CALGARY - Canadian drivers are enjoying cheaper gas prices heading into fall. The average gasoline price in Canada was 152.1 cents per litre Friday morning, according to price tracking website GasBuddy.com. That's down more than 10 cents from the average price in August, and more than 14 cents from one year ago. Gasoline prices rise and fall with the global price of crude oil, which has fallen more than US$7 per barrel this week. That's the biggest weekly slump in crude prices since [Read more]
Ontario to procure 5,000 MW of energy, ban solar farms on prime agricultural land
KING CITY, Calif. - Ontario is looking to add some 5,000 megawatts of energy to the grid as new Energy Minister Stephen Lecce lays out his plan to meet demand in the coming decades. Lecce says the government is "energy agnostic" and the new procurement will be a mix of natural gas, hydroelectric, renewables, nuclear and biomass. He says energy companies must get municipal support in order to proceed. Lecce also says there will be protections to prime agricultural [Read more]
Pembina Pipeline earns $479 million in second quarter, ups full-year forecast
CALGARY - Pembina Pipeline Corp. says it earned $479 million in its second quarter of this year, a 32-per-cent increase over the same period in 2023. The Calgary-based pipeline company says its earnings work out to 75 cents per common share, compared to 60 cents in the second quarter of 2023. Pembina's revenue increased to $1.85 billion in the second quarter, up from $1.42 billion in the same period last year. The company reported pipeline volumes of 2.7 million barrels of oil [Read more]
Enbridge makes progress on utility purchases; raises earnings forecast
CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. has raised its earnings forecast for the year in light of the successful completion of two previously announced purchases of U.S. gas utilities. The Calgary-based energy infrastructure company said Friday it now expects adjusted earnings for 2024 of between $17.7 billion and $18.3 billion, up from a previous forecast of $16.6 billion to $17.2 billion. The higher forecast incorporates expected revenue contributions from The East Ohio Gas Company and Questar Gas [Read more]
‘Ontario’s moment:’ Minister says Canada building blueprint for nuclear energy future
WASHINGTON - Ontario is selling itself as the nuclear North Star to guide the direction of American power as the United States looks to de-carbonize amid ever-increasing demand for energy. "It really underscores both Canada and the U.S.'s national and economic interests — that we work together to harness this capability to produce clean energy," said Stephen Lecce, Ontario's minister of energy and electrification. He was in Washington, D.C., early in his new mandate to speak at the Nuclear [Read more]
Precision Drilling attributes Canadian rig demand growth to Trans Mountain pipeline
CALGARY - The CEO of Canada's largest drilling rig contracting company says it has seen a surprising surge in customer demand after the opening of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Precision Drilling Corp. CEO Kevin Neveu said Wednesday the company saw its Canadian activity increase 18 per cent in the second quarter, even as drilling activity in the U.S. slowed. Neveu said he attributes the growth to Canadian heavy oil producers feeling more confident thanks to the Trans Mountain [Read more]
MEG Energy workers returning to oilsands site after wildfire evacuation
CALGARY - MEG Energy Corp. says it has started bringing workers back to its Christina Lake oilsands site after evacuating all non-essential personnel last week due to wildfires in northern Alberta. CEO Darlene Gates said on a conference call Friday that the fire drew so close to the site that at one point flames were "all around" one of the company's disposal wells. But she said the company has spent years removing vegetation around its key infrastructure to create natural firebreaks, and [Read more]
Liberal energy minister promises ban on oil furnaces for new builds as soon as 2028
OTTAWA - Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced an intention to ban the installation of oil furnaces in new construction as early as 2028. The federal government's planned phase-out of heating oil would be paired with more financial support for Canadians to purchase and install heat pumps instead. Liberal ministers say the Canada Green Buildings Strategy released today aims to drive energy efficiency improvements while addressing affordability and emissions. It seeks to [Read more]
TC Energy’s US$15B Keystone XL claim thrown out by trade tribunal
CALGARY - A free trade arbitration tribunal has tossed out TC Energy Corp.'s claim that it is owed US$15 billion in damages as a result of U.S. President Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline permit. TC Energy launched a claim in 2021 under the legacy rules tied to the old North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, because of what it said was the U.S. government’s breach of its free trade obligations. TC Energy proposed the Keystone XL project under the Obama [Read more]
Alberta to relax rule on buying oil, gas wells if municipal taxes unpaid
EDMONTON - The Alberta government plans to relax a rule that requires energy companies seeking to buy viable wells from bankruptcy proceedings to first pay all the failed producer's outstanding taxes. "I have informed the Alberta Energy Regulator and the Orphan Well Association that my office will be amending the order in a way that will protect the value of productive assets and ensure that they can be acquired by responsible operators," said Energy Minister Brian Jean in an email. "We [Read more]
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