What was the biggest storm or crisis in your lifetime? Was it Hurricane Katrina? Was it the 2008 Financial crisis? Was it AIDS? Perhaps you may think it is COVID-19? Or perhaps you may believe it is the climate crisis? If you believe it is the climate crisis- you may be partially correct. A storm is brewing that will impact Canada, North America, and the world dramatically, and Mother Nature has little to do with its creation. A developing economic storm- Deja vu? I recently sat down [Read more]
Line 3 and Line 5 Update- Misinformation and Court Challenges
Line 3 and Line 5 information just keeps coming. When it comes to Line 3, reports are plentiful but misleading. Last month, as Enbridge won a Minnesota court of appeals ruling that upheld the permit for the Line 3 replacement project, the 670,000-barrels-per-day capacity was described as including 400,000 BPD of excess (or additional) pipeline capacity. Excess capacity? Not so according to Marilyn Gladu, a professional engineer who worked for Dow Chemical for 21 years and a former [Read more]
Cedar LNG – A generational opportunity for the Haisla First Nation
It is no secret that the road to FID for an LNG project or any Energy project in Canada is a lengthy one. However, several positive developments bode well for the Cedar LNG project backed by the Haisla Nation. Cedar LNG received approval for Cedar LNG 1-located on Haisla Nation-owned land in Douglas Channel, one of the principal shipping routes on the BC coast- back in 2015 from the NEB (now the CER) while the Haisla were working with Pacific Traverse Energy and Delfin Midstream. The [Read more]
Pieridae Energy forms strategic partnerships – CCS and Clean Power LNG
Pieridae Energy's Caroline Carbon Capture Power Complex is looking to use CCS and clean power to offset their Goldboro LNG emissions. However, Pieridae is facing a deadline that is just about three weeks away. June 30th is the target date for an FID decision on whether to proceed with their Goldboro LNG export terminal. LNG on Hold LNG proposed facilities have waned in popularity in the past year or so. Some were put on pause like Pembina’s Jordan Cove LNG in Oregon. Others lost funding [Read more]
Helium – Essential to the tech explosion and an opportunity for Alberta E&Ps
The race to develop the most advanced quantum computers, the development of new rocket technology by companies like Space-Ex, and our industrial demand for semiconductors have brought a keen focus to helium demand globally. However, as a resource, helium has the paradoxical distinction of being the second-most common element in the universe, while at the same time, being rare in concentration on earth. The Helium Paradox In industry, helium is used in controlled environments because it is [Read more]
Dan McTeague discusses net zero implications in House of Commons Committee
Net Zero-who will profit and who's going to end up with net zero in their pockets Dan McTeague knows Canadian industry, the need for affordable energy, and the role of taxation in building sound economic policy. He is the president of Canadians for affordable energy, a businessman, and former liberal federal MP with an 18-year career in parliament where among many roles he served as the vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Industry for 12 years. He spoke with the BOE report about his [Read more]
Hydrocarbons In Transit- Line 5’s saving grace?
The cancellation of the Enbridge Line 5 easement was big news following the cancellation of Keystone XL but Line 5 has been big news for years and is back in the spotlight this month. According to Marilyn Gladu, Engineer, former Director of Engineering at Suncor, and current MP for Sarnia-Lambton, the Enbridge Line 5 shutdown has been big news ever since Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer got elected on the promise to shut it down in 2019. The Line 5 shutdown saga comes to a head this [Read more]
Carbon Leakage- the unintended consequence of carbon pricing?
Canada’s Climate Plan announcement last month revealed the federal government plans to increase the carbon tax annually up to a new proposed $170 per tonne by 2030 to exceed Canada’s promise to cut emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels. “There is no vaccine against a polluted planet,” the P.M. said at a press conference. One could make a similar statement about carbon leakage- that there is no vaccine that can effectively combat the negative effects of carbon leakage on the global [Read more]
The US Capitol occupation – A cautionary tale
The biggest lesson of 2021 is now “Before we launch into disruption- We should contemplate how hard it will be to restore order.” History was made yesterday as protestors took control of the U.S. Capitol. It was something that leaders and media thought could never be done, although MSNBC journalist Brian Williams pointed out that there were warnings in plain sight. It was beyond democratic process, beyond what we could even contemplate could happen in North America and there is a deeper [Read more]
Energy in 2021: The challenges of the coming year
Amid the prognostications over what 2021 will bring for the Energy sector, here are some commonalities that we can expect to be watching, reading, and hearing about. As Canada's energy sector-oil, natural gas, electricity, renewables, etc- makes a “Pandemic pivot”, the Canadian Energy Research Institute is preparing their not-to-be-missed research plans. CERI will be exploring some basic sector pivots such as: how low-cost natural gas means that new production needs to be linked to new [Read more]
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