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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LNG Canada Scores Grants to Support BC Job Growth
LNG Canada, the pioneer Canadian natural gas export project on the Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC), scored C$275 million ($206 million) in grants Monday from the Liberal government in Ottawa.
June 25, 2019
Canada Energy Industry Slams new Regulatory Regime as ‘No More Pipelines Bill’
Raised regulatory hurdles and expanded roles for critics confront the Canadian fossil fuel industry under hotly contested legislation that the national Liberal government passed in the final hours of the 2019 session of Parliament.
June 24, 2019
Hurdles Remain for Trans Mountain Despite Government’s Latest Approval
After escalating into the most extensive native consultations ever on a Canadian project, the Aboriginal rights duel over the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion stopped short of conceding power to any tribe.
June 20, 2019
Trudeau Government Green Lights Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Expansion
After 67 inconclusive months, Canada’s pipeline regulatory ordeal advanced a political step Tuesday when the Liberal government in Ottawa granted approval for a second time to the 590,000 b/d Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion.
June 19, 2019
Robust Natural Gas Growth Seen Likely for Canadian Oilsands Plants
Natural gas use by thermal oilsands plants could grow almost as fast as their bitumen production over the next 10 years, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) predicted.
June 13, 2019
Court Victory for Keystone XL Said Too Late for Work This Year
TC Energy Corp. won a procedural skirmish in the courts for its Keystone XL oil export pipeline proposal, but the victory has come too late for construction to start this year.
June 11, 2019
Enbridge Line 5 Replacement Dispute Shifts to Michigan Courtroom
A court case has erupted over the future of Enbridge Inc.’s 540,000 b/d oil export Line 5 after negotiations failed to settle a Michigan dispute about its four-mile underwater leg across the Straits of Mackinac.
June 10, 2019
Corridor Resources Seeks Permit to Frack in New Brunswick
An eastern contender stepped forward Thursday to be the pioneer of natural gas hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in New Brunswick under a new regulation that enables regional exemptions to be granted from the province’s five-year-old ban.
June 10, 2019
British Columbia Sets Deadlines to Clean Up Thousands of Dormant Wells
In an environmental first for the western Canadian fossil fuel industry, British Columbia (BC) has set deadlines and public participation requirements for cleanups of depleted natural gas and oil wells.
June 7, 2019
Minnesota Appeals Court Decision Could Extend Enbridge Line 3 Replacement Timeline
A Minnesota legal verdict Monday ordered additional environmental review for Enbridge Inc.’s oil export Line 3 pipeline replacement, raising fears that the one-year delay already holding back the $9-billion project will grow longer.
June 4, 2019