NEB approves BC LNG, second Kitimat LNG project
Robin Rowland, North Coast Energy News, February 2, 2012
The National Energy Board has approved a 20-year-export licence for Kitimat’s second LNG project, known as BC LNG. A NEB news release says:
Analysts slash price forecasts for natural gas
Joseph Silha, Reuters, Globe and Mail, Jan. 31, 2012
The average price of U.S. natural gas in 2012 should hit its lowest level in 13 years as mild winter weather slashes demand and record production weighs heavily on the market for most of the year, a Reuters poll found.
Natural gas fuelling new economic opportunities
News Release, Premier's Office, Feb 3 2012
VANCOUVER - Premier Christy Clark today announced British Columbia's natural gas strategy will be established on a foundation of four priorities for long-term economic prosperity under the BC Jobs Plan.
Clark softens approach to sustainability as part of B.C.'s new energy strategy
By Jonathan Fowlie, Vancouver Sun, February 3, 2012
VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark is making over her predecessors approach to energy self sufficiency to help make way for a significant expansion in the production of liquefied natural gas.
B.C. abandons self-sufficient energy plan
Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail, Feb. 03, 2012
Victoria — British Columbia will abandon its current commitment to move the province back to a position of energy self-sufficiency, Premier Christy Clark is announcing today.
The watered-down version of the policy is being rolled out as part of a new energy strategy aimed at fuelling a new liquefied natural gas industry.
Sign BOLD Nebraska's "Thanks for Stopping the Pipeline" poster to President Obama
BOLD Nebraska, January 18, 2012
President Obama made the monumental announcement that he is denying TransCanada's permit request to build the Keystone XL export pipeline. BOLD thanks "all the farmers, ranchers, urbanites, treehuggers, grandmas, students, artists, business owners and everyone in between who made this happen. All of your work writing letters, sending emails, calling, getting arrested, surrounding the Governor's Mansion, and testifying at State Department hearings led to this right decision for our country, land and water."
To sign the card, please fill out the form on BOLD's website.
U.S. rejects Keystone XL but lets TransCanada reapply
Shawn McCarthy & Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail, Jan. 18, 2012
OTTAWA, CALGARY — The Obama administration has turned down TransCanada Corp.’s (TRP-T41.89-0.47-1.11%) proposed Keystone XL project, but has invited the company to reapply for a permit once it has finished rerouting the pipeline around an ecologically sensitive area of Nebraska.
TransCanada to reapply for Keystone XL permit
JournalStar.com (Lincoln, Nebraska), January 18, 2012
President Barack Obama says he's denying an application for the Keystone XL pipeline because a GOP-mandated deadline didn't allow time for a full review.
Keystone XL Pipeline Would Be Hard to Kill, Analysts Say
Neela Banerjee, McClatchy News Report, January 16, 2012
“Americans’ thirst for oil probably will push the administration and TransCanada Corp. to find a way to transport Canadian crude across the United States even if it’s not through a pipeline called Keystone XL, industry analysts said.”
How Much Liquefied Natural Gas Should the US Export?
Stuart Burns, Ag Metal Miner, January 12, 2012
Capitalism is a wonderful thing. It can create so much wealth, spur so much research and progress that we sometimes take on blind faith that unrestrained pursuit of profit is a good thing.
Chevron: Offshore rig near Nigeria's oil-rich delta catches fire; search for workers ongoing
By Yinka Ibukun, The Associated Press, Canadian Business, January 16, 2012
LAGOS, Nigeria - An offshore rig exploring possible deep-water oil and gas fields off Nigeria's coast for Chevron Corp. caught fire Monday, and the oil company said officials were still trying to account for all those working there.
As deadline nears, friends and foes of Keystone XL pipeline step up campaigns
By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, January 14, 2012
As next month’s deadline nears for the Obama administration to make a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, interest groups on both sides have launched aggressive campaigns aimed at swaying public opinion.
The Expert's Report that Damns the Northern Gateway Pipeline
By Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca, 12 Jan 2012
Veteran energy analyst David Hughes calculates three reasons the project is bad for Canada.
The Northern Gateway Pipeline will explosively increase the scale of oil sands production at a level not in the national interest, says David Hughes, one of Canada's foremost energy analysts.
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Slow pace of project approval forces Chinese companies into waiting game
By Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, January 5, 2012
Chinese energy companies, at one time eager to see the Northern Gateway project completed quickly so they could access production from the Alberta oilsands, are now taking a longer, more patient view, according to a China expert.
Hundreds pack Northern Gateway pipeline hearing
CBC News, Jan 10, 2012
$5.5B Enbridge project would send oilsands crude to Kitimat, B.C.
Hundreds of people attended the opening day of public hearings that may determine the fate of a controversial plan to build the Northern Gateway pipeline to the West Coast from Alberta's oilsands in the First Nations community of Kitamaat Village, B.C.
Feds play risky game with pro-pipeline talk
By Barbara Yaffe, Vancouver Sun, January 10, 2012
Remarks about 'radical' groups hijacking regulatory process raises thorny questions about impartiality of Northern Gateway Project review
9:9 Kitimat torn by risks, rewards
By Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, January 10, 2012
Indecision reigns as hearings to open
A big part of Tracey John Hittel wants to support Enbridge's proposed $5.5-billion Northern Gateway twin oil and condensate pipelines.
But as public hearings on the project begin in his community today, he is torn.
8:9 Cultural divide: a tale of two provinces
By Peter O'Neil & Trish Audette, Vancouver Sun, January 9, 2012
Alberta champions project, while B.C. weighs economic reward with environmental risks
7:9 What if a supertanker tanks?
By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun, January 8, 2012
Seventh in a series
Two-tug escorts. Double-hulled tankers. Radar at critical stretches of coastline. A spill-response capability more than three times greater than now required by Transport Canada.
6:9 Oil spills costly to companies and environment, yet seem inevitable despite technology
By LARRY PYNN, Vancouver Sun, January 6, 2012
Sixth in a series
The transport of oil is big money. But so is a pipeline spill — something Enbridge Inc., proponent of the $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline project, knows painfully well.
5:9 Northern B.C. business community gives tepid support to pipeline project
By GORDON HOEKSTRA, Vancouver Sun, January 4, 2012
Fifth in a series
The Kitimat Terrace Industrial Development Society stands out as the lone business group intervener in northern B.C. offering unqualified support for Enbridge’s proposed $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline.
4:9 Environmental groups line up star power against Northern Gateway pipeline
By GORDON HOEKSTRA, Vancouver Sun, January 3, 2012
Fourth in a series: Opponents run gamut from well-funded U.S. advocates to small-budget local operations
3:9 First nations fiercely opposed to Northern Gateway
By GORDON HOEKSTRA, Vancouver Sun, January 3, 2012
Third in a series: While bands support projects involving natural gas and mines, oil spill threats raise red flags
The Gitga’at First Nation has been saying no to the Northern Gateway pipeline project since 2006.
2:9 Enbridge is a Canadian success story
By Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, January 3, 2012
Energy company with a long history in Alberta prides itself on environmental stewardship
