Canada

Canadians will buy American if the United States border stays open for natural gas and oil flows, according to a defense of free trade crafted by the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI).

The southern gale of shale production propelled by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing has blown rich deposits on Canada’s northern frontier off the North American natural gas market, according to the National Energy Board (NEB).

Improved commodity prices and a shift in investment emphasis are fueling a partial recovery by Canadian natural gas and oil drilling this year, according to the voice of the industry’s service, supply and manufacturing companies.

TransCanada Corp. announced plans Friday for a C$160-million (US$128-million) addition to its natural gas mainline’s delivery service across Ontario, Quebec and the northeastern United States.

Canadian industry kept a path to project approvals through the maze of aboriginal constitutional rights and power claims in landmark judicial verdicts Wednesday on energy development disputes in Ontario and Nunavut.

Pacific NorthWest LNG canceled plans Tuesday to build a C$11.4 billion ($9 billion) liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the Pacific coast of British Columbia, citing unfavorable overseas market conditions.

Canada’s Atlantic provinces are sliding into dependence on imports after banning horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to tap their natural gas deposits, said an industry- and government-supported agency.

The U.S. oil and natural gas rig count held steady for the week ended July 14, while Canada gained back what it lost the week before and then some, according to data released Friday by Baker Hughes Inc.

Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry told his Mexican counterpart on Thursday that he wants to streamline the permitting process for cross-border energy infrastructure, including natural gas pipelines, calling them “absolutely vital facilitators of energy trade.”