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Kazakhstan’s Oil Flows to Germany Threatened as Russia Demands Transit Fees
Kazakhstan’s Oil Flows to Germany Threatened as Russia Demands Transit Fees Russian pipeline operator Transneft has warned Kazakhstan’s oil companies that ship crude to Germany via Transneft’s Druzhba pipeline that the customers of the Kazakh firms have until June to pay for metering services or risk a halt to supplies, trading sources told Reuters on Thursday. In […]
Biden Targets Another US Pipeline For Shutdown After ‘Begging’ Saudis For More Oil
Biden Targets Another US Pipeline For Shutdown After ‘Begging’ Saudis For More Oil Despite approval ratings in the toilet, President Biden and his administration are reportedly exploring the closure of yet another pipeline in a bid to shift the US away from fossil fuels and appease environmental activists. The move – shutting down the Line 5 pipeline which links […]
Russian Vessel Enters German Waters For Last Leg Of Nord Stream 2 Pipelaying
Russian Vessel Enters German Waters For Last Leg Of Nord Stream 2 Pipelaying Late last week the Biden administration slapped yet more sanctions on Russian entities, including 13 vessels and their owners, which are in the final stretch of laying the Russia to German natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 (said to be well over 90% […]
Nord Stream 2 Operator Warns Warships and Planes Threaten the Russia-Germany Pipeline Project
Nord Stream 2 Operator Warns Warships and Planes Threaten the Russia-Germany Pipeline Project The US is trying to prevent the project from being completed through sanctions and pressure on Germany. A senior official from Nord Stream 2 AG, the project company leading the Nord Stream 2 Russia to Germany natural gas pipeline project, has reported an […]
How the Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Actions Changed Their Live
How the Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Actions Changed Their Lives A year later, three Indigenous youth behind the 2020 BC legislature protests say the real work still lies ahead. A year after he first took a stand on the steps of the BC legislature, Kolin Sutherland-Wilson and his wife are expecting their first child. Photo by Rodney Mitchell. […]
Game-changing Iranian Pipeline Set To Launch In March
Game-changing Iranian Pipeline Set To Launch In March The geopolitically game-changing Goreh-Jask pipeline project saw a major advance last week with the commencement last week of offshore pipe-laying operations. The implementation of this operation markets the first stage of the offshore development of the Jask Oil Terminal and, according to the Pars Oil and Gas […]
There’s No Stopping The World’s Most Politically Charged Pipeline
There’s No Stopping The World’s Most Politically Charged Pipeline This week, Denmark granted Gazprom approval for its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, a project that is set to bring 55 billion cubic meters of Russian gas into Europe annually. It is one of the most controversial pipeline projects in the world and is now moving ahead […]
Is Coastal GasLink an Illegal Pipeline?
Is Coastal GasLink an Illegal Pipeline? Challenge to energy project’s approval brings threats to Smithers activist. Smithers resident Michael Sawyer claims the Coastal GasLink project lacks the required federal approvals and wants the National Energy Board to review it. Photo by Dan Mesec. The $6.2-billion Coastal GasLink pipeline may face a bigger threat than the […]
Judy Wilson’s Message for Canadians: ‘The Land Defenders Are Doing This for Everybody’
Judy Wilson’s Message for Canadians: ‘The Land Defenders Are Doing This for Everybody’ RCMP raids in Wet’suwet’en territory can’t bring justice, reconciliation or a better future, Neskonlith chief says. Chief Judy Wilson: ‘We have to change to ensure that our young people have a future. That’s what the Indigenous land defenders are talking about when […]
The Ins and Outs of Israel’s Pipeline to Europe.
The Ins and Outs of Israel’s Pipeline to Europe. Israel announced a major pipeline project from the gas fields off its shore involving four countries, terminating in northern Italy. The EastMed Pipeline could be one of the longest in history as well as one of the most technically difficult to pull off. The deal was […]
Forget Nordstream 2, Turkstream is the Prize
Forget Nordstream 2, Turkstream is the Prize While the Trump Administration still thinks it can play enough games to derail the Nordstream 2 pipeline via sanctions and threats, the impotence of its position geopolitically was on display the other day as the final pipe of the first train of the Turkstream pipeline entered the waters […]
Canada’s Pipeline Industry Takes Another Hit
Canada’s Pipeline Industry Takes Another Hit Another oil pipeline in Canada bites the dust. TransCanada announced last week that it would scrap its plans to build a 2,800-mile major pipeline that would traverse nearly the entire country, closing off a crucial potential export route for Canada’s oil sands. The $15 billion Energy East pipeline would […]
Which is Worse: A Busted Pipeline or a Politician with a Case of the Do-Somethings?
Which is Worse: A Busted Pipeline or a Politician with a Case of the Do-Somethings? Economists have a grumbling and cynical stereotype. This might be because even the most basic economic principles are ignored by those who should know better and vehemently denied by those who don’t. Case in point: a restricted supply of gasoline […]
A carbon tax is bad for Alberta
A carbon tax is bad for Alberta Yesterday, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley asserted that Canada was “absolutely” closer to a new pipeline due to her province’s new carbon tax. According to the premier, “Alberta is not the Alberta that they thought of a year ago, or two years ago, or three years ago. After years of […]
NEB approves Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement
NEB approves Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement Conditions include consultation with First Nations Enbridge is proposing to replace its Line 3 pipeline from Hardisty, Alta., to Superior, Wis. If approved, it will approximately double the amount of oil shipped daily. (Canadian Press) The National Energy Board will allow Enbridge to replace an aging pipeline across the […]
