Gordon Jaremko

After losing one legal battle, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has revived a dormant state court lawsuit in an attempt to shut Enbridge Inc.’s 540,000 b/d Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. Whitmer said Tuesday the strategy was “shifting” after dropping an unsuccessful action on Line 5 in federal court. The governor directed…

A 28-month fight over access to Enbridge Inc.’s oil Mainline ended in defeat Friday for its plan to sell decades-long contracts to fill 90% of the conduit’s capacity for 3 million b/d to a handful of refineries and brokers. “Mainline contracting would likely reduce the access to pipeline capacity realistically available to certain shippers,” said…

Woodfibre, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project planned for the Pacific coast of British Columbia, has moved a step closer to sanctioning after it awarded a C$1.6 billion ($1.3 billion) construction contract to engineering giant McDermott International Ltd. The LNG project on Tuesday also set a schedule to begin pre-installation work in early 2022…

Growth in Montney Shale natural gas production is fueling a C$350 million ($280 million) proposal for a natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline from the northeastern British Columbia (BC) industry hotspot to a processing and trading location in Alberta. NorthRiver Midstream NEBC Connector GP Inc. set a completion target of late 2024 for the conduit in…

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) deployed Thursday to rescue about 500 pipeline construction workers who had been trapped since Sunday by native protest blockades against TC Energy Corp.’s Coastal GasLink (CGL) project in northern British Columbia (BC). Reinforced RCMP squads established an access control point and stepped up patrols to clear protesters and barricades…

After inconclusive territory negotiations and an unsuccessful protest lawsuit, native opponents have revived blockades against construction of TC Energy Corp.’s Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline across northern British Columbia (BC). BC Solicitor General Mike Farnworth called the resistance a hazard that violates a court order against interference with the project. He urged all concerned to end…

Enbridge Inc. has won a procedural round in its defense of the 540,000 b/d Line 5 after Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer attempted to shut the Canadian oil conduit’s dual-pipe crossing of the Straits of Mackinac. U.S. District Court Judge Janet Neff of the Western District of Michian agreed with Enbridge that legal aspects of the…

A petrochemical plant recently announced, slated to be in service by 2026, could produce up to 200 metric tons/year of low-carbon blue ammonia and methanol using natural gas from the Montney Shale, officials said. Calgary-based Northern Petrochemical Corp. (NPC), a private venture, is proposing to build the C$2.5 billion ($2 billion) project in the planned…

Alberta oilsands specialist Meg Energy Corp. has boosted its oilsands production guidance for the year on strengthening demand and prices. Production during 3Q2021 grew year/year to 91,506 b/d from 71,516 b/d. On the solid uptick Meg revised its 2021 average production guidance upward to 92,500-93,500 b/d from 91,000-93,000 b/d. “The third quarter was another strong…