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Stuck in the Middle - The Woes of Alberta Gas
Alberta has vast reserves of natural gas, and for years the gas produced there found ready, steady markets in Ontario, Quebec and the U.S. Midwest, Northeast and West.
RBN’s Daily Energy Blog and Insights sharpen your energy IQ through fundamentals-based analysis that makes sense of North America’s energy market dynamics.
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Houston We Have An Assessment - Gulf Coast Crude Markets After The Flood
The Houston crude oil distribution system is gearing up to handle a flood of new supplies from over 1.7 MMb/d of pipeline capacity delivering into the region by the end of Q2 2014. A trading market is also developing for producers and shippers selling that crude to Gulf Coast refiners.
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Lady Well Power – New Generation Capacity to Meet Growing Williston Basin Demand
Three North Dakota electric utility companies are adding close to 800 MW of new generating capacity in the next five years. Unlike 68 percent of the State’s current generating capacity that uses coal fuel, the new plants will be powered by locally produced natural gas.
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Oh Propylene – Why Can’t You be True? On-Purpose Propylene via Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH)
Up until a few years ago, propylene production was mostly a derivative of the petroleum refining and olefin cracking industries. But that is changing big time.
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Is Deep Panuke Gas a Case of Right Place, Wrong Time? - Part 2
Natural gas from the Deep Panuke field off Nova Scotia will start flowing any day now. But it is arriving three years late, and a lot has changed since 2010.
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She Don’t Lie, She Don’t Lie, Propane. Exports Take Off!
Over the past six weeks, the price of Mont Belvieu propane has strengthened by more than 20%. That’s not supposed to happen in the middle of the summer doldrums when the only growth market for propane is backyard BBQ grills. Could supply be falling? Not hardly. The most re
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Go Your Own Way – Alberta Rail Loading Terminals
The battle between pipeline and rail transport alternatives to get growing crude supplies out of Western Canada is heating up.
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Mr. Sandman – Getting Proppant to the Wellhead
Mining, processing and delivering over 30 million metric tonnes (MT) of frac sand proppant to US oil and gas shale drilling sites is a serious business.
RBN NATGAS Billboard Canada
The Canadian NATGAS Billboard is a weekly, early morning email and report that’s designed to keep physical and financial participants informed of the various fundamental components that make up the complex Canadian natural gas market. This service saves readers time and confusion by compiling all the most critical data points into one clear and concise report.
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The Gates of Magellan – Front Line Houston Crude Distribution Hub
Houston crude storage and distribution terminals are getting busy fast these days as a flood of new crude begins to show up from inland production basins. Crude tank storage rates in Houston are double those at Cushing.
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Go Your Own Way – The Canadian Rail Versus Pipeline Bitumen Challenge
New pipeline capacity from Cushing to the US Gulf Coast, expected online at the end of 2013 and early in 2014, will ease the congestion that has stranded a lot of Western Canadian crude in the Midwest.
