Gordon Jaremko worked as a reporter and editor for Canadian daily newspapers, wire services and monthly magazines for 38 years in Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa, primarily covering politics, economics and business with emphasis on the Alberta petroleum industry. He has contributed to four books and has become an independent contractor engaged on two history projects. He has been contributing to Intelligence Press since 1986.
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Pacific Northwest LDCs Fight Eastbound Diversion of Canadian Supply
Natural gas local distribution companies (LDC) in Oregon and Washington, backed by their import pipeline, have set out to prevent eastbound diversion of their British Columbia (BC) supplies to Alberta and the rest of Canada and the United States.
January 6, 2017
BC NatGas, Liquids Production to Support Midstream Development
Northeastern British Columbia (BC) will remain a Canadian sweet spot for natural gas and liquid byproducts supply development in 2017, triggering construction of new processing and storage facilities along the Alaska Highway.
December 29, 2016
Manitoba Power Betting ‘Clean’ Hydropower Trumps Political Turn to Fossil Fuels
A government-owned Canadian electricity exporter is making a C$350 million ($262 million) bet that the “clean” power movement in the United States will outlast the imminent pro-fossil fuels regime change in Washington, DC.
December 23, 2016
Leaner Alberta Oilsands Operations Raising Output, NatGas Burn
After two years of weaning off triple-digit prices by emphasizing cost control, Alberta bitumen output is on the rise, increasing Canadian natural gas consumption as well as sustaining strong oil exports.
December 22, 2016
Quebec Adopts Hydrocarbon Development Regulatory Regime
Visions of breakthroughs into Quebec inspired natural gas and oil entrepreneurs Monday after the province’s National Assembly passed legislation creating a hydrocarbon development regulatory regime over the weekend.
December 13, 2016
North American NatGas Trade Volumes Rose While Prices Fell
Volumes rose but prices fell across the board in the natural gas trade among Canada, the United States and Mexico during the first half of this year, according to the latest scorecard kept by the U.S. Department of Energy.
December 8, 2016
TransCanada’s Proposed NGTL Expansion to Add NatGas Capacity in Western Canada
Increasing northern shale production has prompted TransCanada Corp. to announce a C$655 million ($490 million) addition to its supply collection network in Alberta and British Columbia (BC), Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL).
December 7, 2016
Alberta Gives Propane Projects Break on Royalties
The outlook brightened Monday for Alberta natural gas producers when the provincial government gave C$500 million (US$375 million) in royalty cuts to sponsors of two petrochemical projects for distribution to raw material suppliers.
December 6, 2016
Alberta Oilsands Pipe Expansion Approval Signals NatGas Demand Growth in Canada
The Liberal government in Ottawa opened doors Tuesday to growth by Canada’s biggest natural gas consumers, Alberta oilsands plants, by approving 970,000 b/d of capacity additions for export pipelines to the United States and overseas.
November 30, 2016
TransCanada, Native Communities Along Prince Rupert Pipeline Route Reach Another Agreement
TransCanada Corp. announced Tuesday the 13th consent agreement with native communities along its proposed 900-kilometer (540-mile) Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) delivery route for shale production across British Columbia.
November 30, 2016