Congratulations to Nathalie St-Pierre on her appointment as the Canadian Propane Association’s (CPA) president and CEO. Welcome aboard. Ms. St-Pierre brings more than 20-years of experience to this industry having previously worked in both government and not-for-profit sectors. As a lawyer and a member of Concordia University’s School of Community and Public Affairs, she has…
Calgary, Alberta is proud to host the Global Petroleum Show’s 49th anniversary on its celebrated Stampede grounds from June 13 to 15, 2017. It’s a must-see for producers and operators and a must-show for local, national, and international service and supply companies. According to GPS organizers, this year’s show provides direct access to the entire…
MMEX Resources Corp., announced it plans to build a $450 million, 50,000 barrel/day (bbl/d) crude oil refinery located in the West Texas Permian Basin, called the Pecos County refinery. The company has allocated 250-acre northeast of Fort Stockton, TX to export diesel, gasoline, and jet fuels, liquefied petroleum gas, and oil to western Mexico and…
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is looking at updating the clean fuels regulations in its Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1999). Of course, the purpose is to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the adoption of lower carbon fuels and related technologies. The bureaucrats intend to consult with the provinces and territories, Indigenous Peoples,…
What’s emerged out of the late-February, 2017 Natural Gas Summit in Frankfurt, Germany is that Europe has extended solid support to Iran to allow that country to move forward with some of the largest natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in more than a decade. While there are still long negotiations ahead, a…
In 2016, Canada shipped almost all its oil exports south to the United States. That changed in 2017. Last month, a ship loaded oil off Newfoundland and set sail on a 16,000 kilometre voyage to China. This followed a cargo of western Canadian oil sands shipped from the U.S. Gulf Coast to India. Producers are…
