Southeast Alberta advances establishment of Canada's second
MEDICINE HAT, Alberta, July 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Southeast Alberta Hydrogen Task Force (Task Force) is pleased to announce the release of its...
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MEDICINE HAT, Alberta, July 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Southeast Alberta Hydrogen Task Force (Task Force) is pleased to announce the release of its...
City goes to Plan B for gas supply Poll No (11%, 32 Votes) TC Energy has cancelled a substantial pipeline that would have brought jobs to the region and more natural gas to Medicine Hat for a power plant expansion, but the city utility department says an alternative deal to supply gas for the new unit is in place. The Nova Gas Medicine Hat Looping Project would have seen 65 kilometres of 24-inch pipe laid between the city’s north end and areas nearer to the TC Energy Mainline at Empress. Scheduled to be built by 2023, it was to deliver additional gas on a 15-year contract with the city to ...
Better pricing has natural gas sector feeling optimistic Poll Too strict The mood among natural gas producers in the province is greatly improved, says the head of one major company with operations in southeast Alberta, as better pricing from last year carries into 2021. But that’s after a rough few years of depressed prices, cost cutting and severe contraction and bankruptcies in the sector. However, Phil Hodge at Pinecliff Energy says companies like his and others, which survived gas prices plummeting to historic lows two years ago, are more stable heading forward. “(Pricing environme...
City scrubs power sale option Poll Yes A sale will not be considered as part of a current review of the City of Medicine Hat’s power plant, according to a statement from Mayor Ted Clugston and senior officials on Monday afternoon. Last month the utility department announced it was conducting a strategic review to determine the potential effect of growing renewable supply on its export sales of gas-fired power. However, the inclusion of a potential sale of the municipally owned power plant or partnership between a new private sector owner and the city-retained distribution company became a l...
City sells Glauc C field as patch wind down continues Poll Now that the SCOC has ruled, should Alberta go back to a carbon tax created here, for here? Create our own COLLIN GALLANT Twitter: CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat has sold its strongest producing oil field with elected officials and administrators saying the risks of spending more cash to boost profits in the oil business are too great for a local government to take on. The sale of municipality’s one-quarter interest in the 2,700-barrel per day “Glauc C” field, was announced and approved at Monday’s city council meeting...