Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) program has been working to help solve some of the biggest industry emissions challenges. It is delivering up to $750mn to projects that will provide technological solutions for Alberta’s energy industry, spanning areas like oil and gas operations, partial upgrading, hydrogen production, recycling, artificial intelligence, machine learning and more. The Federal government joined Alberta’s efforts on January 19 announcing another [Read more]
Alberta O&G expertise- Building North American lithium independence
As we launch into a new year and contemplate implementing renewable sources of energy in Canada, it's important to identify which of those sources are critical. Just last year, Canada designated lithium as a critical mineral in a very insightful move. We've lived a few years with the adage “Data is the new oil” but increasing it is becoming apparent that perhaps we should change that saying to “Lithium is the new oil”. Analysts are identifying conditions that are making lithium a severely [Read more]
Geothermal- Energy diversification employs Alberta O&G expertise
At the first mention of geothermal energy, for many, it can conjure up an image of early geo-exchange systems or residential heat pumps that require electricity from a grid to pull heat from the earth to heat a home or building. Not too efficient or scalable. Other forms come to mind like classical geothermal that is convection-based and requires specific geological conditions that few areas possess and are rarely located near densely populated urban areas that could make them practical and [Read more]
Critical messaging at WPC from Alberta’s energy minister Sonya Savage
Alberta’s energy minister Sonya Savage delivered strong messaging on Tuesday to the World Petroleum Congress about the importance of Alberta’s hydrocarbons in the global energy future. She stressed the importance of acknowledging that oil and gas will remain a major part of the global energy mix for decades—even while renewables and other sources increase their share, saying: “We can debate whether fossil fuel use is going to decline, by how much or how quickly, but every credible forecast [Read more]
B.C. floods – Climate power play for the energy industry
People have historically chosen to settle and develop land that is often subject to periodic weather disruption. This is true of settlement across Canada and North America as well as the world. In some areas of the world, we have even chosen to develop land that is subject to periodic seismic disruption. The motivating factors for choosing these locations are quite similar. Affinity for Disruption Areas that are subject to periodic weather and seismic disruption, are often locations with rich [Read more]
Natural resources and Net Zero – BOE talks with Michelle Rempel Garner
November 2021 was a month of some tense and dramatic headlines. From unprecedented flooding in the lower mainland of B.C. causing widespread damage to the shut-down of both the Trans Mountain pipeline and Parkland’s Burnaby refinery with gasoline rationing to the emergence of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant renewing travel and supply disruptions, the second half of November has been a roller coaster ride of headlines bringing renewed tensions. Oil prices declined more than 12% last week [Read more]
Carbon capture utilization & storage – From aspiration to solution
You might find it hard to believe CO2 capture technology has been used since the 1920s for separating CO2 found in natural gas reservoirs. It’s been proposed as a theoretical solution for capturing CO2 and preventing it from being released into the atmosphere since 1977. Global Aspirations The current intense focus on CCS globally has been spurred on by the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s aspirational promotion of CCS to make a “maximum contribution to emissions reductions” globally and [Read more]
Plastic Resins & COVID-19 Supply crunch- Opportunities for Alberta
As we continue with the fourth wave of the Covid 19 pandemic, industries face the reality that manufacturing supply chains across several sectors are expecting long-term disruptions. Disruption of plastic resin supply, namely the polymers and other derivatives produced in the plastic value chain has come to the forefront of public discussion as the reality of enduring disruption and price shock sinks in. Converging events There's a confluence of a number of factors, both on the supply and [Read more]
The rise of Indigenous resource interests – Pathway to success
As more Indigenous nations strive for economic development and the opportunity to manage the resources on their lands in an environmentally sound manner, discussions of the continued development of Canadian resources & oil and gas begin to be inclusive of Indigenous interests and environmental intentions. However, to understand Indigenous intentions and rights to manage their natural resources, industry and government need to understand the complex factors that affect the decisions being [Read more]
Nisga’a Nation and natural gas firms unite for the Ksi Lisims LNG project
First Announced in July, the Ksi Lisims LNG Project in BC is a 12 million tonne per year project planned for the northern tip of Pearse Island by the Nass River, north of Prince Rupert BC. The project is a collaboration between the Nisga’a Nation, Rockies LNG, and Western LNG LLC. In the latest development, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada is inviting the public to review the summary of the initial project description and provide feedback related to the proposed project until September [Read more]
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