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CleanChoice Energy launches renewable energy broker program
CleanChoice Energy, a renewable energy company providing 100% clean electricity to customers across the country, has launched the CleanChoice Energy Broker Program. The new program allows energy brokers and consultants

Canada dreams closer to coming true as Shell ramps up in Kitimat
A flurry of activity in a remote Canadian town is raising optimism that Royal Dutch Shell Plc and its partners are ready to go ahead with the nation’s largest infrastructure project: a $40 billion (US$30 billion) LNG..

'Goose bumps' in Kitimat as Shell ramps up activity towards LNG Canada
A flurry of activity in a remote Canadian town is raising optimism that Royal Dutch Shell Plc and its partners are ready to go ahead with the nation’s largest infrastructure project: a C$40 billion LNG terminal that....

Momentum builds for LNG Canada as pipeline workcamp contract awarded
Civeo says it has been awarded contracts to supply temporary work camps at four locations along the Coastal GasLink pipeline from Dawson Creek, B.C., to the west coast of B.C., on the condition that the liquefied natural

Desalting Adds Value for Enhanced Oil Recovery
A recent produced water treatment pilot test for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) polymer waterflooding suggests that operators could save 50 percent on polymer costs. The technology that enabled these results was a next

The New Mantra of US Shale Oil Producers
The well-known story goes like this: last fall US shale producers and major shareholders met in New York. From a tall tower overlooking Manhattan, investors demanded that the hydraulic frackers start prioritizing...

ReVision Energy’s social mission fosters customer referrals across the Northeast
Picture this: A 15-year-old solar company with 250 employees, expanding into new markets and battling the PUC for solar mandates. Are we in California? Nevada? Nope, we’re in Maine. “Maine has a real rugged, independent

CEO of US oil and gas play Carrizo flags an unusual problem for drillers: Water
The Permian Basin, the largest shale oil-producing region in the United States, is on a path to become one of the world's largest oilfields, an unusual problem is bubbling up: a surplus of water.

Trump orders 'immediate steps' to boost coal, nuclear plants
President Donald Trump on Friday directed Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take "immediate steps" to bolster struggling coal-fired and nuclear power plants to keep them open, calling it a matter of national and economic

How DoneGood Is Creating The Amazon of Social Good
If you’re a socially conscious consumer, how can you find brands and products that share your values? Well, you could rely on word-of-mouth from your friends and family, or scour the web looking for positively reviewed

There's No 'Silver Bullet' With Produced Water
Although proportions vary and worldwide data are incomplete, water makes up a significant volume of the production from wells. To provide some idea of the magnitude of water involved, the Produced Water Society – citing

Apollo Is Said to Confidentially File for New Pipeline SPAC
Apollo Global Management LLC has formed an energy-focused blank-check company to invest in oil and gas pipeline infrastructure in North America, according to people familiar with the matter. The New York-based firm has

Thumbs Up for Canada
Who should be the supplier of choice for the world’s 100-million-barrel-a-day oil needs? Should there be a merit order ascribed to producers? We rank ballroom dancers and wannabe singers on television. Restaurants,..

Magellan Midstream to expand western section of Texas pipeline system
Magellan Midstream Partners plans to expand the western leg of its refined petroleum products pipeline system in Texas to handle incremental shipments of gasoline and diesel fuel to demand centers in Abilene, Midland...

Keyera acquires U.S. liquids terminal business
Keyera Energy Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Keyera Corp., has entered into an agreement to acquire a logistics and liquids blending terminal located near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The announcement comes less than ten days

PETRONAS takes equity position in LNG Canada project
Shell Canada Energy, PetroChina Kitimat LNG Partnership, Diamond LNG Canada Ltd. and Kogas Canada LNG Ltd. announced that Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) will take an equity position in the LNG Canada development...

OPEC’s Carbon Tax
It’s a worldwide carbon tax that every post-Paris-Agreement policy wonk could hope for: The equivalent of a C$ 70 per-tonne-of-CO2 tax on gasoline.We can’t attribute the levy to any environmental political will. Oil....

Husky finds oil offshore Canada, China
Husky Energy has made two oil discoveries, one offshore Newfoundland and the other in the South China Sea.The White Rose A-24 exploratory well, drilled 10 km (6.2 mi) north of the SeaRose FPSO, encountered more than 85

LNG Canada committed to starting construction on project in 2018: CEO
The chief executive of the LNG Canada project on British Columbia’s northern coast said on Tuesday that the company was committed to starting construction on the C$40 billion ($31.1 billion) liquefied natural gas export

Enbridge to sell US midstream business for $1.12 billion
Enbridge (US) Inc., has agreed to sell Midcoast Operating LP and its subsidiaries to AL Midcoast Holdings LLC, an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners LLC, for $1.12 billion in cash. The Midcoast businesses conduct...

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