Federal $2B contribution to Ontario nuclear project has major implications for Saskatchewan
Everything energy in the Saskatchewan Speech from the Throne
You put your right foot in, you pull your right foot out
Lithium in SK, Part 41: ROK Resources Inc. is out of the lithium game, and privatizing as a strictly oil company.
No good deed …
Odd, I know someone who worked for a TMX contractor who spent days rescuing people by helicopter during those floods….
Trans Mountain faces $292k environmental fines after 2024 B.C. rainstorm: regulator
Time to make bank
So it turns out Alberta often gives away power for free when there’s lots of wind, and pays through the nose when there’s no wind. Unfortunately for the last year the only intertie connecting Alberta and Saskatchewan grids has been down. In the coming days it should be back, and Saskatchewan will again have the opportunity to make bank off Alberta’s interesting buy high, sell low strategy.
We won’t be screwed again
The Churchill Falls agreement in the 1970s was one of the most lopsided imaginable, with Quebec getting thousands of megawatts of energy for a fixed price that today is so negligible to be almost considered free. Yet Newfoundland has all but starved in the decades hence. That agreement is now being renegotiated and was a major point in Tuesday’s election.
In other words, the Newfies just voted for a government that’s not going to let them get screwed again.
And for perspective, at 5428 megawatts, Churchill Falls is capable of producing more power than every single generator in Saskatchewan – coal, natural gas, wind, solar, hydro, biomass and the kitchen sink – combined.
Also:
B.C. Premier Eby says lifting the tanker ban would sink billions in ‘real’ projects
Is 3 % enough?
Lithium in SK, Part 40: In depth with Energy and Resources Minister on new lithium royalty scheme.
Consider this: if lithium production is successful and ends up with a billion dollars in revenue per year, that would result in only $30 million per year to the province.
Break out the baloney!
Just in case you were wondering…
If your turkey relied on wind power this Thanksgiving in Alberta, you’d be eating baloney sandwiches
Also:
Energy Realities Podcast: China v. America on Rare Earth and Critical Energy Minerals
Dr. Tammy Nemeth says, “In the end, who is the beneficiary of not allowing the West to build up its supply chains? It’s China.”
Maybe Saskatchewan needs to get moving on that whole rare earths thing. Lithium, too. Gotta power those iPhones.
The population bomb is going bust
Weekend Watch: The Age of Depopulation With Nicholas Eberstadt. What will the energy industry and landscape look like in a world where population decline is almost universal? Think about that as you watch this fascinating discussion about the reality no one is talking about – population decline.
https://pipelineonline.ca/weekend-watch-the-age-of-depopulation-with-nicholas-eberstadt/
Getting the ball rolling
Danielle Smith says Alberta will be proponent for Pacific pipeline, for now. Here’s Pipeline Online’s deep dive, including Saskatchewan persepective.
Smith says Alberta will be proponent for Pacific pipeline, for now
Change is a constant in the universe, but many oilfield services are feeling the brunt of it
My stomach has been tied up in knots for months as to whether I should write this story. In Saskatchewan, most of the oilfield jobs are in the oilfield services. And I’ve had more conversations than I can count as to “why things are slow.” It’s not just oil prices, which aren’t great. There is a major technological change that is happening that is impacting much of the industry. I finally decided people need to know what is actually going on in as fulsome way as possible.
I’ve always told my kids, “Do you want me to sugar coat things or tell it to you straight?” They’ve always wanted it straight. So that’s what I’m doing here.
The ‘next big thing’ is big multi-lateral wells – but the impact is devastating to many oilfield services
Being played…
Jim Warren: We’re being played: It will take a political earthquake to get an oil pipeline to Prince Rupert
For less than a Timbit…
… the entire province of Alberta was powered for 16 hours on Sunday.
You see, when wind does okay, never mind great, NO ONE GETS PAID. And the problem with no one making money is no one is making money. That doesn’t last very long.
Also, on the topic of reliable power:
Energy Minister visits Steel Reef Viewfield, sees implementation of gas-fired power generation
Lithium demo plant in the works, drill baby drill
Lithium in SK, Part 36: EMP Metals gets Sask Critical Minerals Program support, permits, and starts construction on Viewfield demo plant.
Also:
About that CEO letter to Build Canada Now…
Drilling rig report sees busier northwest Saskatchewan
Build Canada Now
Energy CEOs send another open letter to Carney, urging “Build Canada Now”. The list of signatories keeps getting longer…
On nuclear:
SIMSA to lead study to strengthen Saskatchewan’s nuclear supply chain
And for the masses:
Roughriders and Co-op partner to deliver “Community Zone” at Mosaic Stadium
War chest
Jim Warren: Carney Liberals could provide opponents of petroleum and pipelines with a $1.0 billion war chest
Not sure if I posted this earlier, but take a look at Nova Scotia’s attempt to be the Fort Mac of wind generation for the country:
Nova Scotia estimates initial capital cost of Wind West at $60 billion
Castles and Barbies
Michael Zwaagstra: Your home should be your castle
Oh, and it turns out Climate Change you-know-who has a book about her time in government. And it turns out the implementation of the carbon tax, and the home heating oil exemption, was not all it was cracked up to be. Who woulda thunk it?
No More Pipelines
Pipeline Online Podcast Ep. 17: Andrew Roman – climate activist litigation using children and the Charter
Retired lawyer Andrew Roman joins the Pipeline Online Podcast to talk about the recent trend in climate change activist lawfare to use children as their frontmen and Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He may have been the guy to come up with the phrase “No More Pipelines Act.” That one seems to have stuck.
Must be due to global warming, clearly
Why Atlantic hurricane season has gone silent.
It’s the time for peak hurricane season. You know, the ones that are supposed to get more numerous and more powerful due to my SUV, pickup truck, and the two coal fired power plants near Estevan? And yet there is nary a hurricane to be found…
CNN is tying itself up in knots.
Clearly, it is due to global warming caused by said coal plants.
That’s one way to lose an election
Brian Zinchuk: How messing with power pricing will get the Alberta UCP unelected in a few easy steps.
Some poor bastards, also known as the Alberta ratepayers and Alberta industry, get to pay those rates. And just as sometimes the wholesale price goes to $999.99 per megawatt-hour now, it will go to $2999.99 per megawatt-hour in 2032. And somebody has to pay that. If you live in Wild Rose country, that somebody will be you.
Oh, and the NDP point out, correctly, that oil prices are a lot lower than the Saskatchewan budget predicted.
About those EVs…
Bronwyn Eyre: Why the federal EV mandate must be scrapped for good