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Gordon Jaremko

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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Canada Correspondent | Calgary, AB

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Oilsands Efficiency Gains Hard Fought as Gas Consumption Remains High

Oilsands Efficiency Gains Hard Fought as Gas Consumption Remains High

Natural gas consumption for thermal oilsands extraction — Canada’s biggest, fastest-growing industrial fuel burner — stubbornly resists efficiency efforts and could increase faster than bitumen output, according to a new industry review.

May 1, 2015
Oilsands Efficiency Gains Hard Fought as NatGas Consumption Remains High

Oilsands Efficiency Gains Hard Fought as NatGas Consumption Remains High

Natural gas consumption for thermal oilsands extraction — Canada's biggest, fastest-growing industrial fuel burner — stubbornly resists efficiency efforts and could increase faster than bitumen output, according to a new industry review.

May 1, 2015
TransCanada Rustling Up NatGas Utility Support For Energy East Project

TransCanada Rustling Up NatGas Utility Support For Energy East Project

A settlement on replacement capacity for natural gas distribution companies in central Canada and the northeastern United States may remove the economic obstacle delaying TransCanada Corp.’s mammoth Energy East project.

April 24, 2015
TransCanada Rustling Up NatGas Utility Support For Energy East Project

TransCanada Rustling Up NatGas Utility Support For Energy East Project

A settlement on replacement capacity for natural gas distribution companies in central Canada and the northeastern United States may remove the economic obstacle delaying TransCanada Corp.'s mammoth Energy East project.

April 24, 2015
Canadian Pipeline Tolls Ruling Raises LNG Export Costs

Canadian Pipeline Tolls Ruling Raises LNG Export Costs

A tall new cost hurdle has popped up on the path of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from British Columbia (BC), in the form of a restrictive ruling Wednesday by Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) on pipeline tolls.

April 17, 2015
Canadian Pipeline Tolls Ruling Raises LNG Export Costs

Canadian Pipeline Tolls Ruling Raises LNG Export Costs

A tall new cost hurdle has popped up on the path of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from British Columbia (BC), in the form of a restrictive ruling Wednesday by Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) on pipeline tolls.

April 17, 2015
Western Canada Sedimentary Basin Production Growth Seen Making A Comeback

Western Canada Sedimentary Basin Production Growth Seen Making A Comeback

Natural gas production will rise by 4.3 Bcf/d, or 30%, to 18.4 Bcf/d as of 2025 from the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB), according to TransCanada Corp.’s pipeline network in Alberta and British Columbia (BC).

April 10, 2015

Booming Oilsands Lifting Canada’s NatGas

Nearly twice as much new oilsands production will be added as Alberta companies have postponed since prices fell, in a development wave sustaining growth of Canada’s biggest industrial natural gas consumer.

April 2, 2015

TransCanada Mainline Repurposing Re-Routes Around Whales

Beluga whales, a northern species cherished by Canadians have won a reprieve from risks of being run over by tankers or fouled by oil leaks as a result of an eastern Quebec pipeline design decision.

April 2, 2015

Alberta Sees Price Recovery in A Year, Maybe

Natural gas and oil prices will stay weak for at least another year, the Alberta government predicted Thursday.

March 27, 2015