Plastics ban hits Alberta’s gas strategy
Federal measures to limit plastics pollution could frustrate the province’s petchems plans
Ottawa has rained on Alberta’s parade again. The federal government announced a series of measures in early October intended to counter plastics pollution, including a national ban on six single-use plastic items. The news came only a day after Alberta released its much-anticipated Natural Gas Vision and Strategy, two of the five pillars of which are a massive expansion of petrochemical manufacturing in the province and the establishment of Alberta as the “centre of excellence for plastics recycling” in western North America by 2030. Alberta’s vision and strategy Alberta’s gas industry has fallen on hard times since the US shale gas revolution took off in the mid-2000s. Gas production in the
Also in this section
22 January 2025
The return of Donald Trump gives further evidence of ‘big oil’ as an investable asset, with the only question being whether anyone is really surprised
21 January 2025
The new president must put his cards on the table and tell the American people, and the world, if the US is formally abandoning the energy transition
20 January 2025
Country offers to boost gas exports to Europe to 10bcm/yr, but serious questions remain
20 January 2025
The country’s oil and gas giant, KazMunayGas, is pushing ahead with a series of significant international partnerships
