Q&A with Gabriel Giguère, senior policy analyst with the Montreal Economic Institute By CEC Staff A new poll from Angus Reid shows significant support from people in Quebec for Canada to build sea-to-sea oil and gas pipelines. Gabriel Giguère, a senior policy analyst with the Montreal Economic Institute, says it’s support like he has never seen before. Here’s what he had to say. Gabriel Giguère. Photo courtesy Montreal Economic Institute CEC: Where does Quebec get its [Read more]
Alberta extracting more value from oil and gas resources: ATB
Investment in ‘value-added’ projects more than doubled to $4 billion in 2024 By Will Gibson In the 1930s, economist Harold Innis coined the term “hewers of wood and drawers of water” to describe Canada’s reliance on harvesting natural resources and exporting them elsewhere to be refined into consumer products. Almost a century later, ATB Financial chief economist Mark Parsons has highlighted a marked shift in that trend in Alberta’s energy industry, with more and more projects that upgrade [Read more]
Explainer: Why Canadian oil is so important to the United States
Complementary production in Canada and the U.S. boosts energy security By Deborah Jaremko The United States is now the world’s largest oil producer, but its reliance on oil imports from Canada has never been higher. Through a vast handshake of pipelines and refineries, Canadian oil and U.S. oil complement each other, strengthening North American energy security. Here’s why. Decades in the making Twenty years ago, the North American energy market looked a lot different than it does [Read more]
Why U.S. tariffs on Canadian energy would cause damage on both sides of the border
More than 450,000 kilometres of pipelines link Canada and the U.S. – enough to circle the Earth 11 times By Deborah Jaremko As U.S. imports of Canadian oil barrel through another new all-time high, leaders on both sides of the border are warning of the threat to energy security should the incoming Trump administration apply tariffs on Canadian oil and gas. “We would hope any future tariffs would exclude these critical feedstocks and refined products,” Chet Thompson, CEO of the American [Read more]
World’s largest AI chip builder Taiwan wants Canadian LNG
Canada inches away from first large-scale LNG exports By Deborah Jaremko The world’s leading producer of semiconductor chips wants access to Canadian energy as demand for artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly advances. Specifically, Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG). The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) produces at least 90 per cent of advanced chips in the global market, powering tech giants like Apple and Nvidia. Taiwanese companies together produce more than 60 [Read more]
The Alberta energy transition you haven’t heard about
Horizontal drilling technology and more investment in oil production have fundamentally changed the industry By Deborah Jaremko There’s extensive discussion today about energy transition and transformation. Its primary focus is a transition from fossil fuels to lower-carbon energy sources. But in Alberta, a fundamental but different energy transition has already taken place, and its ripple effects stretch into businesses and communities across the province. The shift has affected the full [Read more]
REPORT: Alberta municipalities hit with $37 million carbon tax tab in 2023
Federal cash grab driving costs for local governments, driving up property taxes By Laura Mitchell New data shows the painful economic impact of the federal carbon tax on municipalities. Municipalities in Alberta paid out more than $37 million in federal carbon taxes in 2023, based on a recent survey commissioned by Alberta Municipal Affairs, with data provided to the Canadian Energy Centre. About $760,000 of that came from the City of Grande Prairie. In a statement, Mayor Jackie Clayton [Read more]
For second year in a row, Alberta oil and gas companies spend more than required on cleanup
$923 million spent cleaning up inactive wells, sites and pipelines in 2023 By Grady Semmens As a business owner, Ryan Smith values few things more than predictability when it comes to the oil and gas market and the demand for his company’s services. That’s why knowing that next year in Alberta, the regulator requires at least $750 million worth of work cleaning up inactive oil and gas wells and other legacy energy infrastructure is tremendously helpful for the CEO of Calgary-based 360 [Read more]
Bare minimum amendments to Impact Assessment Act ‘do little’ to address Supreme Court’s concerns
‘Canada should be bold and more intentional...and respond to a world thirsty for more Canadian-made energy, food and critical minerals’ By Deborah Jaremko on October 21, 2024 One year ago, the Supreme Court of Canada found the federal government’s law to assess major projects like pipelines and highways breaks the rules of the Canadian constitution. There’s a good chance it still does, despite amendments enacted this spring. Lawyers with firms including Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Bennett [Read more]
AI-driven data centre energy boom ‘open for business’ in Alberta
Alberta Electric System Operator working with at least six new proposed projectsBy Deborah Jaremko and Will Gibson on August 27, 2024 Data centres – the industrial-scale technology complexes powering the world’s growing boom in artificial intelligence – require reliable, continuous energy. And a lot of it. “Artificial Intelligence is the next big thing in energy, dominating discussions at all levels in companies, banks, investment funds and governments,” says Simon Flowers, chief analyst with [Read more]
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