CALGARY - A new report says direct employment in Canada's oil and gas sector is expected to fall by more than 12,000 jobs this year. PetroLMI says the workforce is forecast to drop to about 173,300 in 2019, a decline of 23 per cent from 226,500 in 2014. It says the oil and gas labour market shrank quickly in 2015 and 2016 following a commodity price collapse and remained relatively flat through 2017 and 2018. In its 2019 labour market update, PetroLMI says about 12,500 [Read more]
Notley says federal approval for Trans Mountain pipeline to come by the end of May
EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley says she expects Ottawa to approve the Trans Mountain pipeline to the west coast by the end of May. Notley says the province is closer than ever to getting the pipeline. She says Alberta needs to stick with a strategy to get shovels in the ground. Notley says a growing majority of Canadians, including British Columbia residents, now support the project because they understand it would support jobs and a strong economy. She says that if her [Read more]
B.C. government to consider ‘relief’ for record gas prices: Horgan
Premier John Horgan says the B.C. government will consider "some relief" for those who can't afford record high gas prices. Horgan said his government will monitor prices at the pumps over the summer after they reached a record of almost $1.64 a litre Thursday in Metro Vancouver. But he also suggested provincial taxes aren't the only factor affecting prices. "We'll see how it goes through the summer and if there's an opportunity to have the province step in and help, we'll do that. But [Read more]
B.C. premier says final pieces of massive LNG Canada project now in place
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has secured the last steps of the fiscal framework for liquefied natural gas projects in the province. The legislative assembly passed the Income Tax Amendment Act Thursday, and Premier John Horgan says that will secure the largest private-sector investment in Canadian history. The joint venture, which includes Petronas, Shell Canada Energy and PetroChina Canada Ltd., announced last year that LNG Canada's $40-billion project on B.C.'s northern [Read more]
Chevron seeks NEB licence that could nearly double production at Kitimat LNG
CALGARY - Chevron Canada has applied to the National Energy Board to nearly double the potential size of the Kitimat LNG facility it hopes to build with Australian partner Woodside Energy. In a filing dated Monday and posted on the NEB website, the Canadian branch of California-based giant Chevron Corp. says it is applying for a 40-year licence to export up to 28.23 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year, with commissioning of the facility taking place by 2029. That's the equivalent [Read more]
Ottawa considers approval of B.C. methane rules called ‘weak’ in report
The federal government has proposed accepting British Columbia's rules to cut methane emissions that cause climate change despite an independent report that says the regulations would be weaker than Ottawa's. Some environmental groups fear the same could happen in Alberta and Saskatchewan, which they say would make it harder for Canada to meet its greenhouse gas commitments. "It's a weak first step," said Jan Gorski of the Pembina Institute, a clean energy think-tank. "If they're [Read more]
Crude-by-rail rises in March but storage high despite Alberta curtailments
CALGARY - Crude-by-rail shipments from Western Canada staged a minor recovery in March after falling in February to their lowest level in nine months, but oil storage levels remain stubbornly high, according to Genscape. The U.S. company, which monitors western Canadian rail terminals handling about 80 per cent of typical volumes, reported Wednesday that average rail loadings in March were 150,000 barrels per day. That's up from an average of 144,000 bpd in February, but down [Read more]
Alberta’s UCP would create Indigenous crown corporation, help investments
EDMONTON - United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney says an Alberta government led by him would set up a Crown corporation to help Indigenous communities invest in resource projects. "We need to do something dramatically different to end the stalemate that has left Alberta energy landlocked and has led to a jobs crisis in our province," Kenney said at the Enoch Cree Nation near Edmonton on Wednesday. In the leadup to the April 16 provincial election, Kenney has been hammering on the records [Read more]
Shell urges CAPP to adjust emission policies to support carbon pricing
CALGARY - Global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell is urging Canada's largest oil and gas organization to get off the fence and support both the Paris climate accord and the pricing of carbon to encourage greenhouse gas emission reductions. In a new report, Shell says it has reviewed its relationships with 19 industry associations around the world and decided to leave one of them, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, because of "material misalignment." It found some [Read more]
Members of B.C. First Nation plan new camp to block natural gas pipeline path
HOUSTON, B.C. - Members of a First Nation in northern British Columbia who oppose a planned pipeline through their traditional territory say they will build a new camp to block its path. A statement posted on Facebook on Tuesday says the Likhts’amisyu clan of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation is asserting its sovereignty by creating "a new, permanent land reclamation on their territory." It says the camp will be "strategically located in order to impede the ability of the Coastal [Read more]
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