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THE DRILLDOWN: TRUMP’S OIL AND GAS AGENDA FACES TOUGH FIGHT IN COURTS

The Trump administration is again being rebuked for failing to protect the environment and address climate change through a recent appeals-court ruling that refused to revive a permitting program for oil and gas pipelines. This article also includes national and international gas and oil industry updates.

OIL DEMAND TO SHRINK AS VIRUS RETURNS, WARNS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY

A resurgence in coronavirus cases and lockdowns has prompted the International Energy Agency to reduce its forecasts for oil demand this year. The Paris-based agency said that it now expected a demand of 91.7 million barrels a day this year, a drop of 8.4 million daily barrels to a low not reached since 2013.

IEA CALLS FOR ‘DRAMATIC’ SCALING UP OF CLEAN ENERGY TECH TO MEET CLIMATE GOALS

A “dramatic” scaling up of clean energy technologies will be required if the world is to reach its climate and energy goals, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). In a report published on September 10, the Paris-based body said that while calls to cut greenhouse gas emissions were “growing louder every year,” emissions were still at levels it described as being “unsustainably high.”

TRUMP APPROVES ALBERTA-ALASKA RAIL LINE PROJECT; LINE WOULD MOVE OIL, OTHER RESOURCES U.S. President Donald Trump announced on September 25 that he was issuing a presidential permit for the A2A Cross-Border Rail project. The project — which would see a 2,570-kilometre rail track running from near Anchorage, Alaska, through Yukon and the Northwest Territories into northern Alberta — will cost about C$22 billion.

BIG OIL’S GREEN MAKEOVER BP, one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, is aiming to ride the waves of disruption instead of being crushed under them. Led by a new chief executive, BP is trying to reinvent itself as an energy company in the age of climate change. The company is shrinking its oil and gas business, revving up offshore wind power, and developing solar and battery storage. It is even considering installing electric car charging kiosks at its gas stations, part of a drive to eliminate or offset its carbon emissions to a net zero level by 2050.

NATIONAL

THE DRILLDOWN: ALBERTA PREMIER JASON KENNEY TRASHES THRONE SPEECH Among those frustrated with the September 23 throne speech are the Alberta government and Canada’s oil and gas industry, after the province and the struggling sector were only briefly mentioned in Gov. Gen. Julie Payette’s agenda-setting address. “Alberta is disappointed that, instead of listening to Canada’s provinces, the federal government doubled down on policies that will kill jobs, make Canada poorer, and weaken national unity,” Premier Jason Kenney said on September 23. CHRIS HALL: THERE'S NO PATH TO NET-ZERO WITHOUT NUCLEAR POWER, SAYS O'REGAN Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O'Regan says Canadians have to be open to the idea of more nuclear power generation if this country is to meet the carbon emissions reduction targets it agreed to five years ago in Paris. ALBERTA OIL SHIPPED THROUGH PANAMA CANAL TO ATLANTIC CANADA TO AVERT COVID-19 THREAT TO ENERGY SUPPLY

For most of the Irving Oil’s Saint John refinery’s 50 years of operation, it has relied on crude oil from sources outside Canada, including Saudi Arabia, the United States, Norway, and Nigeria, to meet most of its demand. In 2019, about 80 per cent came from non-Canadian sources, with the remainder from offshore Newfoundland and Labrador by tanker and Western Canada by rail. Any event — such as a COVID-19 outbreak in any of these oil-supplying countries — that disrupts the flow of crude oil to the refinery threatens the energy security of most people in Atlantic Canada.

THE OIL SANDS AREN’T DYING – AND CANADA STILL NEEDS THEM TO THRIVE

Back in May, when the federal government published its guidance on which sectors would be deemed “critical infrastructure” during the COVID-19 pandemic, energy and utilities topped its list of 10 vital functions. This acknowledgment made perfect sense. Without refineries, pipelines, terminals, road and rail transport, control rooms and centres, drilling, extraction, onshore and offshore production, processing, gas stations, truck stops and chemical manufacturing – to name just some of the activities singled out as essential – life as we live it today would simply not be possible.

NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA INVESTS IN CLAY ANALYSIS PROJECT

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) awarded $1.6 million on September 17 to the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) under its Clean Growth Program to develop a technology to analyze clay content in oil sands and mine tailings.

THE OIL SANDS HAVE A FUTURE, AND IT INCLUDES POLLUTER PAYS

A central tenet of industrial development is the polluter-pays principle: Those who profit must pay for the mess generated by pulling resources from the ground or turning raw materials into goods. If you want to own the upside, you’ve got to own the downside.

DOVER FUELING SOLUTIONS LAUNCHES DMP PROBE Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS), a part of Dover Corporation that delivers advanced fuel dispensing equipment, electronic systems and payment, fleet systems, automatic tank gauging, and wetstock management, is proud to announce the launch of a brand-new addition to its family of fuel management products: the DFS DMP Probe. This global solution – and the only probe from DFS that can be purchased, installed, and used anywhere in the world – is set to revolutionize fuel management for fuel retailers.

WESTERN REGION

TRUCKING INDUSTRY LOOKS TO DIGITIZE TDG SHIPPING DOCUMENTS FOR SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY

The world has seen dramatic changes in the last decade through the digitization of almost every aspect of our lives. These transformations have shaped the way we do business and created efficiencies in that we now consider to be the norm. The trucking industry has seen significant digital transformation in recent years with the increasing adoption of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) as a replacement for paper logs. Initially adopted to help regulate driver hours of service, the ELD platform is now being leveraged to achieve new kinds of supply chain productivity benefits.

ALBERTA PREMIER SAYS CROSS-COUNTRY ENERGY EAST PIPELINE REMAINS A POSSIBILITY Alberta's premier says new federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole was just stating the obvious when he indicated the Energy East pipeline project was "not on the table" in a conversation with the premier of Québec.

INDIGENOUS-OWNED COMPANY SUPPLIES 250,000 MASKS TO OIL INDUSTRY AMID COVID-19 Major players in Alberta’s oil and gas industry looking to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have tasked a First Nation-owned company with supplying hundreds of thousands of masks. Goodfish Lake Business Corporation, run by Whitefish Lake First Nation, has been producing work coveralls and offering dry-cleaning services in Alberta for more than 40 years. Making masks in a pandemic wasn’t part of the plan. KENNEY UNCONCERNED WITH OPEC DEMAND DROP, SAYS ‘REAL WORLD’ NEEDS OIL AND GAS Alberta Premier Jason Kenney isn’t concerned after OPEC cut oil demand forecasts and BP said it expects oil demand to peak in the 2020s. In fact, he says BP is echoing what his government has also said. “There will be a huge demand for oil and gas well into the future,” he said during a news conference on September 16.

ONTARIO / QUÉBEC REGION

COURT RULES ONTARIO GOVERNMENT’S LAW ON FEDERAL CARBON TAX STICKERS UNCONSTITUTIONAL Ontario’s Superior court has ruled the Ford government’s law on requiring carbon tax stickers at all provincial gas stations is unconstitutional. “A government or political party can, in the words of Ontario’s minister of energy, ‘stick it to’ another tier of government or political party as a matter of free speech in an election campaign or otherwise,” Justice Edward M. Morgan wrote in a decision that was shared by the plaintiff in the case, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), on September 4. O’TOOLE’S GOAL TO ‘TRIPLE’ CONSERVATIVE STRENGTH IN QUÉBEC BUILT ON PROMISES OF AUTONOMY Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole emerged from “a great first meeting” with Québec Premier François Legault on September 14 to say he aims to “double and triple” his party’s Québec caucus in the next federal election.

ATLANTIC REGION

FEDERAL APPROVAL OF NEW BRUNSWICK CARBON TAX FOR HEAVY EMITTERS COMES WITH WARNING New Brunswick's carbon price on heavy industry has won federal approval, but that approval comes with a warning that the decision is just a truce, not a lasting peace in the federal-provincial battle over climate policy. N.L. SAYS NO DEAL TO HUSKY'S REQUEST FOR A 'TREMENDOUS' AMOUNT OF MONEY Newfoundland and Labrador's finance minister says there is no way the government can prop up an oil company threatening to pull the plug on a $2.2-billion project.

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