Blog: BC Premier hailed for supporting LNG
BC Premier David Eby is drawing high praise these days for what sounds like a near-biblical conversion to the cause of LNG development in BC. But while it’s true that his BC New Democratic Party once derided BC’s LNG hopes as “a cloud of pixie dust,” David Eby himself was never publicly opposed in practice….
Blog: High hopes for hydrogen and ammonia in Alberta
The Alliance supports forms of energy development other than natural gas, including hydrogen. Hence this feature, first published by Resource Works: Development in Canada of hydrogen as a “clean” fuel and resource has been slower than generally hoped for — but Alberta is trying to set a pioneering pace. “Hydrogen represents a significant economic opportunity…
Montney’s natural gas is a crown jewel
No wonder that Resource Works founder and CEO, Stewart Muir, called the Montney natural-gas reserves in Canada “British Columbia’s economic crown jewel.” The Montney Formation in BC and Aberta has an area of 130,000 km², about the size of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia combined. That’s roughly two-thirds the size of the famed Permian Basin in…
Energy leader, with Indigenous engagement
Ottawa sees Canada as a new energy superpower This report is from Arc Energy Institute’s latest podcast, an interview by Jackie Forrest with Tim Hodgson, federal minister of energy and natural resources. Hodgson begins with this: “I think Canada’s having a moment in the sun. . . . We are in a different world today….
Blog: Federal outlook bright for LNG exports
After 10 years of federal reluctance to push energy exports, the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has been signalling things will change. And now comes a new outlook from the Canada Energy Regulator that sees our natural-gas use, driven by LNG exports, growing by 47 per cent by 2050, and perhaps as much as…