Articles by Gordon Jaremko

British Columbia Cuts LNG Export Taxes, Adds Corporate Incentives

The British Columbia (BC) government chopped its liquefied natural gas export tax in half Tuesday and added corporate tax cuts as lure to build tanker terminals on Canada's Pacific coast. Read More

BC’s OK of Huge Dam Could Impact LNG Projects

The Canadian government has confirmed that large-scale industrial development still tops the national agenda by authorizing construction of a hotly contested 1,100 MW dam project on the Peace River in northern British Columbia (BC). Read More

Industry Expecting Clarity From Contentious NEB Pipeline Case

A simmering dispute boiled over Thursday into a formal duel over a Canadian constitutional law question before the National Energy Board (NEB): Can municipal governments block national and international pipeline projects? Read More

Duvernay Production, Costs Varying Widely

Four years after inspiring a Canadian mineral rights leasing rush, a Louisiana-sized Alberta drilling target -- known as the Duvernay among geologists... Read More

U.S. LNG Projects Winning the Day, Says Canada Analyst

Liquefied natural gas from the United States will reach overseas markets before any tankers are even loaded up at proposed Canadian export terminals, a prominent Calgary energy investment firm conceded Tuesday. Read More

Alberta Seeing Benefits of North American NatGas Competition

Canadian and U.S. pipeliners have won an unexpected ally for their plans to expand the northbound freeway for natural gas from the eastern United States... Read More

Canada's Natives Growing Restless Over BC LNG Export Plans

After leading a charmed life of community tolerance since 17 Pacific Coast terminal projects began lining up five years ago, the race to export Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) is arousing a frequent opponent of industry in British Columbia (BC): Aboriginal resistance. Read More

Canada's NEB Gives Would-Be Offshore Drillers a Break

Arctic gas and oil hunters have been spared having to conduct environmental assessments twice on their plans to return to Canadian waters of the Beaufort Sea. Read More

Nova Scotia Government Promises to Ban Fracking

A week after an inquiry reported that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) frightens the public in Nova Scotia, the province’s Liberal government promised Wednesday to ban the practice. Read More

Calgary's Pembina Expands NGL Role With Two Deals

Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Corp. reached out Tuesday for an expanded role in the natural gas liquids (NGL) trade between Canada, the United States and overseas markets with a US$1.15 billion package of deals. Read More