Kaase Gbakon: Venezuela by the Numbers: What 60 Years of Energy Data Reveal About Its Future
While the assessments continue, and the after-effects of the pre-dawn military incursion unravel, this note will provide backdrop of Venezuela’s energy system.
Paul Colborne Oilperson of the Year; Randall Smith, E. Craig Lothian, and Andy J. Mah for Hall of Fame
Recipients of some of the honours at the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show have been announced.
BREAKING: Coal injunction tossed; court says governments get to make environmental policy
In other words, the coal injunction is dead it its tracks. SaskPower can continue rejuvenating its coal fleet. And the decision is also a rebuke of the trend of judge-made law and activist courts, clearly noting the supremacy of the legislative branch in making policy.
NDP criticizes impending SaskPower rate hikes, minister responds
Beck said, “In just about three weeks, Scott Moe and Jeremy Harrison’s $135 million tax power hike is going to come into effect, and it’s going to come into an into effect at a time when most people in this province can least afford it.
CIBC analysts expecting wider discount on heavy oil this year
Analysts at CIBC are forecasting a wider discount on Alberta heavy crude this year as U.S. plans to rebuild Venezuela’s ailing industry dominate headlines.
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High wind output in Saskatchewan and Alberta, with zero dollar pricing in Wild Rose Country
As frequently happens when wind output exceeds 50 per cent capacity, and especially when it exceeds 70 per cent capacity, the AESO pool price across the entire province dropped to zero. And when you have to pay for fuel, but get paid nothing for your output, those who consume the most fuel are likely to cut production, often to zero. That’s exactly what happened.
Pipeline Online Podcast: Ep. 26 Herb Pinder and Ep. 25 2025 Year in Review
Herb Pinder is a Saskatoon businessman and lawyer whose career includes sports agency and private equity, with a large focus on early stage energy companies. He’s also a columnist with Western Standard, and has a lot of opinions on anthropogenic climate change and western independence.
Brian Zinchuk: Shrinkflation strikes again
Shrinkflation is the son of inflation.
Inflation is the thief that makes everyone poorer.
The past and potential of Venezuela’s oil sector, and what it means for Canada
U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambition to have U.S. energy companies swoop in and revive Venezuela’s beleaguered oil industry has raised questions about what it means for Canadian oilsands producers and whether it’s a task American supermajors can or even want to take on.
Alberta’s Smith calls on Carney to speed up major project approvals
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Ottawa to further speed up its approval process for major projects, saying she wants to see applications green-lit within six months.
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Weekend Watch: The Broken Barrel – How Venezuela’s rebirth could impact Canada
I’m not really sure who the author is of this video, but it’s an exceptionally good take on what could happen to Canada with Venezuela potentially re-entering the oil market in a big way. Much of it echos what I spoke about on the Evan Bray show on Wednesday.
US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday sought to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some sanctions so the U.S. can oversee the sale of Venezuela’s petroleum worldwide.
Carney says Canadian oil will be competitive after Maduro’s ouster
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is working to expand access to oil markets in Asia now that Canada faces the prospect of Venezuelan oil displacing Canadian product in the American market.
Trump says US to get 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil from Venezuela at market price
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Venezuela would be providing 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S., and he pledged to use proceeds from the sale of this oil “to benefit the people” of both countries.
Eby pitches ‘pivot’ from oil pipeline to refinery talks after Maduro capture
British Columbia Premier David Eby said Canada needs to “pivot” from talk of a potential new pipeline carrying oil bound for Asia and instead think about building a new refinery.
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Five ways U.S. intervention in Venezuela could affect Canada
By Dylan Robertson U.S. President Donald Trump stunned the world on the weekend by ordering a military raid on the Venezuelan capital, capturing President Nicolas Maduro and bringing him to New York to face charges. The move has challenged international law and...
Saskatchewan saw zero wind power for 17 hours over two days
It turns out that while Alberta had two days where grid-scale wind power generation output fell to zero for minutes, in Saskatchewan, it was for hours. Seventeen hours, in total.
NDP calls SaskPower rate hike “fiscal trainwreck,” Minister calls it “modest” compared to the alternative
The NDP are calling rate hikes part of a “fiscal trainwreck,” while the minister says they’re modest and part of an energy security plan that is cheaper than the alternative.
Royal Helium’s unsecured creditors can expect diddly-squat
Royal Helium Ltd.’s unsecured creditors can expect to receive precisely zero, according to bankruptcy documents received by Pipeline Online on Jan. 2. But while those creditors are left holding the bag, Royal’s properties are being taken over by Keranic Industrial Gas Inc., a company headed by its former Royal CEO Andrew Davidson.
U.S. designs for Venezuelan oil industry put pressure on Canadian oil stocks
Shares in Canada’s biggest oilsands producers came under pressure Monday after the U.S. military captured the Venezuelan leader and President Donald Trump announced plans to put that country’s oil industry into the hands of American companies.
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Brian Zinchuk: Trump’s takeover of Venezuela means Canada needs those west coast pipelines ASAP
Anyone remember when Trump said back on Jan. 23, 2025, “We don’t need their oil and gas. We have more than anybody”?
It was in the same statement where Trump was making some of those initial 51st state comments, a couple days after his second inauguration. You know, the ones we were supposed to get our elbows up for.
Rubio says US won’t govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade
Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country, a turnaround after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier that the U.S. would be running Venezuela following its ouster of leader Nicolás Maduro.
Carney says Canada ‘welcomes the opportunity for freedom’ after Maduro’s capture
Prime Minister Mark Carney reacted on Saturday afternoon by noting that one of the first actions taken by his new government in March was to impose additional sanctions on Nicolás Maduro’s “brutally oppressive and criminal regime.”
One more time: Alberta’s wind power hits zero output for the second day in a row
For the second day in a row, wind power generation in Alberta fell to zero megawatts, out of a nameplate capacity of 5,684 megawatts.
SaskPower seeking 3.9% rate increases this February and next February
A first season episode of The West Wing called “Take Out the Trash Day” explained that governments tend to put out bad news on Fridays. And at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 2, SaskPower sent out a press release announcing it is seeking a 3.9 per cent rate increase effective February 1, 2026, and a further 3.9 per cent rate increase effective February 1, 2027.