Gordon Jaremko

After being rescued from a Wisconsin tribal lawsuit by the Canadian government regarding its Line 5 oil pipeline, Enbridge Inc. has made a corporate vow to improve relations with native communities across North America. “We recognize the deep and meaningful connections that Indigenous nations have to water, land and the environment,” Enbridge management said in…

An opening regulatory move has been made toward building a Canadian LNG export terminal on the east coast by the New Brunswick arm of Spain’s Repsol SA, but natural gas deliveries are years away. The plan by Saint John LNG Development Co. (SJLNG) aims for initial exports of 300 MMcf/d, or only 40% of the…

A hot dry summer has prompted British Columbia (BC) regulators to restrict water withdrawals from remote river tributaries and small lakes for hydraulic fracturing in the Montney Shale. Drought in the northern bush is causing concern for fish populations, wildlife and community supplies, administration with the BC Oil and Gas Commission (BCOGC) wrote in an…

A 184-square-mile tract of Alberta production and drilling rights fetched C$1.4 billion ($1.1 billion) in a takeover announced Monday by Calgary-based Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. The acquisitive exploration and production (E&P) company is buying Deltastream Energy Corp., to capture more Clearwater stakes. The formation northeast of the provincial capital in Edmonton is one of the…

The Canadian government has rescued Enbridge Inc.’s 540,000 b/d oil Line 5 from a Wisconsin tribe’s lawsuit by invoking its 1977 Pipeline Transit Treaty with the United States, a U.S. court has confirmed. U.S. District Court Judge William Conley of the Western District of Wisconsin on Thursday rejected a demand by the Lake Superior Chippewa…

Replacing natural gas with hydrogen could cause “rate shock” for consumers in the absence of new incentives or subsidies to offset the costs of blending it into the gas system, according to the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC). “The Alberta government may want to consider supports for customers such as credits, tax rebates or subsidies,” an…

Natural gas would become a stepping stone to produce renewable diesel fuel in Canada under a long-term contract between Imperial Oil Ltd. and Pennsylvania’s Air Products & Chemicals Inc. Air Products would extract hydrogen from natural gas, aka blue hydrogen, at its plant near Edmonton, which would be used by Imperial to manufacture 20,000 b/d…

Canadian energy powerhouse Alberta plans to pay down government debt and cut income tax rates if a predicted windfall in oil and natural gas royalty revenue pans out, provincial officials said last week. Assuming oil and gas prices remain at current levels through the province’s fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2023, a new government…

The NEBC Connector, which would move around 98,000 b/d of Montney Shale liquid byproducts, has cleared a court hurdle erected last year that stiffened protection of Indigenous territory in northeastern British Columbia (BC). NorthRiver Midstream NEBC Connector GP Inc., a subsidiary of Brookfield Infrastructure LP, was seeking approval by the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) to…