Prime Minister Carney’s statement on trade negotiations. Yes, they’ve gone kaput, and a press conference is expected to go live at 11 a.m. EDT.
I wonder what position our elbows are to be placed now?
Pipelines
A look back at the Keystone XL pipeline drama as Trump touts its potential revival
Trump boasts Keystone XL as trade talk win. It’s not clear it was ever off the table.
N.S. premier says U.S. trade dispute a ‘wake-up call’ for economic diversification
This thing is several times larger than the entire Saskatchewan grid
What does the mammoth Newfoundland/Quebec hydro and wind deal mean for Saskatchewan’s nuclear ambitions?
Trump pauses tariffs, deal may have been reached, and KXL
Posted on Donald Trump’s official Truth Social on Tuesday night:
“I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL! The great Keystone XL Pipeline, long ago killed by Sleepy Joe Biden, may be awoken from the grave! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”
Here’s what it means for Saskatchewan and the oil industry:
Trump says trade deal reached, and Keystone XL “May be awoken from the grave”
One is the loneliest number, again, for Alberta’s wind generation
Alberta’s fleet of 1,760 wind turbines hardly put out any power since mid-afternoon on Friday leading into at least late-morning on Saturday. And one, again, is the loneliest number when that’s the total amount of megawatts produced from the fleet of 1,760 turbines.
You know you were waiting for it
Pipeline Online Podcast is now on Spotify
Sometimes, when you’re a one man band, it’s hard to find time to play the trumpet while you’re also playing the tuba. And such, it has taken much longer than it should have to get the Pipeline Online Podcast connected with Spotify in such a way that included the video.
It only took about 20 hours to upload the back catalog.
Also:
The good professor wanted me to print a rebuttal. So I did.
Op-Ed: Brett Dolter: A rebuttal to coal analysis by Pipeline Online
and
Pembina Pipeline says West Coast pipeline stake fits into its broader strategy
How much? A zillion? Surely more than that!
NDP claim coal refurbishments will cost even more, while SaskPower minister tours Boundary Dam and Estevan mine
On a day when the Minister Responsible for SaskPower was touring the work done on the coal-fired Boundary Dam Power Station Unit 4 and the nearby Estevan coal mine, the Saskatchewan NDP was quoting another number, their highest yet, as an estimated cost of the coal refurbishments. But what are those numbers based on?
Pipeline Online digs into that analysis, and finds the scenarios each to have significant flaws.
Also:
Jim Warren: Why the biggest oil supply crisis in history hasn’t produced the highest crude prices in recent history
BREAKING: RM of Griffin approves Weyburn wind project
RM of Griffin approves Seven Stars, the contentious Weyburn wind project
What goes up is more than balloons
Pipeline Online Podcast Ep. 40: James Baker of Helium Evolution
Helium Evolution is an active player in the Saskatchewan helium space. Helium is one of the materials dramatically affected by the Iran War. James Baker is chair of Helium Evolution and one if its founders. It’s all about rockets, MRIs and high tech, not balloons.
Here’s a sample:
Also:
Construction begins on $4-billion Enbridge natural gas pipeline expansion in B.C.
Nemeth Report: US Grid Crisis Exposed Virtual Power Plants, NE Instability & Shorting the Grid with Meredith Angwin
About that most recent pipeline announcement …
Digging deep: Smith and Ford announce Northern Shield Energy Corridor pipeline
Call it Energy East 2.0, but kinda sorta, not really. There’s no Moosomin on-ramp like Energy East. It doesn’t make it past the Quebec border, yet. But it could possibly have offshoots to Churchill and maybe James Bay. This is the Saskatchewan perspective story on this pipeline
Also:
Finding a side hustle on TikTok, young Estevan man brings old headlights back to life and saved me $493.80
TMX, round 2
TMX 2? Trans Mountain 3? West Coast Pipeline to parallel existing Trans Mountain route, foregoing northern ports. In a case where going with the devil you know, the newly proposed West Coast Pipeline is expected to follow most of the Trans Mountain Pipeline right of way – you know, the one that saw TMX go from $7.5 billion to around $34 billion.
Yes, I did stay up until 5 a.m. writing this.
To hell with Trudeau’s policies?
Mark Carney’s video: Forward Guidance: Canada’s Energy Future
If you listen to the end, you’ll hear Carney essentially say Trudeau’s policies don’t work today.
Expect SK to be powering both SK and MB with large reactors.
Electrical intertie announcement indicates Saskatchewan will be building large reactors, and powering MB and SK
The implications for Saskatchewan, Estevan and even Weyburn are massive. I do an analysis at the tail end of the piece.
Also:
Jim Warren: Canada’s Liberals—dumber than Democrats on climate policy
Worked well with India…
Anand welcomes Turkish counterpart as two countries explore nuclear deal
For the record – back in the 60s or so, Canada did the same with a little place called India. And India promptly used the first reactor we built for them to develop their own nuclear weapons program. They have since iterated out their own version of the CANDU since we decided them building nukes with our tech wasn’t nice and sanctioned them for years. They said, “Thanks for the tech, and we’re going to keep building nukes, thank you very much.”
And since India built a nuclear weapon, Pakistan decided it needed its own. And they did. Then in 1998, both nations set off test bombs, after the first set in the 60s or 70s or so.
So your mileage may vary.
Also
Arctic roads, nuclear repository first to be designated as national interest projects
Zen and the art of EV maintenance???
Brian Crossman: Electric car fun. Do EVs have a soul?
Danielle Bucks?
Don’t expect Moe Bucks anytime soon.
Go fetch a switch!
Jim Warren: Carney’s best moves: facilitate construction of oil pipelines to tidewater and take his environmental caucus to the woodshed
Iran war is a wake-up call for Southeast Asia’s energy sector, IEA report says
They said “this event is closed off to the media to allow for a fulsome conversation.” I went anyhow.
Pipeline Online attends NDP Grid and Growth town hall in Moose Jaw that media weren’t invited to.
And if I was to record the event, they asked that I leave.
In asking hard questions about the NDP’s numbers for the cost of natural gas fuel, no hard numbers were given in reply.
Is it over?
Is it over? Deal is reached to end Iran war and Trump orders stop to US naval blockade. From the Associated Press.
Aw, shucks
Former government net-zero adviser ‘disappointed’ by Carney’s commitment to climate
Pipeline Online Podcast, Ep. 37: Andrew Scheer, federal energy update
Another European utility looks to lock down supply from Ksi Lisims LNG