Barrelfuls of energy news, analysis and discussions
Toronto
Joined December 2011
- Tweets12.6K
- Following10
- Followers3K
- Likes0
FP Energy retweeted
A look at how Canada's push to build a battery industry has led to a staking rush among junior miners, who play a key role behind Canada's gold discoveries. Today though, the hunt is for lithium and not gold. @financialpost
financialpost.com/feature/ca… @financialpost
FP Energy retweeted
'I would say we are welcoming foreign investments… but in case of Teck, we like them as a Canadian company,' minister Champagne said at a press conference when asked whether Canada would welcome Glencore’s bid to buy Teck’s coal assets. @financialpost
financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
Canada's curbs on Chinese investments haven't been "too detrimental" for this Chinese lithium mine in Manitoba. On the contrary, it plans to grow to power more electric vehicles. @financialpost
financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
.@Naimonthefield on how #cdnpoli's bid to keep China out of the #cdnecon mining industry is playing out on the ground:
Ottawa drove China out of Canada's lithium industry, but questions linger over costs financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
The scenic towns of Sparwood and Elkford, known for hikes and fresh snow, find their futures tied to a battle between two large mining companies, a battle that will ultimately be decided some 3,000 kms away in Toronto’s financial district. @financialpost
financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
Context for why Teck's copper pipeline is valuable: In the 1990s, on average, 11.5 major copper deposits were discovered each year; the following decades that droppped to 9.4 per year. Between 2010 and 2019, it dropped to 1.9. #DowntoBusinesspodcast financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
While a debate over pipeline safety standards churns on in the U.S., Keystone's temporary shutdown last December resurrected old anxieties in Western Canada over capacity and constraints on future egress. This one's for @financialpost subscribers: financialpost.com/commoditie… 3/3
FP Energy retweeted
.@financialpost's @mpotkins wanted to know the spill rates of #cdnecon's pipelines. No one had processed the data, so she did it herself. Worth your time:
The politics of pipelines: Spotlight on spills resurrects old anxieties for Canadian oil financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
Some excellent #cdnecon reporting, via @mpotkins:
In aftermath of Keystone spill, Canada's oilpatch frets about pipeline capacity as U.S. targets safety financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
Tesla lines up for lithium as North America's sole large-scale mine opens in Quebec
financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
Smart #cdnecon #cdnpoli budget preview, via @GabeFriedz:
Industrial policy is back in vogue in push for Canada to win on green economy financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
“They sort of have taken our sector for granted, just assumed that Canada is a mining powerhouse, and we are going to be fine, but we are not," said Mining Association of Canada's CEO. @financialpost
financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
The project was originally expected to cost $5.4B when it was first proposed by Kinder Morgan Inc. in 2013. The size of the latest cost increase for TMX caught even close observers of the project by surprise: "It’s absolutely disappointing on all fronts." financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
ICYMI: Elliott was agitating for an outsider to take the helm — and Suncor’s CEO announcement appears to have satisfied Elliott’s brief, according to a source familiar with the U.S. hedge fund.
financialpost.com/commoditie… $SU #oott #cdnecon
FP Energy retweeted
The CEO of #cdnecon's $ENB takes to @financialpost to make his case for why LNG should be part of the green transition:
Greg Ebel: The world wants and needs Canada’s energy — especially LNG financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
The B.C. gov and Blueberry River First Nations have agreed on a plan that will end a nearly 19-month freeze on new oil & gas development in northeast B.C. — albeit with strict conditions: "There's no longer business as usual," said Chief Judy Desjarlais. financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
Activist investor Elliott Investment Management LP appears poised to add a fourth member to Suncor Energy Inc.‘s board of directors after the oilsands major underperformed its peers in the second half of 2022. More: financialpost.com/commoditie… #oott #eft #com
FP Energy retweeted
#cdnecon sketch artist @oconnorwrites adds some layers to what might have prompted the exit of one of Canada's most important energy executives this week:
Why Sophie Brochu's Hydro-Quebec exit may be more about philosophy than politics financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
The head of #cdnecon's $WCP talks to @mpotkins:
Why Whitecap Resources' CEO is making deals and hoping Alberta's Sovereignty Act can heal financialpost.com/commoditie…
FP Energy retweeted
.@mpotkins on how #cdnecon's $VET is getting swept up in the EU's windfall tax on oil and gas:
Vermilion Energy suspends share buybacks in the face of EU windfall tax financialpost.com/commoditie…