Cenovus Energy Inc., Calgary, has agreed to sell its Palliser crude oil and natural gas assets in southeastern Alberta to Torxen Energy and Schlumberger Ltd. for $1.3 billion (Can.) in cash. Source: News

Eight former US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members soundly rebuked, in an Oct. 19 comment, a proposal supposedly designed to make electric power systems more resilient. Source: News

Electric power will gain ground globally on oil and natural gas by 2050 as its use in vehicles continues to rise and power distribution systems are built in developing countries, an inaugural forecast by DNV GL AS, Oslo, said. Source: News

Four oil and gas trade associations and eight other energy industry groups jointly submitted comments on Oct. 23 opposing the US Department of Energy’s proposed electric grid resiliency pricing. Source: News

Taming by US President Donald Trump of the administrative beast he inherited, mistakenly called deregulation, solves many problems but creates others. Trump is not deregulating; he’s unshackling. Source: News

Forty years ago tomorrow, the Oil & Gas Journal news editor handed seven pages of single-spaced typescript to a new hire on his first day and said something like, “Read this if you want to understand your job.” Source: News

Green energy, the official antidote for global warming, is curing Ontario of factory work. Source: News