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Canada’s top oil and natural gas companies on Monday launched a national appeal for the federal and provincial governments to respond to tax cuts and deregulation in the United States.

Vows in the Canadian fossil fuel industry to go on a low-carbon diet have spread beyond Alberta thermal oilsands production into British Columbia (BC) natural gas.

Discounted cross-country pipeline tolls, scheduled to start Nov. 1, will enable Western Canadian natural gas suppliers to take back eastern sales lost to shale production in the United States, predicted the Alberta Department of Energy.

A decade of northern technology adaptation has evolved Alberta and British Columbia shale drilling into a match for rival gas-prone areas of the United States, producers told investment managers Thursday.

The combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing will make natural gas an abundant, low-cost item for generations to come, according to a Canadian architect of North American energy free trade.

U.S. importers bought more but paid less for Canadian natural gas last year, according to the 2016 annual trade record from the U.S. Department of Energy.

A Canadian Liberal government-appointed inquiry called Monday for replacement of the National Energy Board (NEB), doubling the time allowed for energy project reviews, and an aboriginal role in approval decisions.

Canadian governments and industry are reviving the oldest fuel — wood — for a natural gas substitute billed as contributing to commitments to make the country a moral leader in arresting global climate change.

High technology and big investments required by shale drilling are cutting the number of Canadian companies capable of operating natural gas wells, according to an industry population count by the National Energy Board (NEB).