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Many oil companies in Canada are reducing drilling projects owing to changes in oil prices. The government has announced a transitional, lower royalty for new oil wells. Statistics on oil and gas fields operations are also presented.

The potential of tar sands of Alberta in becoming the largest source of oil in the world and huge investments of Canadian companies to mine for the oil there are discussed.

Canadian research and government investments in clean coal technology is discussed.

Rise in Canadian oil drilling operations due to increase in oil prices and fall in gas drilling, in view of fluctuations on gas prices, is discussed.

Canada is identified to have abundant resources of crude oil and bitumen. The market opportunity for Canadian bitumen in Kansas, Oklahoma, and on the US Gulf Coast is focused and the issues concerned with the upgrading and transportation of Alberta bitumen are discussed.

The heart of North American commerce in the energy sector is the Canadian and Mexican trade with the United States. Rising demand for resources requires cooperation of countries.

JUST A few years ago, electricity market reform appeared unstoppable, destined to transform the worldwide electricity sector into a competitive, efficient, and customer-responsive industry. Countries and jurisdictions around the world [...]

Most energy experts believe that coal will become the most important source of energy in the future. Nearly 47% of the electricity in the world is produced by burning coal, and coal is the second most important source of electrical generation in Canada. Canada is the fifth-largest coal exporter in the world, with coal exports valued at $2.1 billion in 1989. Coal reserves should be able to last more than 200 years at 1990 production levels, compared to 50 years for oil and gas reserves. The environmental issues to be considered when burning coal include global warming and acid rain. The methods of burning coal cleanly include implementing control processes during combustion, and treating flue gases after combustion. Additional research is needed to determine the effects of coal-burning on the environment and to promote more effective decision making., In the new Age of the Environment there are some who think coal has no future. Yet most energy analysts agree that by early in the next century, coal will [...]

The increasing demand for biodiesel and bioethanol in Canada is attributed to their cost-effectiveness and suitability to existing infrastructure. Canada's renewable energy policies are also expected to influence biofuel production. The trends within the Canadian biofuel industry are examined.

Canada's plan to make use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to manage the country's growing concern over greenhouse-gas emissions are discussed. There are matters to be considered before CCS takes place as there are still no clear policy signals from the government, and there is also the issue of who is supposed to be responsible to keeping the carbon safely underground if CSS is actualized. Beliefs of advocates and opponents on the CCS plans are also presented.

The Memorandum of Understanding signed on May 10, 2004 by Ken Vollman, Chairman of Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) and Pat Wood III, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory [...]

For energy pundits who believe North America is an overworked, mature basin, that's literally and figuratively running out of gas, there's a plethora of emerging Calgary junior oils, private and [...]

Canadians enjoy one of the most energy-intensive economies on Earth. This makes life very pleasant indeed in what would otherwise be a cold, dark country for half the year. Much [...]

Canada's huge wind energy potential and favorable government incentives are making wind energy a viable and competitive source of electricity in the country. The Canada Center for Mineral and Energy Technology projects a market potential of 985 MW of wind capacity by the year 2004, mainly in Quebec and Newfoundland. However, numerous wind energy projects are currently being pursued in other provinces, most notably Alberta, where three wind farms are now operating., Independent power producers are building four major wind farms in Alberta and Quebec, and developing projects in Ontario and other provinces which are now beginning to exploit Canada's formidable wind [...]

Byline: Robert Curran Theres a recovery in Canada, but driven by oil prices as the hoped-for recovery in gas prices never occurred. Vol. 232 No. 2 SPECIAL FOCUS: OUTLOOK 2011 [...]

Canada's energy utilities have recently undergone significant changes. One of these was the emergence of the trend toward the 'unbundling' of services after utilities were mandated to separate the activities of gas purchasing, pipeline transportation, local distribution and storage. Another notable change is the advent of gas brokers who target residential customers based on the latter's ability to purchase gas at a lower price than the utilities. Probably a more exciting development for regulators is the increasing use of incentives by utilities to encourage customers to consume less energy. This raises that possibility that regulators will not only be monitoring utilities, but the utilities' customers as well. In the wake of these notable regulatory developments, public dialogue should be held to ensure that the customers and their delegates are fully aware and approve of these changes., When was the last time you heard a Canadian begin a conversation by observing that these are exciting times in the field of utility regulation in North America? For most [...]

The costs of harnessing solar energy as well as increasing consciousness for environmental protection have rendered Canada's solar energy industry the recognition it needs. Pitted against traditional energy sources, solar energy had always ranked low in funding priority. This has hampered development in the field, and Canadian solar firms are slowly beginning to catch up.

The government opts not to pour more money down the nuclear 'sinkhole' NO ONE should have been surprised when Canada's elderly nuclear research-reactor near Ottawa sprang a leak last month, [...]

SINCE - its election in 1984, the Progressive Conservative government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has preached the virtues of a market-driven, laissez-faire policy - to a chorus of hallelujahs [...]

THE CANADIAN gas sector is caught in the vice of rising upstream costs and dwindling downstream returns. This year could mark the end of a decade-long upstream boom and add [...]

Canada: Income trusts face reversal of fortune Faced with an attempt by EnCana to convert its C$43bn-worth ($38bn) of oil and gas assets into an income trust, the government has [...]

The Canadian energy market, which got a lot of attention from U.S. energy companies looking to expand last year, could reach a make-or-break point this year. The rapid consolidation of [...]

The road to reaching an agreement on how to cut greenhouse gases has been long and difficult; that's why the EU directive on renewable energy marks an important step forward [...]

Robin Hood economics are robbing Nova Scotia blind Nova Scotia's offshore hydrocarbon reserves are so rich that people now joke that the province has stopped being a hewer of wood--and [...]

The new US National Energy Policy makes sense Conoco's takeover bid for Gulf Canada in late May could be taken as the first tangible sign that President George W. Bush's [...]

The prime minister, Jean Chretien has named 10 senior cabinet ministers to a special committee charged with ensuring a regulatory regime is in place to accelerate approvals for oil and [...]

Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) has approved Murphy Canada Exploration Ltd.'s application to construct and operate the $4.7-million Chinchaga gas pipe line loop in northern British Columbia and Alberta. The [...]

BC HYDRO OF CANADA HAS extended its water use planning process for the Jordan river in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, by two months. Water use plans aim to determine, through [...]