Jim Bentein
Meet the 2020 Rising Stars nominees
Tuesday, September 8, 2020, 9:54 AM MDT
Optimism has been in short supply in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting plunge in oil prices has put an…
Distillery owned by father-son duo, former resource industry employees, ‘bridges’ into hand sanitizer business
Monday, May 11, 2020, 8:41 PM MDT
After decades of working in the oil and gas and mining industries, father-and-son duo Diego and Tomas Romero were ready…
Tertzakian releases ‘passion project,’ launches Energyphile
Monday, February 17, 2020, 12:21 PM MST
Respected economist and author Peter Tertzakian didn’t want to write “a dry business book” for a third time — and…
Canadian LNG: Global opportunity, global competition
Tuesday, December 17, 2019, 7:41 AM MST
The march towards building a significant liquefied natural gas sector in Canada continues to see challenges, but proponents maintain that…
Western Canadian gas, European demand key for LNG projects in eastern Canada
Monday, December 2, 2019, 7:25 AM MST
Liquefied natural gas projects planned for eastern Canada represent a significant opportunity for Alberta’s gas producers to reach tidewater and…
LNG light at end of tunnel for Canada’s gas producers
Monday, August 19, 2019, 7:39 AM MDT
Building on a decade of challenges, Western Canada’s gas producers continue facing low prices, intense competition from U.S. producers for…
Biojet: Developing a Western Canada solution to reduce emissions from the airline sector
Monday, June 17, 2019, 5:50 PM MDT
While it’s likely petroleum-based jet fuels will continue to prevail in the airline business for many more decades, an initiative…
New partners and innovators join the Energy Futures Lab
Monday, June 17, 2019, 5:23 PM MDT
Given her role as an executive with one of Canada’s largest real estate organizations, Cheryl de Paoli has attended numerous…
Oilsands growth to continue decelerating despite ‘dramatic’ cost reductions and improved prices: IHS Markit
Thursday, May 2, 2019, 7:08 AM MDT
The cost of building and operating oilsands projects has fallen dramatically in the last five years, making the sector competitive…
Think-tank says new Mexico refinery has just 2% chance of success
Friday, April 12, 2019, 6:51 AM MDT
A Mexican think-tank has proposed the cancelation of the federal government’s 160-billion-peso (US$8.5-billion) refinery project in the Mexican coastal state…
Alberta coal mining activity rebounds in 2018
Monday, April 1, 2019, 7:19 AM MDT
A downtrend in coal mining in Alberta over the last several years appears to be being reversed. Last year saw…
Community leaders In Alberta praise value of energy futures roadshows
Thursday, March 14, 2019, 7:04 AM MDT
As the world shifts to the use of more electric vehicles (EVs) and power grids dominated by renewables, fossil fuel-based…
