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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U.S-Canada Natural Gas Trade Slowed Through September, Says DOE
Natural gas trade slowed in both directions between Canada and the United States during the first nine months of 2018, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
February 4, 2019
Canadian Supreme Court Says Provinces May Collect Oil/Gas Cleanup Costs from Bankrupt Firm’s Lenders
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday returned to provincial authorities the power to make banks and other lenders cover the costs of environmental cleanups if their clients in the oil and natural gas industry go bankrupt.
February 1, 2019
Alberta Easing Oil Production Cuts as Canadian Prices Rise
With prices fetched by Alberta heavy oil on the rise, the provincial government Wednesday reduced mandatory production cuts to 250,000 b/d from the 325,000 b/d ordered on Dec. 2.
January 31, 2019
Appalachia Natural Gas Squeezing Out Canadian Supply, Says TransCanada
TransCanada Corp. reported that shippers have cut long-term firm bookings for eastbound deliveries on its Mainline from Alberta and British Columbia to about 1 Bcf/d from 5 Bcf/d as competition from Appalachian natural gas has squeezed the system’s transportation contracts.
January 30, 2019
Alberta Offers Financial Backing for Proposed Oilsands Refinery
The Alberta government offered a C$440 million ($330 million) loan guarantee Tuesday to a proposed refining customer for Canada’s top industrial natural gas user, thermal oilsands production.
January 23, 2019
With Fracturing OK’d, Onshore Natural Gas Eyed in Australia’s Beetaloo Basin
Seeds for a new unconventional natural gas crop are being sown in Australia after repeal last year of a hydraulic fracturing moratorium opened up a fertile geological field in the southern continent’s counterpart to Alaska, the Northern Territory (NT).
January 23, 2019
LNG Canada Contracting for Kitimat Work
The value of construction contracts for Canada’s first entry into global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade has reached C$4.7 billion ($3.5 billion) after LNG Canada announced initial work awards for its terminal underway on the west coast.
January 23, 2019
Marine Expert Says Trans Mountain Crude Oil Tanker Traffic to Pose Little Danger
The Canadian government’s star marine safety expert says the west coast has little to fear from tankers that would be loaded with oil by the contested Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project for the country’s top natural gas user, Alberta thermal oilsands production.
January 18, 2019
BP Canada Narrows Focus in Scotian Deepwater Exploration Campaign
BP plc’s Canadian unit has narrowed its deepwater exploration campaign offshore of Nova Scotia by cutting the license area in half, but the oil major still holds drilling rights to 7,000 square kilometers (2,800 square miles) of Atlantic seabed.
January 17, 2019
SemGroup, KKR Form Canadian Midstream Company
Tulsa-based SemGroup Corp. has teamed up with KKR & Co. to buy into liquids-rich growth spots in Alberta and British Columbia (BC) shales, announcing on Thursday a takeover of the Calgary processing and pipeline firm, Meritage Midstream.
January 11, 2019