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The Rank Hypocrisy of Quebec Politicians
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The Rank Hypocrisy of Quebec Politicians

By Heather Douglas Cloaked in their green duplicity, the Government of Quebec, the mayors around Montreal, and the federal Quebec politicians rejoiced when TransCanada (TSX:TRP) cancelled the Energy East Pipeline.  Yet in 2014 the province authorized the building and operation of Quebec’s largest carbon dioxide polluter, a cement plant along the Gaspe Peninsula, which potentially…

LNG Projects
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LNG Projects

CNOOC Cancels B.C.’s Aurora LNG Project The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) agreed to fund First Nations participation in the Aurora LNG project. The Aurora LNG project, operated by Nexen Energy – a wholly-owned subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corp. Ltd. (CNOOC) – and INPEX Gas British Columbia jointly announced mid-September 2017 the partners…

Future of LNG Exports
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Future of LNG Exports

Australia becomes the largest LNG exporter to Japan, overtaking Qatar and Malaysia, the two biggest previously. “The United States is playing a major role in transforming the global LNG markets as it marches toward becoming the third largest LNG exporting nation in the world,” says Srirama Palagummi, Harry Vidas, and Eric Kuhle, with ICF, a…

Propane at the Construction Site
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Propane at the Construction Site

As the propane industry begins the 2017-2018 construction heating season, I realized it has been quite some time since we discussed the requirements related to using propane at construction sites in this column.  The 2015 versions of both the CSA B149.1 Natural Gas & Propane Installation Code and CSA B149.2 Propane Storage & Handling Code…