Termoyopal Power Plant uses GE’s tech
General Electric (GE) announced that the 150 megawatts (MW) expansion…
Fort Simpson moves toward dropping diesel for LNG
A project to move Fort Simpson from diesel power…
Tourmaline Oil buys two privately held oil and gas firms for $526M
Expects its production at the end of 2020 to be about 400,000 boe/d with the successful completion of the two acquisitions.
Hundreds of coal mining jobs to end as Transalta switches to natural gas
Will result in hundreds of mine job losses as employment drops to 40 to 50 people involved in reclamation work.
Maxim Power switches from coal to natural gas near Grande Cache
GE Gas Power helps with the conversion, power plant now generates half the NOx emissions of coal.
2020’s crude price crash offers a bright spot for natural gas producers
Futures contracts have recently surged to a nearly four-year high of about $2.75 per thousand cubic feet.
FortisBC implementing a Clean Growth Innovation Fund
Focused on supporting innovation that reliably and economically reduces emissions.
Electrifying Quebec’s economy will require natural gas: MEI
Research paper contends there’s not enough hydro capacity with power being used for heating.
Wet’suwet’en pact with Ottawa and BC disputed by elected chiefs
They don’t support the proposed MOU on rights and title, hereditary chiefs have signed on.
OPG’s Atura Power finalizes purchase of TC Energy natural gas assets
Includes combined cycle power generating plants in Napanee, Halton Hills and Toronto.
Ontario expanding natural gas to more communities
Construction work has officially started to build a natural gas distribution pipeline and facilities to serve Scugog Island
Saskatchewan going ahead with natural gas power station
Will use both gas and a steam turbine to produce electricity.
Trump to promote turning natural gas into plastics in Pennsylvania
Part of a continued push by the administration to increase the economy’s dependence on fossil fuels.
Low prices, LNG uncertainty add to frustration for natural gas producers
Industry was staggered by project delays and all but halted by declining global price trends.
Natural gas producers demand government action in open letter to Kenney
The CEOs say their gas price problems have developed over many years.
Global boom in natural gas is undermining climate change action: report
One expert says the idea that natural gas is a solution for climate change is “a fallacy.”
Woodfibre LNG developer buying Calgary natural gas producer
Pacific Oil & Gas strikes cash deal for Canbriam Energy, which produces natural gas from BC’s Montney formation.
BC First Nation near pipeline explosion files lawsuit against Enbridge
The company has undertaken a rigorous inspection of their natural gas pipeline system in B.C. since the blast, it said.
Bitter cold and natural gas shortages shutter auto plants
At least 18 factories and other facilities run by General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler affected.
Bitter cold and natural gas shortages shutter auto plants
Automakers were hoping that the plants can return to normal operations as temperatures moderate on Saturday and into next week.
New questions raised about underground natural gas storage plan north of Halifax
The plan is to use river water to flush out underground salt deposits and store natural gas in the caverns.
Resource firm planning new N.B. wells if Tories lift fracking moratorium [UPDATED]
Corridor Resources wants to expand but the previous Liberal government imposed a moratorium in 2014 that prohibits hydraulic fracturing.
Pipeline blast forces FortisBC to the open market for natural gas supply
Enbridge has said it wants to get its pipeline capacity up to 80 per cent after the unexplained explosion near Prince George last month.
Enbridge says repairs done on ruptured gas pipeline near Prince George, B.C.
The return-to-service plan has been reviewed by the National Energy Board.
Industrial natural gas users go to backup ahead of winter shortage
Pipeline explosion in October means supply will be reduced by 50% to 80% during the coldest months of the year.
Enbridge to begin building access road to pipeline explosion site in BC
Construction will take a few days, no timeline on when the repair work will be completed.
Enbridge restores smaller natural gas pipeline in BC, after main line blast
An explosion and fire Tuesday night led to a shut down of the firm’s main natural gas pipeline through British Columbia.
Fiery pipeline explosion in BC raises possibility of natural gas shortage
The blast Tuesday shut down the Enbridge natural gas pipeline about 15 kilometres northeast of Prince George.
LNG Canada project in BC gets final shareholder approval
$40-billion joint venture that includes a gas liquefaction plant in Kitimat.
AltaGas selling non core assets in Canada and the US for $560M
A group of smaller scale gas midstream and power assets in Canada and San Joaquin power assets in California sold.
Ontario cuts natural gas price after revoking cap and trade regulations
Ford says the change will save families $80 a year and small businesses will save $285 annually.
Malaysia’s Petronas to purchase equity stake in LNG Canada project
Announcement comes less than a year after Petronas and partners scrapped $36-billion megaproject in BC.
