Episode 59 - Canada Oil Trouble - Again | Japanese Nuclear Power | Feline Avicide | WSJ and Oil - a podcast by Ryan Ray & Ellen Wald

Pipeline problems:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-03/energy-transfer-natural-gas-pipeline-ruptures-in-missouri
No one seriously injured but still, its a problem for the pipeline industry
Could pipeline companies in pipeline dense areas possibly poor resources to pay for better pipeline surveillance measures.

https://edmontonjournal.com/business/energy/enbridge-pipeline-delayed-one-year-big-hit-to-alberta-oil-industry
Canada can’t catch a break but the delays are due to Minnesota.

Is nuclear the answer?
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=38533
Japan cut its nuclear power footprint after the Fukushima disaster and is only now ramping it back up. Plans to increase nuclear power to 20-22% of its total electricity generation.

https://quillette.com/2019/02/27/why-renewables-cant-save-the-planet/
Renewables can’t save the planet, but is nuclear REALLY the answer? Nuclear is a great base load option but its not right for everything. For small villages, renewables would be the answer. But for huge populations, need nuclear base load provider, but also need natural gas to be able to ramp up production at times of very high usage.

Aramco wants to become a top 3 oil trader
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenrwald/2019/02/28/opec-must-reassure-markets-as-aramco-moves-to-become-a-top-oil-trader/#1b1e0cc3b250
Implication for the market could be immense, just because Aramco controls so much production

WSJ’s latest on fracking
https://www.wsj.com/articles/shale-companies-adding-ever-more-wells-threaten-future-of-u-s-oil-boom-11551655588
Parent-child issue: child well messes up parents well and messes with the projections from the parent well. Perhaps the WSJ picked the worse companies for the data. It’s unclear whether any of the data is accurate here.
IEA Energy Breakdowns Page
https://www.iea.org/countries/

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