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Category: Canada

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  • Canada

Canadian heavy crude increasingly priced to move from US Gulf Coast

Highlights differentials Urals shipments to China, India, upend traditional crude flows Canadian heavy crude increasingly is flowing more to the US Gulf Coast since new pipeline capacity recently came online, Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • USA

Pipelines unclogged, but Canadian crude now faces U.S. Gulf Coast glut

After long being deeply discounted for years because of a lack of pipelines, Canadian heavy crude is finally trading like a “North American” grade, moving in tandem with U.S. sour Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Prices

Oil Sands Crude Prices Nosedive as Russian Bans Upend Market

 Canadian heavy crude prices have collapsed as the European war upends global market flows and makes oil sands crude less valuable. Western Canadian Select’s discount to benchmark West Texas Intermediate Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Agriculture
  • Canada

Crop Land ‘Deteriorating’ in Canada as Excess Rain Hinders Planting

Farmers in parts of Canada’s Prairies are struggling to get crops in the ground as heavy rains continue to wallop the eastern region in the latest threat to global grain Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Electricity

Canadian Hydropower Destined for U.S. Hits a Roadblock in Maine

Hundreds of feet below a remote forest near Hudson Bay, Serge Abergel inspected the spinning turbines at the heart of the biggest subterranean power plant in the world, a massive Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Coal

Canada’s Ridley Terminals coal exports fall 44.5% on year

Met exports at six-year low for corresponding month Thermal coal shipments decrease 23.5% on month Coal exports from Ridley Terminals in British Colombia dropped to 373,310 mt in March, down Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

New York Clears $4.5 Billion Plan to Bring Hydropower to Big Apple

Regulators approved a $4.5 billion transmission line that will deliver Canadian hydropower to New York City, a key component of the Empire State’s efforts to eliminate carbon from its power Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Electricity

New York State backs long-term Canadian hydropower project

New York State on Thursday approved a multi-billion-dollar, long-term project by Montreal-based public utility Hydro-Quebec (QBEC.UL) to deliver hydropower to parts of New York City. Hydro-Quebec said its U.S. partner, Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canada’s Oil Boom Constrained By Workforce Shortage

While $100 oil incentivizes increased production in Canada’s crude-producing province of Alberta, the ramp-up of production is being held back by an issue all too familiar to the U.S. shale Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canadian 2021 crude imports slid to lowest since 1988, says CER

Crude oil imports into Canada in 2021 dropped to their lowest in more than three decades as domestic supply from pipelines increased while a major refinery in Newfoundland remained idle, Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

As Trade With Russia Halts, Countries Turn to Canada

Two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, Brazil’s agriculture minister was on a plane to Canada to head off a potential crop crisis. Brazil, one of the world’s largest agricultural producers, Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canada says it can boost oil, gas exports to help replace lost Russian supply

 Canada has the capacity to increase oil and gas exports by up to 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) by the end of 2022 to help improve global energy security following Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Feature: Ample Canadian crude pipeline, rail export capacity exists if output rises

Highlights Canadian pipeline bottleneck ended Q4 2021 More pipeline, rail and barge projects in progress Canadian volumes ramping up, but not dramatically As crude oil prices have surged, so to Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

$100 Oil Is A Wakeup Call For Canadian Producers

Bloomberg: demand for drilling rigs in Canada has jumped to the highest in years. $100 oil has sparked change in the Canadian oil patch. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

EXCLUSIVE Canada looking at boosting oil pipeline flows to U.S. -minister

Canada is studying ways to increase pipeline utilization to boost crude exports as Europe seeks to reduce its dependence on Russian oil, the country’s natural resources minister said on Thursday. Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Russia

Canada to ban imports of crude oil from Russia

 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a ban on Russian oil imports following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Mr Trudeau said oil revenues have helped to prop up President Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Natural Gas Supply

Western Canada natural gas storage falls further below five-year low on firm AECO

The bitter cold biting the Lower 48 continues to affect Canada as well, driving maximum daily withdrawals from gas in storage and opening a wider deficit to the five-year low Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Feb 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Natural Gas Supply

Western Canada gas storage remains on track to end season at seven-year low

Western Canada’s natural gas inventory remains on track to end this winter at its lowest level recorded in at least seven years, prompting shortage concerns and possible price spikes. Receive Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canadian Oil Companies Are Spending On Dividends Rather Than Expansion

About two years ago, OPEC+ made a high-stakes wager that it could curb oil production and drive crude prices higher without unleashing an onslaught of supply from U.S. shale producers. Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Jan 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Operational problems hit Canada’s Suncor again, lowering oil production

Operational problems at two Suncor Energy (SU.TO) Canadian oil sands sites last month resulted in lower crude production, the company said on Tuesday, marking its latest such issue. Suncor also Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Jan 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canada to Face Challenge in Remaining Oil Power

Canada will face challenges, according to the International Energy Agency. Canada will face challenges in retaining its status as a global oil and gas power in a world transitioning toward Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jan 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

One of the World’s Dirtiest Oil Patches Is Pumping More Than Ever

Major oil companies, under pressure from investors and environmentalists, are fleeing Canada’s oil sands, the fourth-largest oil reserve in the world and by some measures one of the most environmentally Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Jan 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canada Still Sees Future As Oil Exporter Despite Climate Ambitions

Canada has committed to reducing its emissions by between 40 and 45 percent from 2005 levels by 2030 Oil production is seen rising by as much as 18 percent by Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Jan 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Natural Gas Exports
  • USA

Frigid Canadian winter slashes exports to US as demand soars to record highs

The effects of the Canadian cold spell continue to trickle down to the US Midwest, slashing exports to the region while propelling prices higher. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canada minister defends oil sands despite pursuing emissions cuts

Canada’s new natural resources minister has defended the country’s promotion of exports from its controversial oil sands projects even as he vowed to enforce ‘aggressive” greenhouse gas emissions cuts on Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canada focuses on emissions to push back against dirty oil sands reputation

Highlights Suncor cites need to reduce emissions, invest in CO2 storage Enbridge, Capital Power evaluating new carbon capture project Canadian oil production is back on the rise from the pandemic Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Pipelines

Trans Mountain Pipeline restarted after three weeks offline

Longest Trans Mountain closure in 70-year history Crude supplies reopened to Vancouver region, Pacific Northwest The Trans Mountain crude oil and products pipeline in Western Canada restarted Dec. 5 after Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Nuclear

GE Hitachi Nuclear to build small reactor in Canada

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, an alliance between General Electric Co (GE.N) and Japan’s Hitachi Ltd (6501.T) will build a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) (ONPWG.UL), Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Trans Mountain Pipeline restart still a ‘few days’ away

Highlights Partial pipeline startup possible this weekend Rail service resumed last week in Western Canada The Trans Mountain crude oil and products pipeline in Western Canada will remain shut for Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Enbridge may face tougher fight for oil barrels, lower rates, after pipeline ruling

A Canadian regulator’s rejection last week of Enbridge Inc’s (ENB.TO) plan to sell space long-term on the country’s biggest oil pipeline dealt the company a double whammy that analysts say Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canada’s Ambitious New Plan To Save Its Oil Sands

Canada’s ambitious plan to utilize geothermal energy could help save its economically-dependent oil sands. The project was established to curb greenhouse gas emissions in oil production while demand for the Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canada’s Drilling Activity Set To Exceed 2019 Levels Next Year

Strong pricing for natural gas and the highest oil prices since 2014 support the drilling recovery in Canada Next year, a total of 6,457 wells are expected to be drilled Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Trans Mountain targeting end-week crude pipeline restart

Trans Mountain is optimistic it can restart its 300,000-b/d crude oil pipeline, in some capacity, by the end of the week if all planning and work continues to progress and Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Alcohol and auto parts: Canada’s warehouses fill up as floods stop flow of goods

Canada’s warehouses are filling up with everything from furniture to alcohol, after floods in British Columbia washed out critical rail and road lines, disrupting already strained supply chains. A week Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Atmospheric river to drench Pacific Northwest, British Columbia

It’s been barely a week since devastating flooding accompanied an atmospheric river that lashed parts of British Columbia, isolating the city of Vancouver as landslides and washouts made roadways impassible. Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

U.S. Gasoline Barges Head to Western Canada After Flood Damage

U.S. barges carrying gasoline are headed to Canada’s west coast to deliver much-needed fuel to a region cut off from the rest of the country after last week’s rainstorms brought Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Tar Sands

Destruction So Vast and Deep It Challenges the Existence of Land and People

Oil and gas companies like ExxonMobil and the Canadian giant Suncor have transformed Alberta’s tar sands—also called oil sands—into one of the world’s largest industrial developments, replacing Indigenous people’s traditional Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

British Columbia: Petrol rations after Canada storm

A Canadian province is rationing petrol over fuel shortage fears after a major storm cut off road and rail links. Canadian Armed Forces personnel have begun arriving in British Columbia Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Pipeline firms scramble to restore service after British Columbia floods, gas prices spike

Energy infrastructure companies were scrambling on Wednesday to restore pipelines in British Columbia that were shut down by catastrophic flooding, as natural gas prices in the region spiked higher and Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Trans Mountain pipeline, construction on expansion shut down due to B.C. flooding

The widespread flooding in British Columbia has forced Trans Mountain Pipeline Corp. to shut down its pipeline system and suspend work on its expansion project. The deadly storm that hammered Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Flood damage cuts all rail access to Canada’s largest port of Vancouver

The port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest, said on Tuesday that all rail access had been cut by floods and landslides further to the east, a development that could hit shipments Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Oil companies ask Canada to pay for 75% of carbon capture facilities

Oil and gas companies have asked the Canadian government to design a tax credit to pay for 75% of the cost to build carbon capture facilities that will curb greenhouse Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Oct 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • USA

Canada formally invokes 1977 pipeline treaty with U.S. over Line 5 dispute

 Canada on Monday formally invoked a 1977 treaty with the United States to request bilateral negotiations over Enbridge Inc’s (ENB.TO) Line 5, escalating a long-running dispute over one of Canada’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Oct 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Oil Supply

A Force Majeure in Canada’s Oil Sands Adds to Crude Supply Woes

Syncrude Canada Ltd. , a light crude producer majority-owned by Suncor Energy Inc. , cut September supplies due to a mechanical disruption at its oil sands site, according to a Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canada fossil fuel workers want victorious Trudeau to keep retraining pledge

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s narrow election victory this week reinforced Canada’s commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but workers in the country’s sizable fossil fuel sector said Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canada’s Oil Patch Heads for Hospital Triage With Virus Raging

We’re tracking the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and the global response. Sign up here for our daily newsletter on what you need to know. Canada’s oil heartland of Alberta Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Pipelines

Enbridge to Start Moving Crude in New Pipeline

Enbridge Inc. is getting ready to ship crude from the oil sands in the first new cross-border oil-sands conduit built between Canada and the U.S. in years. (Bloomberg) — Enbridge Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Climate

Canada Sees Supply of Main Crops Dropping 26% on Drought Impact

Canada, the world’s biggest canola grower and a major wheat producer, forecasts a 26% drop in supplies of its main crops as drought ravages output and inventories shrink. Grain and Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Aug 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada
  • Refining

Imperial to construct major renewable diesel complex at Strathcoma refinery in Alberta

Imperial is moving forward with plans to construct a major renewable diesel complex at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alberta—the largest refinery in western Canada. This new complex is expected Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Aug 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canadian oil and gas operators plan to grow production, spending in future

Multiple Canadian companies, including the country’s most prolific natural gas producer, plan on growing volumes and capital spending in the quarters ahead, in stark contrast to major US oil and Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Aug 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple

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