West Texas Intermediate is at its lowest point in over a year. This, despite the Ukraine war still going on, and supertankers being targeted in the Red Sea.
That didn’t work
Wind, unreliable. Really? Yup
Resurgence around Lloydminster, Drill, baby, drill!
With the Lloydminster Heavy Oil Show coming up next week on Sept. 11-12, it’s apt to point out there’s more drilling activity happening just outside of Lloyd than there has been in many years.
These surge of new drilling just within spitting distance of the upgrader is a new development. We haven’t seen that level of activity in that immediate area in probably 10 years, maybe more. I don’t know if it is directly related to the multilateral drilling program, but I suspect it is. I hope to find out when I’m up in Lloyd.
Also, I’ll be on the Evan Bray Show on CJME/CKOM at 10 a.m. from in studio on Wednesday. I hope to ask callers what energy issues they’d like to see addressed in the upcoming election, and talking about the Lloydminster developments.
Still fighting Bill C-59
Op-Ed: Deidra Garyk’s Bill C-59 submission to Competition Bureau
Energy advocate Deidra Garyk made the following submission to the Competition Bureau regarding Bill C-59, which came into law in late June. That law is an egregious assault on free speech in this nation, and Pipeline Online vehemently opposes it, as should you.
Also:
Crown land sale shows interest in three areas, but none in the fourth. Hate to say it, but it looks like southwest Saskatchewan is withering on the vine.
Taxes in Alberta
Quick Dick McDick takes on the rail strike/lockout. Much truth ensues
Quick Dick McDick: Canada rail strike/lockout
What is the point of an economy if a few thousand people can shut down the entire economy??? Those are my words. Quick Dick’s are much harsher.
Two podcasts and a column
Brian Zinchuk on Evan Bray: Drilling activity, critical minerals, lithium, helium and roads
This podcast interviews a Regina-based oilman.
Trevor Rose Podcast: Dean Popil, Lex Capital CEO
And for something completely different:
In the spirit of “Get off my lawn!” I’ve realized that we need an entirely new feature, required by law, built into all new electronic devices of importance.
Call it the “dumb mode.”
I am Spartacus!
Brian Crossman: I Am Spartacus, Part Two (Bill C-59 Edition)
The amendments to Bill C-59 are aimed at “greenwashing” meaning you or your company could be charged with making false statements regarding positive climate action. The bigger goal is to prevent companies from stating the inconvenient truth that they are making significant gains on pollution.
Imagine that…
Solar produces zero power 20 nights in a row. This was indeed confirmed by SaskPower.
Also:
TC Energy eyes data centre growth as potential opportunity
CNRL curtailing production from new natural gas wells as low prices persist
If you own it, do you protest it?
Brian Zinchuk: Do pipeline owners protest pipelines? First Nations buy in, literally
Precision Drilling attributes Canadian rig demand growth to Trans Mountain pipeline
If they own pipelines, will they protest pipelines?
Will this put an end to most Indigenous opposition to pipelines? TC Energy signs deal to sell minority stake in pipeline to Indigenous groups.
Also:
Energy Realities Podcast: Energy and the Olympics
Ottawa announces more than $192 million for Nova Scotia clean energy projects
Saturn has four drilling rigs going in the field, three of which are in Sask
Because of course they do
We just built the damned pipeline…
Drill, baby, drill?
Drill, baby, drill: Trump promises energy dominance, but lower energy prices
The last time, that didn’t work out so well for Saskatchewan oil and gas. The depths of the seven year oil downturn which devastated the Saskatchewan oil and gas industry included all four of the Trump years the last time around. While oil low prices benefited consumers and large portions of the economy, they also had a significant impact on Saskatchewan oil companies and particularly oilfield service companies. Activity levels, vendor rates, employment and employee remuneration were all deeply affected by the low energy price policies.
This is NOT an endorsement of Biden by any means, but simply a reflection on what did happen during the last Trump presidency.
Risk power shortages and grid instability
In the continuing Clean Electricity Regulations series, we have the first of two stories from Cenovus, Saskatchewan’s largest oil producer:
Clean Electricity Regulations: Cenovus Energy (Overview) – a much more detailed piece will be published tomorrow.
“In Saskatchewan specifically, we are concerned that the tight timelines required to adhere to the CER will risk power shortages and grid instability.” – Cenovus
Also:
Lithium land sale brings in just under $6 million as SE Sask area grows
and:
From Associated Press, Trump wants to cut taxes and pump more oil
In defense of populism
Jim Warren: In defense of populism: it’s a timeless prairie tradition
Also:
Brian Zinchuk on Evan Bray: C-59 and free speech, Oil and Gas 20 and 30, and more
And:
Ugg. The Canadian Press writes about oil and gas haters trying another way to financially choke the oil and gas industry Climate advocacy group calls out property insurers for fossil fuel support.
Climate advocacy group calls out property insurers for fossil fuel support
To hell with the naysayers
Crowdsourcing a curriculum for the new Oil & Gas 20 and 30 high school classes
The columnists with the Leader-Post and StarPhoenix were aghast that the oil and gas sector would have input into crafting a course. To hell with them. This is an opportunity.
Will you help?
1979 on the way to 1984
Individuals – disgruntled employees, eco-activists, bored people – can go onto the Competition Bureau’s website and fill in the complaint form for the Bureau to decide whether or not to investigate. The unelected, unaccountable bureaucracy will decide who will and will not be investigated.
As I keep saying, this is 1979 on the way to 1984. We might even be in 1980 by now.
It’s not 2024, it’s 1984
The reaction was fast and furious to this horrible intrusion on freedom of speech.
There is no way in hell Pipeline Online will be censored in this manner. I did not wear an air force officer’s reservist’s uniform for seven years to be gagged by my own federal government. A lot of companies, and individuals, feel the same. Here’s their statements:
Oilpatch to Ottawa: To hell with your gag law.
Here’s first evidence of the new law in action. It wasn’t the last.
Pathways Alliance oilsands group removes all website, social media content
Also:
Alberta environment minister unworried by movement toward methane tariffs
Top 10 Saskatchewan conventional oil wells for April