Gordon Jaremko

A two-year corporate bankruptcy case has resulted in a 110% jump in discarded orphan natural gas wells and production facilities awaiting cleanups, according to the British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission (BCOGC). A court-supervised distress auction in the province only sold 414 sites or one-half the BC assets of defunct Ranch Energy Corp. to Erikson…

Enbridge Inc. has won the first of two Minnesota regulatory contests over its $9 billion pipe replacement program for its Line 3 oil export conduit across Western Canada and the U.S. Midwest. By a 4-1 majority, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) voted to uphold its economic need, environmental and route approvals for the state’s…

A 33-month northern hunt has found a U.S.-owned partner for reviving the last remains of formerly grand designs for natural gas development in the Canadian Arctic. Inuvialuit Regional Corp. (IRC), a Mackenzie Delta tribal enterprise, has recruited the Alberta arm of Texas-based private equity firm The Energy & Minerals Group (EMG) for a regional liquefied…

Enbridge Inc. obeyed a court order Thursday to shut off its 540,000 b/d Line 5 pipeline that crosses the Straits of Mackinac until a hearing scheduled for Tuesday (June 30) on a Michigan state request for an injunction against resuming oil flows. An Ingham County, MI, judge granted a temporary restraining order sought by Michigan…

After surviving protests and the Covid-19 pandemic, Coastal GasLink (CGL) plans to start  laying pipe for the only liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project underway on the northern Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC). CGL said construction employment would roughly triple to peak at more than 2,500 in September as work accelerates along the 416-mile…

A formal demand to shut off oil flows immediately has been added to the Michigan lawsuit seeking to cancel the state’s 1953 right-of-way easement for Enbridge Inc.’s 540,000 b/d Line 5 across the Straits of Mackinac. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel injected urgency into the case by filing motions requesting an injunction and restraining order…

Oilfield service and supply contractors continue to suffer the biggest job losses in the Canadian oil and gas activity slump driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an industry monitoring agency. Cuts of 6,100 field positions accounted for 89% of 6,870 Canadian industry layoffs during May, based on records compiled by Petroleum Labor Market Information…

After surviving protests and the Covid-19 pandemic, Coastal GasLink (CGL) plans to start  laying pipe for the only liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project underway on the northern Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC). CGL said construction employment would roughly triple to peak at more than 2,500 in September as work accelerates along the 416-mile…

Canadian oil firms face toll hikes if they win their fight against Enbridge Inc.’s plan to convert its Mainline into a contract service from a common carrier filled by monthly bookings, the company told the Canada Energy Regulator (CER).