina City Council officially approved an offer Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) to purchase land immediately north of the Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC). The 222 hectares are intended for the...
NEWS: Canadian Natural Resources to acquire Storm Resources for $6.28 per share
CALGARY — Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) says it has reached a deal to acquire Calgary-based oil and gas explorer Storm Resources Ltd. for $6.28 per share, a price that pegs Storm's enterprise value at $960 million. The purchase price...
Brad Wall: Maybe the Great Reset will happen. Its advocates could be surprised at how it all turns out
The inference of the Great Reset advocated by our newly re-elected minority Liberal government and others on the left means something quite different: a reset to something different. It is a slogan that aspires to some new world order without Canadian mining, Canadian oil and natural gas, or (presumably) other emitting industries. The Great Reset will be so great, in fact, that we will not only get by without reliable baseload energy and resource sector jobs, but thanks to the magic of government, income inequality will be a thing of our dark Darwinian past.
NEWS: Canada, U.S. say end fossil fuel subsides as COP26 draft called ‘weasel words’
OTTAWA — Canada's environment minister fended off accusations Friday that UN climate negotiators are resorting to "weasel words" on addressing fossil fuel subsidies. As United Nations negotiators wrestled over a final text in the closing hours of...