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[Jackerbie]

LNG may be less controversial than bitumen, but Weaver is still livid. We're in for another interesting winter, I guess. 

[Bingo]

The oil pipeline to Kitimat was a bad idea because of tanker traffic in the narrow Douglas Channel.

Why not twin the approved LNG pipeline with an oil pipeline to the huge port at Prince Rupert as construction costs would probably be less?

 

Here is an older map that shows some of the pipelines and rail lines.

 

Edited by Bingo, 05 October 2018 - 04:43 AM.

[G-Man]

Bad couple days for combustible fuels!

https://globalnews.c...ire-evacuation/

[Bingo]

Bad couple days for combustible fuels!

https://globalnews.c...ire-evacuation/

 

Was the pipeline sabotaged.

[G-Man]

That is a good question! I hadn't even thought about the possibility.

[Bingo]

More than a million Fortis BC customers are being told to turn off their thermostats to help conserve the supply of natural gas following a ruptured Enbridge pipeline Tuesday night.

National Energy Board inspectors are at the scene of where an Enbridge natural gas line ruptured about 15 kilometres northeast of Prince George, which Fortis BC says feeds its system.

The utility is asking customers across the province to “avoid non-essential use of natural gas” as it expects a decrease in energy flow and a potential loss of service for up to 700,000 customers.

https://www.cheknews...-george-497243/

 

[Wayne]

https://nationalpost...our-oil-exports

"The gap between Canadian and U.S. oil is nudging US$50 a barrel. Alberta gets around US$26 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate is in the neighborhood of US$72."

Mindboggling!

[Jackerbie]

^ That's what happens when you have one customer: they set the price.

[Bernard]

The price of Western Canada Select is at appallingly low levels, companies are not getting as much for their oil as it costs for them to produce it.   This is the worst differential ever seen between Alberta oil prices and those in the US

[Bingo]

The price of Western Canada Select is at appallingly low levels, companies are not getting as much for their oil as it costs for them to produce it.  

 

Which means the tar sands are less profitable.

[Bernard]

Which means the tar sands are less profitable.

not less profitable, losing money on any oil produced

[Bingo]

FortisBC is warning customers that the gas pipeline explosion earlier this month will reduce natural gas supply between 20 and 50 per cent of normal levels going into the winter.

"The natural gas system will be challenged in times of high demand throughout the winter," a statement from the energy company warns.

Enbridge has said it expects the ruptured 36-inch pipeline to be repaired and in service again by mid-November, but Fortis says both that line and another 30-inch pipeline will only be running at 80 per cent of capacity throughout the winter.

https://www.cbc.ca/n...ridge-1.4873658

[Bingo]

Premier Rachel Notley is calling on the federal government to buy more rail cars to transport Alberta oil.

The premier also said it's important Canada stop getting oil from places like Saudi Arabia that have a poor record on human rights.

Refineries in Eastern Canada import about 75,000 to 80,000 barrels per day of Saudi Arabian crude, which is just under 10 per cent of the country's total oil imports. Canada exports about 3.5 million barrels a day.

The volume of crude shipped by rail has spiked in the past eight years since the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was first pitched, with an increase from 30,000 barrels to 200,000 barrels being shipped per day.

https://www.cbc.ca/n...ttawa-1.4873584

[Mike K.]

Luckily many British Columbians have wood fireplaces to rely on for heat. That is, until the do-gooders turn their focus on them and decide that’s no longer kosher.

[Bingo]

Luckily many British Columbians have wood fireplaces to rely on for heat. That is, until the do-gooders turn their focus on them and decide that’s no longer kosher.

 

Just what we need is another cloud of smoke hanging over the province.  

[Bingo]

 Enbridge Inc. says it has successfully completed repairs on the section of a natural gas pipeline that ruptured and burned near Prince George, B.C., three weeks ago.

https://www.timescol...line-1.23482901

[Mike K.]

So gas prices should recede now, right?

[Jackerbie]

So gas prices should recede now, right?

 

Repaired, but not operating at full capacity. Both lines will be maxing out at 80% until the review is complete, and I don't know what the ETA is on that. Fortis was saying that capacity will be between 50-80% through the winter.

[vortoozo]

So gas prices should recede now, right?

 

Can't say it's based on the pipeline, but they've certainly fallen back about 10 cents since it first ruptured. Stations have been dropping to about 143.9 since yesterday.

[Mike K.]

They have!?! Awesome. That's what I'm talking about. The last time I passed a gas station was yesterday and prices were 148.