Provincial

Producers will save up to C$170 million (US$160 million) due to the first step alone in a planned series of reforms to Alberta natural gas and oilfield regulation, the provincial energy department predicts.

British Columbia’s sale Wednesday of oil and natural gas rights set new records and put the province on track to smash a previous annual sales high of C$1.2 billion, provincial authorities said.

Echoing what many states in the West are establishing as energy and environmental goals, British Columbia Wednesday unveiled a provincial energy plan seeking zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and acquiring at least half of incremental power supplies through conservation programs. “BC Energy Plan: A Vision for Clean Energy Leadership” is designed to make the westernmost Canadian province a leader in developing clean energy.

Echoing what many states in the West are establishing as energy and environmental goals, British Columbia Wednesday unveiled a provincial energy plan seeking zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and acquiring at least half of incremental power supplies through conservation programs. “BC Energy Plan: A Vision for Clean Energy Leadership” is designed to make the westernmost Canadian province a leader in developing clean energy.

Rapid industrial and commercial gas demand growth around Saskatoon, SK, has prompted provincial gas utility TransGas to launch a $35 million natural gas storage project near the town of Asquith.

Rapid industrial and commercial gas demand growth around Saskatoon, SK, has prompted provincial gas utility TransGas to launch a $35 million natural gas storage project near the town of Asquith.

Five months after its plan to lay distribution pipelines under the shoulders of Nova Scotia’s provincial highways was denied, Sempra Atlantic Gas has notified the Nova Scotia government and the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) that the company intends to surrender its gas distribution franchise in the province.

Five months after its plan to lay natural gas pipeline for its distribution system under the shoulders of Nova Scotia’s provincial highways was denied, Sempra Energy’s Sempra Atlantic Gas unit has notified the Nova Scotia government and the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) that the company intends to surrender its natural gas distribution franchise in the province.

In hearings begun last week concerning the inter-provincial boundary dispute between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador — which could ultimately decide how oil and gas reserves offshore should be divided — Nova Scotia’s legal team told the arbitration tribunal that the current line is an “equitable offshore boundary,” and — “all other considerations are subordinate.”