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Comment: CAPP has warning for politicians in race to form next government in Alberta

May 1, 2015 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

These are volatile times for the oil and natural gas industry. The impact on Albertans has been hard as thousands of jobs have been cut. Drilling and service rigs are idle. Tools are down in machine shops. More office spaces are empty. Restaurants are quieter. Economic activity across Alberta is slowing as uncertainty clouds the […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, Editorial, News Tagged With: Alberta Oil, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, CAPP, energy, Energy East, Keystone XL, mining, Northern gateway, oil and gas industry, petroleum, Tim McMillan, TransMountain

Comment: Pipelines vs rail cars

February 20, 2015 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

The fiery derailment of two trains carrying crude oil in the space of three days underscores the worrisome impact of such incidents. Images of huge fireballs from the crash of an oil train in West Virginia will have brought back memories for many Canadians of the Lac-Megantic disaster where 47 people died. Two days before the West […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Alberta, derail, Energy East, Keystone XL, Northern gateway, oil, oil sands, pipelines, rail cars, tanker cars, trains

List of Canadian pipelines on hold

November 24, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Mounting opposition from environmentalists have delayed a number of oil industry projects, here are the top four. 1) Keystone XL Keystone XL is a proposed 1,897-kilometre pipeline that would carry crude oil from Hardisty, Alta., to Steele City, Neb., where it would link up with other pipelines that run to the Gulf Coast and the […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, Environment Tagged With: Alberta, bitumen, British Columbia, Burnaby, eastern canada, Enbridge, Energy East, environmentalists, Keystone XL pipeline, National Energy Board, Northern gateway, oil sand, pipeline, Saskatchewan, Trans Mountain, Trans Mountain pipeline

Comment: Jeff Immelt is the right guy to make changes in the oil sands

July 24, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

General Electric Co. chairman and chief executive officer Jeff Immelt is just what Canada needs to develop its oil sands — an American leader with stature in Washington, on Wall Street, in the oil patch and in Silicon Valley. He said this week that GE will help companies clean up the oil sands so that […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Energy East, GE, General Electric Co Chairman & CEO Jeff Immelt, Harper Government, Jeff Immelt, Keystone XL, Northern gateway, oil, oil companies, oil industry, oil sands, pipeline, Premier Christy Clark, President Obama, Safety

Cenovus Energy can use all the pipelines it can get

July 22, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

When it comes to pipeline projects, Cenovus Energy says it needs them all to be built. That’s not all, chief executive Brian Ferguson says his company needs every major pipeline project, along with rail, to allow it to transport its growing oil sands production. Ferguson’s comments contradict some analysts predictions who say all the proposed […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, News Tagged With: Alberta, Brian Ferguson, Cenovus, Cenovus Energy, Energy East, Keystone XL, Kinder Morgan, Northern gateway, oil, oil industry, Trans Mountain pipeline, TransCanada, transportation

Plan to ship from the oil sands to the east coast runs into a snag

July 22, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Oil-sands opponents rallied in Bretton Woods, N.H., where New England governors held their annual meeting with eastern Canadian premiers. On the table – energy trade and innovation. “We are calling on Northeast leaders to oppose projects that would bring more tar sands oil into the region, and to implement a regional clean fuel standard along […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, International, News Tagged With: Alberta, Canada, crude oil, Enbridge, Energy East, Environment, Keystone XL, Keystone XL pipeline, Kinder Morgan, oil, oil companies, oil industry, oil sands, pipeline, refinery, U.S.

All publicity is not good publicity

July 20, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Was it a bribe or good faith financial deal? TransCanada Corp. has given an Ontario town $30-thousand. Mattawa plans to use the cash to purchase a new rescue vehicle. Some people are asking what the money is really for. You see Mattawa is located on the proposed Energy East pipeline route and Bloomberg.com is reporting […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, News, Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrea Harden-Donahue, Council of Canadians, Davis Sheremata, Energy East, Mattawa, Mayor Dean Backer, Ontario, pipeline, TransCanada

Northern gateway pipeline approval approved in Alberta’s heartland

July 14, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

While environmental groups and First Nations criticized the Harper government for approving the Northern gateway pipeline, the provinces industrial heartland has a different take. Not surprisingly it wants the pipeline to satisfy the 209 conditions and get the go ahead to start building. The Executive Director of Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association (AIHA), Neil Shelly, told […]

Filed Under: Alberta, News Tagged With: AIHA, Alberta, Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association, crude oil, Enbridge, Energy East, First Nations, Harper Government, Keystone XL, MLA Jacquie Fenske, Neil Shelly, Northern gateway, oil, oil companies, oil industry, oil sands, ort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, pipeline, refinery

It’s time to think about renewables

July 14, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

As the smoke clears from the Enbridge Northern Gateway decision, one thing is clear — this pipeline will never be built. Given opposition from the British Columbia government, a litany of First Nation lawsuits, a possible referendum and inevitable protests, Northern Gateway’s demise is already being written despite the federal green light. Beyond Gateway, the […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Alberta, Enbridge, Energy East, First Nations, geothermal energy, Greenpeace, Keystone XL, Kinder Morgan, Mike Hudema, Natural Resources Canada, Northern gateway, pipeline, solar energy, tar sands, TransCanada, wind power

Are U.S. dollars propping up environmental groups in Canada?

July 13, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

$84-billion per year, that’s the potential impact the oil sands could have on the Canadian economy.  The industry it could be argued is the most important economic issue we will have. The greatest hindrance to future projects appears to be the gridlock due to opposition from environmental organizations and First Nations. This gridlock has been […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: activism, Alberta Oil, Canadian Boreal Initiative, Canadian economy, Energy East, environmental, Flanagan South, fossil fuel, Great Bear Rainforest, Keystone XL, Kinder Morgan Canada, Marisla Foundation, Northern gateway, oil industry, oil sands, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Sea Change Foundation, Suzuki Foundation, Tar Sands Campaign, the Oak Foundation, The Sierra Club, Tides Foundation, TransMountain pipeline, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Yukon to Yellowstone Initiative

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