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Pipeline Bottlenecks Cost Canadian Producers $20 Billion
Pipeline Bottlenecks Cost Canadian Producers $20 Billion Canada has plenty of oil, and demand is high, but the Canadian oil industry has nevertheless taken a major hit this year thanks to its persisting pipeline bottleneck. The Albertan oil industry has long been plagued by insufficient pipeline volumes but has not been able to fix the […]
Recent Arrests Under New Anti-Protest Law Spotlight Risks That Off-Duty Cops Pose to Pipeline Opponents
RECENT ARRESTS UNDER NEW ANTI-PROTEST LAW SPOTLIGHT RISKS THAT OFF-DUTY COPS POSE TO PIPELINE OPPONENTS OVER THE WEEKEND, four opponents of the Bayou Bridge pipeline and an independent journalist covering their activities were arrested and charged under Louisiana House Bill 727, which makes trespassing on “critical infrastructure” facilities — a category that explicitly includes oil […]
Five Spills, Six Months in Operation: Dakota Access Track Record Highlights Unavoidable Reality–Pipelines Leak
Photo: Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg News/Getty Images FIVE SPILLS, SIX MONTHS IN OPERATION: DAKOTA ACCESS TRACK RECORD HIGHLIGHTS UNAVOIDABLE REALITY — PIPELINES LEAK REPRESENTATIVES FROM Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, traveled to Cambridge, Iowa, in October to present a series of $20,000 checks to emergency management departments in six counties. The […]
The 10 Energy Stories That Defined 2017
The 10 Energy Stories That Defined 2017 As 2017 comes to a close, it’s time to review the top energy stories of the year. There are several stories that could compete for the year’s top spot, but this year I have decided to list the stories roughly in the order they occurred during the year. […]
Pipeline Memo Guiding Trudeau Gov’t ‘Riddled with Mistakes’
Pipeline Memo Guiding Trudeau Gov’t ‘Riddled with Mistakes’ Economist Allan tells Natural Resources it was ‘dangerously misled’ four ways. Misinformed: Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr is working from a pro-pipeline memo useless due to errors, concludes an economist who studied it closely. A Natural Resources memo extolling the economic benefits of more bitumen pipelines for Canada […]
Canadian Oil Slammed By Low Prices, Pipeline Woes
Canadian Oil Slammed By Low Prices, Pipeline Woes Canada has been particularly hit hard during the downturn in oil prices. A major oil-producing country, Canada rode the commodity wave upwards over the past decade, but has suffered from the downturn. The economy briefly dipped into a recession in 2015. Even after growth resumed, Canada’s GDP slowed the […]
Exploding Trains, No New Regulations, Record Industry Profits: The Oil-by-Rail Story
Exploding Trains, No New Regulations, Record Industry Profits: The Oil-by-Rail Story A month ago there was a close call for the oil-by-rail industry. As part of the Cromnibus bill that President Obama signed in December, new oil-by-rail regulations were supposed to be finalized and implemented by regulators by January 15th. Two days before that deadline, the Pipeline and […]
How $40 oil would impact Canada’s provinces
How $40 oil would impact Canada’s provinces What does Canada’s economy look like with oil prices at $40 a barrel? Certainly it won’t be the energy superpower envisioned by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. If $40 a barrel still seems a ways off, consider that the benchmark price for oil sands crude is already trading in […]
Joe Oliver concerned about a Canada divided over energy – Business – CBC News
Joe Oliver concerned about a Canada divided over energy – Business – CBC News. Finance Minister Joe Oliver says he is concerned that divisions within Canada over the energy sector will eventually hold back the country’s growth. In a year-end interview for The Exchange with Amanda Lang, Oliver cited opposition to fracking and to pipelines in […]
Energy East Pipeline is Unsafe and Unwanted | Stéphane Brousseau
Energy East Pipeline is Unsafe and Unwanted | Stéphane Brousseau. TransCanada’s strategy to hoister its Energy East pipeline on the Quebec public has been unmasked, and Quebecers don’t buy the company’s sales pitch. Quebec citizens, not to mention citizens worldwide, have done their homework and based on the science, the facts and the statistics are keenly aware […]
