MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
JENNIFER STEWART
MEMBER PROFILE: PARKLAND CORPORATION
CEMA: PART OF THE CONVERSATION
OP-ED
GOVERNMENT POLICY AND INDUSTRY UPDATES
ADVOCACY CORNER
SECTOR NEWS UPDATES
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MISSION
CEMA’s mission is to support and elevate Canada’s small and medium-sized energy marketers, who are responsible for nearly 100,000 direct and indirect jobs across the country and are deeply committed to ensuring that innovative energy products, including low-carbon transportation solutions, are readily available to Canadian consumers.
CEMA ensures the voices of its membership are heard at all three levels of government in a fair, consistent and advocacy-first manner – members who include progressive leaders responsible for the distribution of diverse products like gasoline, diesel, heating oil, propane and aviation fuel, as well as low-carbon transportation energy solutions including renewable fuels and electric vehicle charging stations across a vast geography, to diverse industries, and to millions of Canadian consumers.
CONNECTION CONTENTS
| MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
| STAYING CONNECTED
| MEMBER PROFILE: PARKLAND CORPORATION
| CEMA: PART OF THE CONVERSATION
| GOVERNMENT POLICY UPDATES
| ADVOCACY CORNER
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
JENNIFER STEWART | PRESIDENT & CEO
Dear Members,
I hope you all had a good holiday, and I wish you a healthy and successful year in 2023.
I encourage you to register for the upcoming Canadian Energy Marketing Conference in Toronto. We will be releasing the full schedule next month and have an exciting keynote speaker to announce. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. If you’re interested, please reach out to events@cemassociation.ca.
Last week, we were pleased to share the 2022 Annual Report outlining CEMA’s activities supporting Members across the country in the past year. If you have any comments or would like to discuss anything you find in the report, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
We continue to monitor developments and advocate on issues that are important to our Members, and we are excited about the opportunities ahead for our industry.
I look forward to seeing you in April!
Sincerely,
Jennifer Stewart President and CEO Canadian Energy Marketers Association
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CEMA CONNECTION
2023 EVENTS, PODCASTS, WEBINARS
SEASON 3, EPISODE 1 ROAD CHATS NOW AVAILABLE
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Member Profile: PARKLAND CORPORATION
Summary
Parkland is an international fuel distributor and retailer with operations in 25 countries. Our purpose is to Power Journeys and Energize Communities, and every day, we provide over one million customers with the essential fuels, convenience items and quality foods they depend on.
With over 4,000 retail and commercial locations in
PARKLAND QUICK FACTS
Born in Red Deer. Based in Calgary. Operations in 25 countries
6,000 direct employees. 12,500 indirect employees.
Employees donate over $1.8 million to charities annually.
communities across Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean region, we have developed supply, distribution, and trading capabilities to accelerate growth and business performance. In addition to meeting our customers’ needs for essential fuels, we provide a range of choices to help them lower their environmental impact. These include carbon and renewables trading, solar power, renewables manufacturing and ultrafast Electric Vehicle charging.
Parkland offers an employee-selected giving program which enables its team to give back to their community through charitable donations to local sports, recreation, and community not-for-profits. If the employee volunteers more than 20 hours with a charity, Parkland will double their donations, encouraging even greater community service among employees.
Our Canadian brands: Chevron, FasGas, Pioneer, Ultramar, ON the RUN, M&M Food
85 per cent of Canadians live within 15 minutes of a Parkland retail location.
Our JOURNIE™ Rewards loyalty program has over 3.8 million Canadian members.
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CEMA: Part of the Conversation
The following op-ed appeared in National Newswatch on January 19, 2023.
Canadian energy transition to low-carbon fuel needs to be on the table
By Jennifer Stewart
As Canada faces a new economic reality, phasing out oil and gas immediately shouldn’t be the go-to solution.
Canada has been a bold leader in its journey to reduce emissions. It led the creation of the Clean Fuel Regulations, has committed to building a national electric vehicle charging network and has demanded that our upstream fuel sector produce cleaner, more efficient fuels.
While these are all steps in the right direction, the call from many global leaders to ban oil and gas production needs to be met with a lens of perspective and innovation.
From the lens of perspective, we are quickly approaching the three-year anniversary of the arrival of COVID-19. The world has changed, and we continue to face significant economic and global
challenges. Rising inflation and increased cost of living plague the pocketbooks of many Canadians, while the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia has brought the need for a domestic energy supply to the forefront of government attention.
With global supply of oil and gas often precarious and dependent on fluctuating external factors, Canadian fuel, simply put, is essential to our domestic security and productivity. There is no threat that could seriously alter Canada’s energy security in the coming decades. Our domestically produced energy supply can fuel our own local economies, and the profits do not aid abhorrent regimes like those in Russia, Venezuela and Iran.
From the lens of innovation, we cannot overlook the potential of liquid fuel to be a vehicle for increased biofuel and renewable content. Enhancing the renewable and ethanol content of gasoline is a pathway to emission reduction that should not be overlooked as our nation looks to meet its targets.
Despite a looming economic recession threatening to make renewables less affordable, we must remember that Canadian fuel is some of the most ethical fuel in the world, with increasingly cleaner, low-carbon options becoming available to consumers.
The energy sector is achieving greater product efficiencies, lower emissions and stronger environmental outcomes. Through corporate social responsibility, these companies are also limiting the negative environmental impacts of operations and focusing on creating positive outcomes for natural environments.
By understanding and acknowledging that Canadian fuels are an essential, reliable and ethical service, the federal government would further signal to Canadians that the path to emission reduction is not black and white. Achieving our targets will take innovative thinking while ensuring a one-size-fits-all approach isn’t the go-to solution.
There is no doubt much work has to be done. However, banning a pathway that many hardworking Canadians rely on today – one that can also contribute significantly to emission reduction through innovation in the near and long term –would indeed be short-sighted.
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GOVERNMENT POLICY AND INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTS
This update serves as a recap and reference point for our Members regarding the latest policy impacts on the energy market as well as industry trends. We will continue to monitor and communicate any policy changes directly to Members as they happen.
NATIONAL POLICY & RESEARCH UPDATES
The Road Ahead: Mapping a Way to NetZero Transportation in Canada
The Canadian Transportation Alliance recently released a literature review based on findings from the Fuel Institute’s latest report, “Future Capabilities
of Combustion Engines and Liquid Fuels.” The review highlights research and development projects focused on improving internal combustion engine efficiency. Read “The Road Ahead: Mapping a Way to Net-Zero Transportation in Canada” here
Canada’s energy jobs transition bill sparks discord in oil heartland
In Canada’s western oil patch, controversy is raging over federal government legislation intended to help the fossil fuel labour force transition to a greener economy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is expected to table its long-awaited Just Transition bill this spring, ahead of economic changes expected as they pursue ambitious goals to slash climate-warming emissions. The government of Alberta, Canada’s main crude-producing province, says the legislation will dismantle the oil and gas industry that makes up 5 per cent of Canada’s GDP.
Oilsands execs say a ‘just transition’ isn’t a worry — it’s their next big ‘boom’
The CEOs of some of the biggest oilsands companies in Alberta say transitioning their workforce for a net-zero emissions future isn’t about cutting jobs, it’s about creating them. “We estimated that we will spend somewhere in the range of $70 billion over the next 30 years to decarbonize the
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production of the oilsands,” Cenovus CEO Alex Pourbaix says. “If we’re successful in doing that, that is going to create a boom in the oil-producing provinces that is equivalent to what happened in the ‘80s and the ‘90s.”
Oilsands companies eye $15-billion Canada fund to match Biden’s subsidies
Oilsands companies see a chance to secure a steady stream of government aid as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledges to keep Canada competitive with the massive clean-energy subsidies on offer in the US. Firms including Suncor Energy Inc. and Cenovus Energy Inc. are seeking a chunk of the $15-billion Canada Growth Fund, unveiled in the government’s 2022 budget, to help fund large-scale carbon capture plans that would reduce emissions from extracting the country’s heavy oil.
Opinion: Someone tell Trudeau: Energy is now about security
Former Alberta finance minister and energy minister Ted Morton, an executive fellow at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, writes in the Financial Post that for the rest of the world, energy security – and not climate change – is now paramount. He describes how Russia, Iran and Venezuela own almost a third of the world’s proven oil reserves, while Saudi Arabia and its sister Gulf petrostates control another almost 40 per cent, and says Canada is uniquely positioned to “help both our friends and ourselves at the same time.”
PROVINCIAL & TERRITORIAL POLICY TRENDS
WESTERN REGION
Ottawa delivers $9.7 million to support Alberta jobs, hydrogen industry
The federal government delivered nearly $10 million on January 17 to support Alberta’s growing hydrogen industry as the province continues to accuse Ottawa of wanting to shut down jobs in its energy sector. The federal money is expected to support 1,600 jobs by improving access to hydrogen fuels, supporting product testing, attracting
investment and providing more training for Alberta workers.
New carbon-reduction requirements in British Columbia lower emissions on the road
British Columbia is fulfilling a commitment identified as a key action in the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 to increase the 2030 carbon-intensity reduction target for the diesel and gasoline fuel pools from 20 per cent to 30 per cent under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). Amendments to the Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements Regulation will now require fuel suppliers to reduce the carbon intensity of diesel and gasoline fuel pools supplied in B.C. to reach an overall reduction of 30 per cent by 2030, relative to 2010 levels.
Tilbury energy project emerges as battleground over planned LNG exports from Canada
An industrial site in British Columbia has emerged as a battleground over whether governments that have pledged to fight climate change should approve new projects to export liquefied natural gas. The Tilbury Pacific Marine Jetty project is seeking permission to build a new two-berth dock for Tilbury Island in the Vancouver suburb of Delta. Environmental groups say pending decisions by cabinet ministers on the Delta jetty proposal will be an important indicator of whether there is a political appetite in Canada for exporting LNG.
PRAIRIE REGION
USask awarded $14 million to support innovative crop research
The University of Saskatchewan (USask) has been awarded $14 million through the province’s Agriculture Development Fund, with $7.2 million of the funds allocated to operating the Crop Development Centre for the next five years. The innovative crop-related projects that received funding included using plant-derived ethanol and biodiesel to reduce plastic waste.
Police board asks Saskatchewan city to enact pay-before-you-pump bylaw
In an effort to combat the high number of fuel theft complaints being reported to police in Prince Albert,
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Saskatchewan, the Board of Police Commissioners have asked City Council to consider implementing a bylaw requiring the pre-payment of fuel at all gas stations in Prince Albert. Back in December, City Administration received a letter from the Board of Police Commissioners that described a “considerable increase” in the number of thefts involving fuel being stolen in Prince Albert between 2019 and September of 2022.
ONTARIO/QUEBEC REGION
Quebec’s ‘green’ zeal likely to push Trudeau government’s climate policies
Newly released internal federal government polling shows that voters in Quebec are keen to see the federal government do more to fight climate change and that they think climate change is a bigger problem than inflation or high gas prices. And because of the electoral volatility of many seats in Quebec, any party that wishes to form government in Ottawa must account for the extraordinary zeal Quebecers have for ‘green’ policies. The political implication for the Trudeau Liberals is that Quebec is in a position to have an outsize influence on national climate, energy and environment policies.
ATLANTIC CANADA
Premier says talk of First Nations tax turmoil is 'hypothetical'
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he doesn’t expect major disruptions when tax-sharing agreements between Wolastoqey communities and the New Brunswick government expire at the end of the month because there will be legal consequences if reserves ignore provincial tax laws. Higgs would not say what he thinks would happen Feb. 1 if bands implement their own tax laws that undercut neighbouring off-reserve businesses.
NORTHERN CANADA
N.W.T. MLAs hear from public on carbon tax changes
Northwest Territories MLAs held a public hearing on Jan. 23 over Bill 60, which would amend the territory’s Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act to allow the government to increase carbon taxes in accordance with new federal rules. In August of 2021, the federal government announced that in 2023, it would begin
increasing the price on carbon pollution by a greater annual increment, and it will ban rebates that directly offset the impact of carbon taxes.
GLOBAL RESEARCH TRENDS
Emissions Reductions Proposals Affecting Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicles
To help policymakers and affected stakeholders better understand the particular effects emissions reduction policies might have on the medium and heavy-duty vehicle market, the Fuels Institute compiled a list of considerations that are critical to address when crafting and implementing such policies. Download the full report here
Biodiesel market share to reach $88 billion by 2028 with CAGR of 7.5%
The Insight Partners have published the results of their latest study, “Biodiesel Market Share, Demand, Industry Trends and Forecast to 2028.” They report the global biodiesel market is expected to grow from USD 57.5 billion in 2022 to USD 88.0 billion by 2028; it is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 7.5 per cent from 2022 to 2028. This growth is driven by increasing demand for renewable energy, growing concern regarding climate change, the requirement to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and government support.
Biodiesel and renewable diesel’s economic benefits growing
In November, Clean Fuels Alliance America released a new study conducted by LMC International, “Economic Impact of Biodiesel on the U.S. Economy 2022.” The study measures the overall economic impact associated with the 3.1-billion-gallon U.S. market for biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel in 2021. It evaluates direct, indirect and induced impacts across the entire value chain from raw material production, collection and processing to fuel production and distribution. You can find a summary of the findings here.
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ADVOCACY CORNER
Featured in the newsletter on a monthly basis, Advocacy Corner provides insight into federal and provincial political activity of importance to our Members. Read on to find out what decisions are being made, what’s on the horizon, and what it all means for our sector.
New Year, Old Tune
When the federal cabinet met in Hamilton last week, the most pressing issues being considered were the state of healthcare in Canada and affordability.
If that sounds familiar, that’s because it is. When the cabinet met around this time last year, inflation may have been considered a bad word that shouldn’t be spoken, but in reality the government was seized with advancing budget measures that would reduce the financial burden many Canadians were already facing.
Fast forward a year and the government has been forced to acknowledge the severity of inflation – something Official Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre has been warning about since the pandemic began – while continuing to advance significant affordability initiatives including the implementation of bilateral childcare agreements with the provinces, a temporary increase to GST support, a one-time housing benefit for low-income Canadians, and the launch of the interim Canada Dental Plan to support low-income families.
As the Liberal government sets into the new year fending off attacks from Conservative MPs on its “tax on everything,” the carbon tax, the government will also be crafting its 2023 Budget. This Budget can be expected to make further investments in the renewable energy and clean technology sectors as the government continues to defend Canada’s competitiveness in response to the US Inflation Reduction Act.
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Of note, it is already being rumoured that the Budget could be delivered as late as mid-April to account for US President Joe Biden’s long-awaited official visit to Canada, which is anticipated to be sometime in March.
LNG, or Bust?
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, leaders around the world are racing to secure energy independence from Russia, specifically for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
In 2022, when German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Canada, he pleaded for Canadian energy as a means to get the country through the winter and replace traditional reliance on Russian LNG. While that visit prompted good news on the development of renewable hydrogen through wind projects in Eastern Canada, Scholz ultimately left Canada with no promises that Canadian LNG would be shipped to Germany.
This month, it was the turn of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to visit Canada with pleas for supplies of Canadian LNG. Yet, as Kishida’s visit came to a close, no concrete commitments had been made regarding the supply of Canadian LNG to Japan. In a subsequent trade mission to Japan immediately following Kishida’s return, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has set to work on strengthening the working relationship between Canada and Japan, particularly as it relates to progress on LNG in Canada.
But on the home front, a decision still must be made by Wilkinson and his federal cabinet colleagues on the $3-billion Cedar LNG project in BC following a favourable recommendation by the federal Impact Assessment Agency last fall. This will be another important opportunity for the government to demonstrate its commitment to approving energy projects following the approval of the Bay-du-Nord offshore oil project in Newfoundland last summer.
What Lies Ahead
Finally, I’d be remiss not to comment on the current state of federal politics, where questions have dogged the Prime Minister on whether or not he’ll lead the Liberals into the next election.
As Chrystia Freeland, Anita Anand, FrancoisPhilippe Champagne, Melanie Joly, and Mark Carney wait in the wings to pursue the Liberal leadership, the Liberals and Conservatives continue an arms race to out-prepare one another in case of an election this year. However, with the federal NDP support continuing to slip, don’t expect the NDP to abandon their coalition with the Liberals or force an election anytime soon.
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NEWS UPDATES
The following section is a summary of the top media headlines and coverage of key policy and issues impacting the transportation fuel marketing space. Please note that all orange text in the following section is hyperlinked. If viewing electronically, you can click to read full articles directly from the publication source.
GLOBAL
WHAT THE BIG UPDATE TO EMISSIONS TRADING RULES MEANS FOR EUROPE’S KEY SECTORS
The European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a vital part of the region’s decarbonization plans. Simon Göss of Carboneer digs into the new rules coming in for the existing EU ETS and the implementation of the new carbon border adjustment mechanism.
EU BAN ON RUSSIAN DIESEL NEARS, WHETHER MARKET’S READY OR NOT
In early February, the EU is banning Russian diesel and other refined fuels, and it’s not clear the market is ready for the shock. The new Feb. 5 sanctions will prompt a massive rerouting of global diesel flows, risking higher prices.
COMMERCIAL LIQUID HYDROGEN STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION COULD BE IMPROVED WITH NEW TECHNIQUE
South Korean researchers are seeking a safer and more efficient cryogenic fuel tank design for liquid hydrogen storage and transportation, and are investigating how vaporization and heat flows within cryotanks vary based on tank filling ratios.
STRIKE CUTS FRENCH POWER SUPPLY, HALTS REFINERY SHIPMENTS
A nationwide strike against pension reform in France led to a substantial fall in electricity output and halted deliveries from refineries operated by TotalEnergies and Esso on Jan. 19.
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U.S. ENERGY CHIEF SAYS BIDEN WOULD VETO HOUSE REPUBLICAN BILL ON OIL RESERVE
In a letter last week, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm warned Republicans that limiting President Joe Biden’s authority to tap the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve would undermine national security, cause crude oil shortages, and raise gasoline prices.
COLONIAL CUTS KEY FUEL LINE TO NEW YORK HARBOR AFTER SPILL
Colonial Pipeline Co. halted operations on a critical conduit that supplies fuel to the U.S. Northeast, the latest disruption to energy flows following an outage on the Keystone oil pipeline in December.
OILSANDS EXECS SAY THEY CAN'T INVEST IN DECARBONIZATION ANY FASTER, DESPITE PROFITS
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has said repeatedly over the last year that the companies need to prove their commitment by putting some of that cold hard cash into climate initiatives. But oilsands executives maintain there isn’t a place to invest that money yet.
HOW 2023 COULD BE PIVOTAL FOR HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY IN CANADA
USDA
MAINTAINS FORECAST FOR SOYBEAN OIL USE IN BIOFUEL PRODUCTION
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2022-’23 soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released Jan. 12. The agency also maintained its forecast for the price of soybean oil.
There is excitement in Canada about what 2023 will bring as several hydrogen demonstration projects are set to take place, while construction will also begin on a massive new hydrogen production facility.
COULD CCUS MEAN AN END TO OFF-SHORING CANADIAN OIL AND GAS & EMISSIONS?
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FREIGHT ROUTES COULD BE HYDROGEN FUELING STATION BACKBONE
California fuel cell advocates are urging a national strategy to replace diesel-powered heavy trucks at major U.S. ports and link future regional hydrogen hubs to create a fueling infrastructure.
APPROVAL AS RENEWABLE DIESEL FEEDSTOCK A ‘GREAT WIN’ FOR CANOLA INDUSTRY
With U.S. renewable diesel production expected to quadruple by 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to allow canola oil to join soybean and corn oil as a feedstock for the fuel is a win for the canola industry.
OPINION: INSTEAD OF CANCELING THE GAS ENGINE, CALIFORNIA SHOULD LET INNOVATORS INNOVATE
Paul Dabbar of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University argues governments should not be banning purchases of internal combustion engine cars. Instead, they should allow innovators to develop all technology options for no-emissions cars.
Two experts at an event in Calgary described how Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage is emerging as a technology that is critical to the decarbonization of the oil and gas industry – one that could help Canada create a boom in oil-producing provinces.
WESTERN REGION
BREAKENRIDGE: POLITICIANS NEED TO PUMP THE BRAKES ON DEMONIZING ALBERTA’S GASOLINE RETAILERS
Calgary Herald columnist Rob Breakenridge responds to recent comments by Alberta’s premier and the NDP by saying there is nothing sinister afoot in the province’s gasoline retail industry and that the haranguing of gasoline retailers has to stop.
LONG-AWAITED BLUEBERRY RIVER DEAL CHANGES THE GAME FOR MONTNEY GAS PRODUCERS
British Columbia and Blueberry River First Nations agreed on a plan that will clear the way for oil and gas development in the lucrative Montney shale play in northeast B.C. and northwest Alberta, albeit with strict conditions that will limit disruption of Blueberry River’s territory.
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NATURAL GAS, NOT ELECTRICITY, TO POWER CANADA'S FIRST LNG PLANT
ATLANTIC REGION
INDUSTRY ABUZZ ABOUT BP WELL BEING DRILLED OFF NEWFOUNDLAND THIS SUMMER
IMPERIAL OIL GIVES OK TO $720M RENEWABLE DIESEL PROJECT NEAR EDMONTON
Shell PLC's LNG Canada export project in British Columbia plans to start building its proposed second phase with natural gas-powered turbines and switch to electricity as more renewable power becomes Imperial Oil Ltd. is going ahead with a $720-million project to build a renewable diesel facility at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton. The project, first announced in August 2021, is expected to produce 20,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel once it is complete.
PRAIRIE REGION
PROJECT AIMED AT CAPTURING EMISSIONS FROM OIL WELLS LAUNCHES NEAR NORTH BATTLEFORD
Angkor Resources Corp officially activated its Solution Gas/Carbon Capture Project in Evesham, Saskatchewan in early January after nine months of work to get it operational.
MCDOUGALL ENERGY IS THE COMPANY OF THE YEAR
CEMA Member McDougall Energy has been named Company of the Year (51+ employees) by Northern Ontario Business. The marketer and distributor of propane, fuels and lubricants, now in its third generation of family ownership, is based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
MPP BOB BAILEY BULLISH ABOUT SARNIA REFINERIES’ FUTURE
Sarnia MPP Bob Bailey’s overwhelming optimism about the future viability of local refineries – the lifeblood of Sarnia’s economy – was a key message during an hour-long town hall Jan. 12.
An offshore Newfoundland exploration project has recently been named among the Top 5 in the world most likely to “shake up the market” in 2023 and beyond. Seismic testing indicates the project has potential reserves of up to five billion barrels.
IRVING OIL SELECTS SUPPLIER OF CARBONNEGATIVE RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS FOR ITS OPERATIONS
Irving Oil and global waste-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) industry leader Anaergia Inc. have announced a partnership that will supply Canada’s largest refinery in Saint John with carbon-negative RNG made from organic matter instead of fossil fuels.
P.E.I. COMPANY INVESTING MILLIONS IN GREEN ENERGY
P.E.I. engineering firm Aspin Kemp & Associates is making a multi-million dollar investment in green hydrogen as the province works toward becoming net zero by 2040.
NORTHERN REGION
FORT GOOD HOPE, N.W.T., LEADERS OPTIMISTIC IMPERIAL OIL VISIT MARKS TURNING POINT IN RELATIONSHIP
Imperial Oil representatives visited all five Dene and Metis communities represented by the Sahtu Land and Water Board as the company begins the process to renew licences to extract oil in Norman Wells, N.W.T. for another decade.
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