Category: Resources

Gas Taxes

Setting the record straight on the day’s top anti-oil and gas media stories Oil and Gas Taxes Briefing Note  The problem with gas prices is government policy With the war in Ukraine and a global commodity market in flux, many

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Quebec Ban on Oil and Gas

Quebec banning oil and gas development could have far-reaching impacts across the country. A revocation of permits also revokes carbon storage permits and in effect confirms ENGO arguments that carbon capture and blue hydrogen are a net negative for the

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Tankers

The recent approval of pipeline projects in Canada is expected to increase the amount of oil tankers transiting Canadian waters. This development, along with the steady rise of tanker movements around the world, has raised questions about the opportunities and

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Diluted Bitumen

Bitumen, a heavier form of petroleum, is too thick to flow in a pipeline at ground temperature, so it needs to be thinned with a very light petroleum product called diluent. The resulting homogeneous mixture is referred to as “diluted

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Benefits of Hydrocarbons

Hydrocarbons like oil and natural gas have been a major play in growing economies and improving quality of life. They provide us the building blocks to create products that we use every. They help heat our homes in the winter

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Carbon Leakage & Carbon Pricing

Carbon leakage is what happens when government carbon policy causes emissions to be displaced to another jurisdiction. If Canada puts a price on carbon, it could reduce emissions and provide taxes that could be reinvested into innovative new technologies that could replace the lost energy

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Pipelines

Currently, Canada’s oil and gas industry must sell its products at a discount because of restricted market access. Would any other Canadian industry tolerate operating under these conditions? More than 73,000 kilometers of pipelines are federally regulated in Canada, moving

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Fracking

Fracking is a safe and innovative way to harness otherwise inaccessible shale gas as a form of incredibly efficient energy. Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is a decades old well completion technology that is often coupled with horizontal drilling to develop

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