The halcyon days for Alberta oil and gas are over, the oilsands boom is dead, and it’s time for the provincial government to accept this new reality — rather than burying its head in the sand and/or fruitlessly fighting it — and adjust to make the best of an otherwise bad situation.
September 29, 2020, 8:35 AM MDT
TC Energy Corporation and Natural Law Energy (NLE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for NLE to pursue an equity interest in the Keystone XL project and other potential related midstream and power projects.
September 29, 2020, 2:54 PM MDT
Calgary-based Compass Energy Systems and Northbase Finance have partnered with Crusoe Energy Systems to build and finance approximately US$20 million of power generation systems for the expansion of Crusoe's proprietary Digital Flare Mitigation (DFM) technology.
September 29, 2020, 11:27 AM MDT
When it comes to energy and climate, the highly anticipated Speech from the Throne was a bit of a letdown.
September 25, 2020, 12 AM MDT
The federal government has promised to immediately bring forward a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal set by the previous Conservative government and to legislate a goal of net zero emissions by 2050 as part of its effort to “build back better” with long-term competitiveness and clean growth.
September 24, 2020, 12 AM MDT
Good news for natural gas producers: Canadians overwhelmingly seem to agree with the notion that exporting natural gas to countries that are using more polluting forms of energy is one of the most important things Canada can do to address climate change, according to the results of a Positive Energy survey.
September 24, 2020, 11:01 AM MDT
September 24, 2020, 12 AM MDT
The Alberta government plans to spend up to $750 million from the industry-supported Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund on a series of programs, including carbon capture, storage and utilization.
September 23, 2020, 6 AM MDT
Canada’s status as the only country on the seismically active Ring of Fire circling the Pacific Ocean without a dedicated geothermal power project could be about to end with a project more than a thousand kilometres from the coast — in the southern prairie of Saskatchewan.
September 22, 2020, 12 AM MDT
The public doesn’t trust the oilsands to tell a credible and consistent story about its performance and now is the time to start rebuilding trust, and examining how other resource sectors have faced and overcome similar challenges, says a new report from the Canada West Foundation.
September 22, 2020, 6 AM MDT
Any performance management program to deal with a lack of public trust in the oilsands may take some time to develop, a new report from the Canada West Foundation says.
September 22, 2020, 8:18 AM MDT
Exploitation of geothermal heat goes back millennia, while harnessing of geothermal power goes back over a century. Yet despite its immense geothermal resource potential, Canada has sat on the sidelines of geothermal heat and power development.
September 21, 2020, 12 AM MDT
British Columbia has allocated the first $50 million under its Dormant Sites Reclamation Program, supporting upwards of 1,200 local jobs at 79 oilfield service companies within the province, and reclaiming 1,880 wells
September 21, 2020, 12 AM MDT
September 21, 2020, 8:28 AM MDT
The technology that is being taken to the commercial stage by Calgary-based Carbonova Corp. may sound almost too good to be true, but companies in the concrete-production, auto parts, sports equipment and other sectors that are working with the firm to use the carbon dioxide-sourced material it produces are believers.
September 17, 2020, 7:16 AM MDT
The bureaucracy that exists to prove out geothermal resources “without question” has held back development for Valemount, says its mayor, which is why the B.C. village that sits where the Rocky Mountain Trench intersects a fault is asking fellow communities in the province to support a simplified process that would be far less expensive.
September 16, 2020, 7:50 AM MDT
The Saskatchewan government says it expects many new companies to register aggregate upstream oil and gas facilities as part of the most recent amendments to performance standards as it continues to implement key commitments made in its climate change strategy.
September 15, 2020, 11:32 AM MDT
September 15, 2020, 10:55 AM MDT
After many false starts, hydrogen’s time may have come as the key to decarbonization to meet global climate commitments, a recent natural gas conference was told.
September 14, 2020, 9:34 AM MDT
Some of the top female executives in the global energy sector say now is the time to redouble efforts to create more inclusive, equal and diverse workplaces rather than letting it fall to the wayside in light of the pandemic.
September 14, 2020, 10:36 AM MDT
September 11, 2020, 9:18 AM MDT
Canada’s energy and natural resources will play a critical role in the development and operation of tomorrow’s green economy, Seamus O’Regan, federal natural resources minister, told a global natural gas conference Monday.
September 9, 2020, 7:15 AM MDT
September 4, 2020, 12 AM MDT
According to just about anyone who has studied it, geothermal heat and power alone could fuel our energy hungry economies for centuries — with the low- to zero-emissions output needed to meet climate targets. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, it represents a sustainable, renewable and practically inexhaustible fuel supply that could power the global electric grid many times over.
September 3, 2020, 12 AM MDT
As the oil and gas industry struggles through another bust cycle from which it may never fully recover, there may be no better time to diversify into sectors from which it can apply its world class expertise to gain an early market advantage. To many in the industry, the most promising transition would be to pivot to geothermal.
September 1, 2020, 7:30 AM MDT
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