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After three days of negotiations, the hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en and Canadian government officials have reached a tentative agreement on how to proceed with Coastal GasLink's project to construct a fracked-gas pipeline on Wet'suwet'en territory in northern British Columbia, according to...

Details are skimpy at this point, but a lot more refiners are going to need to account for ethanol somehow in their operations The most recent shift in the Trump administration's policy on biofuels, particularly ethanol, is likely to have an impact in the transportation sector both on the rails...

With the gains that Sen. Bernie Sanders has made in the race to be the Democratic nominee for president, and with Sen. Elizabeth Warren still in the race, a question coming into greater focus is: What happens if the U.S. bans fracking? The issue has arisen enough that a panelist on last week's...

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for an immediate end to the rail blockades that have caused serious disruptions to the country's supply chains for more than two weeks, calling them "unacceptable and untenable." "The barricades need to come down now," Trudeau told reporters during a...

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) announced yesterday that it is "committed to providing financial relief to all of the independent lease-operated truckers contracted by FCL whose livelihoods have been negatively impacted by Unifor's illegal blockades of the Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) and...

Good day, In its annual LNG Outlook report, Shell stated that the worldwide demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) has shot up by 12.5% to touch 359 million tons in 2019. The oil major expects to see demand double by 2040 because LNG is playing a growing role in shaping a lower-carbon energy...

Protesters' efforts to block freight rail traffic in Canada in support of a First Nations group's objections over a proposed natural gas pipeline have caused ripples throughout the Commonwealth's supply chain, including temporary layoffs at Canadian National (NYSE: CNI) and increased congestion at...

Good day, The anti-pipeline protests that have disrupted key Canadian National rail lines in Canada aren't a good thing for the trucking industry even if some carriers see a temporary spike in volumes.   "When the railways suffer disruption in service, it impacts everyone in the economy including...

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While experts are somewhat cautious in their estimations, we can now get a better sense of how gold, oil and copper may perform in the new year, while also contemplating how data from 2019 can help form expectations around commodity trading in the new year. The Nature Of Commodity Trading...

In a just-released report loaded with good news for anybody consuming diesel fuel, a leading energy research company sees the diesel market staying weak well after taking a hit from the ongoing coronavirus scare. The coronavirus outbreak has particularly weakened diesel prices, in part because of...

Oil markets this quarter are going to do something they haven't done in more than 10 years. That's the forecast of the International Energy Agency (IEA), a multination group of mostly consuming nations with a monthly report that is watched closely for supply-and-demand trends. And what the IEA...

How would you like to know today what the price of something is going to be tomorrow? That's what FreightWaves has launched with its predictive model on wholesale diesel prices. On this week's "Drilling Deep" podcast, host John Kingston speaks with DTN's Scott Susich, who has worked with...

Good day, In the wake of the coronavirus breakout in China, OPEC has cut its oil demand growth forecast by 230,000 barrels per day (bpd) from last month's estimate. It now expects global oil demand growth at 990,000 bpd, citing the havoc the coronavirus has had over industrial activity and people...