China tops world emitters of CO2
Rapid industrial growth since the 1970s has led to a commensurate rise in noxious emissions
View ArticleOil and gas investment boosts provincial GDP
Economic perks from oil and gas development reach beyond Alberta's borders
View ArticleThe connection between energy and growth
Do carbon taxes unduly hinder economic expansion?
View ArticleThe storage options for CO2
Deep saline aquifers provide the best potential for CCS schemes
View ArticleWant to slash GHG emissions? Start with methane
Carbon dioxide makes headlines while a potentially worse offender goes unchecked
View ArticleNuclear fusion soaks up gov’t R&D dollars
The promise of inexhaustible energy fuels government spending
View ArticleMonthly trading on Europe’s carbon market
The volume of exchanges has increased, but tends to taper off in the winter
View ArticleShale plays begin to register on EIA forecasts
Proven reserves have grown year-on-year to almost parity with their 1960s peak
View ArticleBlowing in the (offshore) wind
Despite the financial crisis, offshore wind developments blossom
View ArticleIlluminating the pros of energy efficiency
Look to the uptake of LED light bulbs for a snapshot of efficiency policies
View ArticleCapital spending to see marignal bump in 2011
Forecast spending to rise $2 billion nationwide, CAPP says
View ArticleWeighing fixed versus variable electricity costs
Coal may be dirty, but the black stuff still comes cheap
View ArticleNon-OPEC production growth to slow, EIA says
Americans are keen to cut oil imports from the Middle East and a certain South American country run by a belligerent despot. But sourcing crude from non-OPEC members could prove tricky in the years...
View ArticleCanada’s North puts a chill on renewable energy
Oil, propane and diesel fuel the northern lifestyle
View ArticleThe Canadian oil patch shells out for staff
Survey shows only Australia and Norway pay their workers more
View ArticleBitumen means big bucks for the province of Alberta
Wild Rose Country has over a trillion reasons to love oil sands development
View ArticleUnconventional gas gains to grow: IEA
Shale and tight gas will keep Canada among the globe’s top producers
View ArticleAlberta gives land protection the cold shoulder
Limiting industrial development in the province could enhance acceptance of the oil sands
View ArticleRenewable energy production fails to gain ground in Canada
Wind, hydro and biofuels made up just 17 per cent of the energy generated in 2010
View ArticleChina’s foreign investment strategy is rooted in resources
The need for raw materials still trumps energy in the Middle Kingdom
View ArticleOil sands proponents steel themselves for cost overruns
When oil prices rise, the cost of steel follows
View ArticleAlberta emerges as a wind energy powerhouse
Province ranks second in the nation in installed capacity
View ArticleNova Scotia joins the feed-in tariff party
Government hopes guaranteed prices will help it meet ambitious green targets
View ArticleNatural gas vehicles making inroads into a neglected market
Natural gas-powered vehicles (NGVs) have been rolling on Canadian roads for decades, yet they’ve never been able to establish much of a market share in the automobile sector. But surging natural gas...
View ArticleAlbertans seek stronger ties to China: survey
Nearly 40% of respondents say province should reduce U.S. dependence
View ArticleShippers turn to rail, barge and truck amid pipeline squeeze
Western Canadian blends of crude oil have been battered in the U.S. Midwest amid surging production growth from oilfields in North Dakota and recent refinery outages. The price drubbing, which has seen...
View ArticleLabor woes continue to weigh on Alberta’s oil and gas sector
It’s no secret Alberta is dealing with a shallow labor pool. In the oil and gas sector especially, business owners are increasingly confronted with the challenge of retaining a solid employee base. At...
View ArticleAnalysts raise doubts about fracking-induced quakes
The rapid ascension of hydraulic fracturing as the drilling method of choice to free up oil and gas from shale and tight rock formations across North America has been followed almost as swiftly by...
View ArticleCanada steadily feeds U.S. appetite for oil
In the third quarter of 2011, Canada exported an average of 2.19 million barrels of crude oil per day to the United States. That was the highest total exported to the U.S. in any quarter since 2009 and...
View ArticleProposed projects could make North America a global LNG player
The need to break a natural gas supply glut has proponents rushing to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects in the United States and Canada. It’s easy to understand why the interest is...
View ArticleRail on the fast track to ship Bakken oil to market
A surge in crude oil production from the Bakken formation has exacerbated a bottleneck at the Midwest oil hub of Cushing, Oklahoma. A decade ago, few outside the oil and gas industry had ever heard of...
View ArticleAlberta land sales trend downward to start 2012
Downward trends started in February 2012
View ArticleSAGD extraction set to play a larger role in oil sands
The prevailing image of the oil sands is of monstrous trucks and backhoes, scraping the resource off the ground in northern Alberta. But change is afoot in the bitumen business
View ArticleNatural gas could replace coal as Alberta’s No. 1 fuel
Oil sands development, new regulation will challenge coal
View ArticleCanadian jurisdictions prove attractive for oil and gas investment
Manitoba gets top billing as a place to invest in Canada, Alberta is ranked 21st overall in annual Fraser Institute survey.
View ArticleCIBC: Expect North American oil production to accelerate
Robust growth in U.S. onshore and in Alberta's oil sands will keep the continent awash in oil
View ArticleFour Asian markets loom large for Canadian LNG proponents
China and India's natural gas demand set to soar as proponents pursue export terminals on B.C.'s coast
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Railing crude oil to coastal markets costly for producers
Persistent discounts in the United States for western Canadian and North Dakota Bakken crude oil has the industry hunting down ways to solve this problem. The discounts are the result of surging light...
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China and Asia stand to be key markets for Canadian crude
Oil consumption in Asia and other developing countries is expected to climb dramatically over the next 20 years. This is why the Canadian industry is looking for ways to gain access to these emerging...
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