Cenovus Energy is facing a fine over a release of wastewater into a wetland. In 2020, a pipeline then belonging to Husky Oil released about 206 cubic metres of produced water through a break in the line and into the surrounding wetland. Cenovus, which merged with Husky in 2021, has been assessed a $140,000 fine…

News Analysis China’s top leader Xi Jinping appears to be prioritizing cooperation with Central Asia for gas pipelines, having urged the accelerated construction of a fourth pipeline to the region during a meeting with heads of state from the five Central Asian countries in May. Meanwhile, Russia has been pushing China, without success, for the construction…

The RCMP has shared new information regarding masked, axe-wielding protesters who descended on a Coastal GasLinks pipeline worksite in Houston, British Columbia, in February last year. The RCMP has not yet made arrests—and has said little about the investigation since—but Chief Supt. John Brewer told The Epoch Times recently that they have suspects and they…

In a show of friendship, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reaffirmed the country’s enduring relationship with Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, during a visit by the island nation’s prime minister and his delegation on Feb. 8. Both prime ministers discussed economic, security and regional cooperation, including recent developments related to the controversial gas…

East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta has urged Australian PM Anthony Albanese to publicly support the development of a gas pipeline in the Timor Sea following Woodside Energy’s new position on the project. This follows a diplomatic stoush in August that saw Ramos-Horta say that his island country would turn to China if Woodside Energy continued…

More than 200 concerned landholders have petitioned the New South Wales (NSW) energy minister to stop Santos from entering farming land for its proposed 400-kilometre underground gas pipeline. The Hunter Gas Pipeline would connect the $3.6 billion Narrabri Gas Project on NSW’s northern tablelands to Newcastle and the east coast market. However, oil and gas…

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has called for the NSW, Victorian and federal governments to fund a gas pipeline from Queensland to southern states to ease power price pressures. The Albanese government is considering gas market spot price caps and potential subsidies in a bid to curb rising retail power bills. The Queensland premier has rejected those…

When the movement to close the Southeast New York-based Indian Point nuclear plants reached a new high in 2012, energy expert Jonathan Lesser warned that the closure would mean rising electricity prices for consumers. Much of what he predicted in his 2012 report has come true. Lesser, an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a memorandum detailing new cybersecurity rules for owners and operators of pipelines, a decision seen by the pipeline industry as a win. The Security Directive Pipeline-2021-02C (SD02C) is applicable to operators or owners of hazardous liquid and natural gas pipelines or a liquefied natural gas facility who…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a memorandum detailing new cybersecurity rules for owners and operators of pipelines, a decision seen as a victory by the pipeline industry. The Security Directive Pipeline-2021-02C (SD02C) is applicable to operators or owners of hazardous liquid and natural gas pipelines or a liquefied natural gas facility who…