Students see bright employment future in Canada’s oil and gas sector
Twenty-six-year-old Daniel Baker is excited about getting started on a career in energy. It’s an appealing field for a young person, he says, because the sector has a bright future.
Large scale pilot to treat oil sands process water set to resume
Nicole Bourque-Bouchier is looking forward to getting back to work this summer on the next phase of an oil sands technology pilot that could significantly improve tailings reclamation.
A Matter of Fact: Trans Mountain Expansion benefitting Indigenous communities
Benefits to Indigenous communities are expanding as construction advances on the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion.
New technology could help ease Canada’s heavy oil export bottleneck
Negotiations are underway that could soon see large volumes of Alberta oil sands crude delivered to ocean export tankers in solid form, according to leaders with BitCrude, the Calgary-based company that invented the process.
How oil and gas divestment hurts Canadians: Q&A with Gina Pappano, former TSX head of market intelligence
The movement to discourage investment in Canada’s oil and gas sector is wrong and must be challenged, says the former head of market intelligence at the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Minnesota coalition stands behind Line 3 as businesses see ‘dramatic’ pickup
Some businesses in Minnesota are seeing “beyond remarkable” increases in customers and sales thanks to construction of the Line 3 Replacement Project.
Suncor restarts work on greenhouse gas-reducing cogeneration project at base plant
Oil sands producer Suncor Energy is restarting construction of a major project that is expected to significantly decrease its greenhouse gas emissions per barrel.
Line 5 shutdown threatens fuel shortages, high costs, job losses
New permits for Enbridge to replace a pipeline on the lakebed of Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac with an underground utility tunnel are a step forward, but there’s still a chance the governor of Michigan will succeed in her efforts to shut it down entirely.
Oil and gas to lead US energy consumption to 2050, says new forecast
Oil and gas will continue to dominate US energy consumption through 2050, according to the latest outlook from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Calls to scuttle Canadian pipelines ignore growing global demand for oil and gas
Despite growing global demand, anti-oil and gas groups are intensifying their campaign against Canadian pipeline projects now that US president Joe Biden has canceled the border crossing permit for Keystone XL.