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May 8, 2022 · The price of heating oil in Nova Scotia has increased by 70 per cent since the beginning of the year, according to Natural Resources Canada. This month, the average retail price for...
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Crude Oil
1. Since 2018, Nova Scotia has not produced any crude oil or crude oil equivalents (Figure 1). 2. Between 2000 and 2018, Nova Scotia produced condensate/pentanes plus at the ExxonMobil-operated Point Tupper Fractionator Plant. In 2018, ExxonMobil applied to the province to abandon its fractionator as part of the abandonment of its natural gas producing Sable Offshore Energy Project.Footnote 1Production at Point Tupper ceased by May 2018. 3. There are currently no active exploration licenses o...
Refined Petroleum Products
1. Nova Scotia does not have any refineries. Imperial Oil’s Dartmouth refinery closed in 2013. The facility now operates as an oil products terminal. 2. In April 2022, NuStar Energy L.P. sold its 7.8 million-barrel storage terminal in Point Tupper to EverWind Fuels. The terminal is one of the largest RPP storage and blending facilities in Atlantic Canada. It serves markets in Atlantic Canada and the United States (U.S.) East Coast. EverWind plans to turn the terminal into Atlantic Canada’s fi...
Natural Gas/Natural Gas Liquids
1. Nova Scotia has not produced any natural gas since 2018. (Figure 1) 2. Natural gas in Nova Scotia was previously produced offshore at ExxonMobil’s Sable Offshore Energy Project and Ovintiv’s Deep PanukeFootnote 3project until 2018 (Encana changed its name to Ovintiv in 2020). 3. The Sable Offshore Energy Project, Canada’s first offshore natural gas project, was commissioned in 1999 and ceased production on 31 December 2018. The plugging and abandonment of all wells was completed in 2019. A...
Crude Oil and Liquids
1. There are no crude oil pipelines or crude-by-rail facilities in Nova Scotia. 2. Since Nova Scotia is not connected to oil pipeline systems and it does not have any refineries, it must import RPPs. RPPs are imported from the Irving Refinery in New Brunswick, as well as other countries including the U.S., the Netherlands, and Belgium.
Natural Gas
1. Nova Scotia relies entirely on imported natural gas, which arrives via the Maritimes and Northeast PipelineFootnote 20 (M&NP) (Figure 3). The M&NP connects to pipelines in the northeast U.S., which are connected to the broader, North American market, including western Canada. The Canadian portion of the M&NP starts at St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and ends near Halifax and Goldboro in Nova Scotia. In 2023, the M&NP shipped 189 MMcf/d of gas into Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Some Nova Scoti...
Liquefied Natural Gas
1. In November 2023, Pieridae Energy announced that it would abandon plans to build the Goldboro LNG export project in Nova Scotia and sell the Goldboro assets.Footnote 25 The sale was finalized in July 2024.Footnote 26 The $3 billion facility was proposed in 2012 to export 320 MMcf/d of natural gas to European markets. Pieridae Energy had previously received authorization from the Nova Scotia Utilities and Review Board (NSUARB)Footnote 27 to construct Goldboro LNG export facility and an expo...
Total Energy Consumption
1. End-use demand in Nova Scotia was 156 petajoules (PJ) in 2020. The transportation sector was responsible for 39% of total demand, followed by residential at 28%, industrial at 18%, and commercial at 15% (Figure 4). Nova Scotia’s total energy demand was the eighth largest in Canada, and the eleventh largest on a per capita basis. 2. RPPs, including gasoline, diesel, and heating oil, were the most consumed fuel in Nova Scotia, accounting for 92 PJ, or 59% of total end-use demand. Electricity...
Refined Petroleum Products
1. Nova Scotia’s motor gasoline demand in 2022 was 1,211 litres per capita, 17% above the national average of 1,035 litres per capita. 2. Nova Scotia’s diesel demand in 2022 was 618 litres per capita, 20% below the national average of 772 litres per capita. 3. RPP prices in Nova Scotia have been regulated by the NSUARB since 2009. The NSUARB sets wholesale prices, minimum and maximum retail mark-ups, and maximum retail prices for gasoline and diesel.Footnote 36
Natural Gas
1. In 2023, Nova Scotia consumed an average of 77.2 MMcf/d of natural gas, which was less than 1% of total Canadian demand. 2. Nova Scotia’s industrial sector consumed 57.7 MMcf/d of natural gas in 2023. The commercial and residential sectors consumed 18.7 MMcf/d and 0.7 MMcf/d, respectively.
Nova Scotia furnace oil prices. We are just starting to include prices for parts of Canada such as in and around Halifax in Nova Scotia. These quotes are per litre and likely exclude taxes. Some will be from different locations so may not be directly comparable with each other. Supplier.
Apr 11, 2023 · Knowing your options will help you decide on the best fuel source for your home. These charts provide side-by-side comparisons of annual heating costs as well as the associated greenhouse gas emissions for some of the most common heating types. Space heating comparison chart (click chart to view)
Oct 24, 2022 · The price of home heating oil has reached close to $2 per litre in Nova Scotia — 50 per cent higher than this time last year. This has organizations that work with low-income people worried...
Nov 17, 2022 · Nova Scotians worry about increased costs as energy prices soar. As winter approaches, the jump in energy prices continues to worry homeowners. Tom Richard can already feel a winter...
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Oil is the most common home heating fuel in Nova Scotia. Modern high efficiency condensing oil and natural gas equipment can have combustion efficiencies as high as 93%. View our Homeowner’s Guide to Oil and Gas Heating to learn more. Download Guide.
