PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. reported an “exceptional year” for its business in 2021, says executive management, and the firm expects 2022 will be an active year in Canadian energy including through drilling activity on its properties.
February 8, 2022, 8:29 AM MST
The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) anticipates increased activity across all oilfield service lines in 2022, with top brass highlighting an increase in site rehabilitation work.
February 3, 2022, 12 AM MST
Development of OPAS Mobile’s platform to automate industrial operations (i.e., fleet coordination, HSE reporting and timecards) is just one example of an existing venture applicable to the energy sector that will benefit from a newly-announced collaboration between Atlantic Canada’s Genesis and ExxonMobil Canada Properties (Hebron operator) and Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (Hibernia operator), says Andrew Goldsworthy.
February 3, 2022, 9:07 AM MST
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP saw US$492 million in funds from operations for its midstream segment in full-year 2021, which is up 70 per cent compared to 2020, reflecting the October acquisition of Inter Pipeline Ltd.
February 2, 2022, 10:17 AM MST
Some areas reserved for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) in Alberta might contain viable resources, such as helium, which should be considered along with the need for appropriate geology to inject carbon dioxide, says David Johnson, chief executive officer, Imperial Helium Corp.
February 1, 2022, 6 AM MST
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited sees new growth opportunities for its energy, chemicals and plastics segment, including with customers producing ultra-low sulphur diesel, as well as commissioning of a new plastics facility in the Alberta Heartland, says John Brooks, chief marketing officer.
January 28, 2022, 7:39 AM MST
In the hydrogen space, Canadian Pacific Railway Limited continues to demonstrate leadership and a commitment to a more sustainable future, according to Keith Creel, president and chief executive officer.
January 28, 2022, 7:48 AM MST
Enbridge Inc. has purchased the proposed Pacific Trail Pipeline in British Columbia from Chevron Corporation and Woodside Petroleum Limited.
January 28, 2022, 10:55 AM MST
Canadian National Railway Company is solidifying its position as a dominant heavy crude carrier with the start-up late last year of a new undiluted bitumen unit train facility at Hardisty, which is capable of handling volumes in the range of 40,000 bbls/d, says executive management.
January 26, 2022, 5:17 AM MST
Enerflex Ltd. is responding — with its newly-announced combination with Exterran Corporation — to market forces demanding service providers have the right cost and capital structures to tackle the larger, increasingly complex problems of consolidated, cost-conscious E&P companies, says Marc Rossiter, president and chief executive officer.
January 25, 2022, 8:26 AM MST
Enerflex Ltd. and Exterran Corporation have considered a possible combination, as they announced early this morning, going back a decade, due to commonality in culture and capabilities, as well as businesses and markets, says Marc Rossiter, president and chief executive officer of both Enerflex and the soon-to-be combined company.
January 24, 2022, 10:19 AM MST
Quite simply: Scaling up is a key way to competitively produce “green” hydrogen at lower costs from renewables, says Joe Cargnelli, chief technology officer at Hydrogenics Corporation.
January 24, 2022, 6 AM MST
The province made the right decision in not appealing a landmark court ruling halting new industrial development that does not first receive the approval of the Blueberry River First Nations, says Murray Rankin, B.C.’s minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation.
January 21, 2022, 6:08 AM MST
If Canada is to reach its $170 per tonne carbon pricing trajectory by 2030, then British Columbia’s current carbon tax program, designed to work at a $40-$50-per-tonne price, will no longer work in the future and therefore it must be “revisited,” says George Heyman, the province’s minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy.
January 21, 2022, 11:06 AM MST
The federal government will begin regional-level dialogue processes later in 2022 that will focus on provincially-relevant natural resource opportunities, says federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.
January 20, 2022, 9:59 AM MST
Depending on COVID-19 factors, March 1 is the target date for the Calgary Energy Transition Centre to move into its new 17,000 square-foot downtown Calgary office space, which will facilitate access to specialized equipment, energy transition subject matter experts and entrepreneurship programming.
January 20, 2022, 5:46 AM MST
Alberta now has available a new quantification protocol for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) — Version 2.0 — that offers a 20-year crediting period, and aligns with the province’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) offset protocol.
January 18, 2022, 3:19 PM MST
Can an entire industry change its public image? According to Lianne Lefsrud, associate professor of engineering safety and risk management at the University of Alberta, it can, as was the case with Canada’s forestry sector.
December 23, 2021, 6 AM MST
Next year should see a “surge in the activity” across the global energy sector, as upstream spending is expected to grow by about eight per cent, says Binny Bagga, vice-president of energy service research, Rystad Energy AS.
December 23, 2021, 6:18 AM MST
When it comes to communicating an effective industry brand, Lianne Lefsrud, associate professor, engineering safety and risk management, University of Alberta, says that along with the message, the messenger is important.
December 22, 2021, 6 AM MST
Canada’s energy sector does not so much require a “new brand” as it does a complete industry repositioning, says Lianne Lefsrud, associate professor, engineering safety and risk management, University of Alberta.
December 21, 2021, 6 AM MST
Combining hydrogen with nitrogen makes ammonia, and when the hydrogen for that process derives from steam-reforming natural gas, with the carbon then being sequestered, the resulting product is “blue” ammonia — a valuable opportunity for Canadian producers looking to a clean energy carrier with an established transportation process.
December 20, 2021, 6 AM MST
When Randy Crawford assumed the role of president and chief executive officer at AltaGas Ltd. in late 2018, he says, the company had liquidity and operational challenges. However, the company has since turned that around.
December 16, 2021, 6 AM MST
With recently-completed diluent recovery unit (DRU) facility modifications, the so-called ‘DRUbit’ can now reach a high-enough flashpoint that DRUbit by rail (DBR) does not meet any of the defined categories of hazardous materials by U.S. DOT Hazardous Materials regulations and Canada’s Transport of Dangerous Goods regulations.
December 16, 2021, 12 AM MST
Innovation Saskatchewan will provide $24,000 in funding for an enhanced oil recovery and in-situ processes research team to validate a direct steam-generation project for EOR purposes in the province’s Viking formation.
December 14, 2021, 7:20 AM MST
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