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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In Canada, Local Jurisdictions No Match for Federal Pipeline Plans
Eco-warriors among civic politicians across Canada were sent a reminder Thursday that their weapons are limited: They have no power to block pipeline construction.
October 24, 2014
British Columbia Cuts LNG Export Taxes, Adds Corporate Incentives
The British Columbia (BC) government chopped its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export tax in half Tuesday and added corporate tax cuts as lure to build tanker terminals on Canada’s Pacific coast.
October 22, 2014
BC’s OK of Huge Dam Could Impact LNG Projects
The Canadian government has confirmed that large-scale industrial development still tops the national agenda by authorizing construction of a hotly contested 1,100 MW dam project on the Peace River in northern British Columbia (BC).
October 17, 2014
Industry Expecting Clarity From Contentious NEB Pipeline Case
A simmering dispute boiled over Thursday into a formal duel over a Canadian constitutional law question before the National Energy Board (NEB): Can municipal governments block national and international pipeline projects?
October 10, 2014
Duvernay Production, Costs Varying Widely
Four years after inspiring a Canadian mineral rights leasing rush, a Louisiana-sized Alberta drilling target — known as the Duvernay among geologists and dubbed “new millennium gold” by stock promoters — is turning out to be a mixed bag.
October 2, 2014
U.S. LNG Projects Winning the Day, Says Canada Analyst
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States will reach overseas markets before any tankers are even loaded up at proposed Canadian export terminals, a prominent Calgary energy investment firm conceded Tuesday.
October 1, 2014
Alberta Seeing Benefits of North American NatGas Competition
Canadian and U.S. pipeliners have won an unexpected ally for their plans to expand the northbound freeway for natural gas from the eastern United States — the Alberta government.
September 24, 2014
Canada’s Natives Growing Restless Over BC LNG Export Plans
After leading a charmed life of community tolerance since 17 Pacific Coast terminal projects began lining up five years ago, the race to export Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) is arousing a frequent opponent of industry in British Columbia (BC): Aboriginal resistance.
September 19, 2014
Canada’s NEB Gives Would-Be Offshore Drillers a Break
Arctic gas and oil hunters have been spared having to conduct environmental assessments twice on their plans to return to Canadian waters of the Beaufort Sea.
September 12, 2014
Nova Scotia Government Promises to Ban Fracking
A week after an inquiry reported that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) frightens the public in Nova Scotia, the province’s Liberal government promised Wednesday to ban the practice.
September 4, 2014