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Second leak in one month reported on Trans Mountain pipeline

  HOPE, B.C. - Another leak has been detected along Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline which crosses southern British Columbia carrying petroleum products from Alberta.Kinder Morgan spokesman Andy Galarnyk confirms the line has been shut down as a precaution after a company crew noticed a problem in the Hope area, about 150 kilometres east of Vancouver.Galarnyk says regulatory agencies and local authorities have been notified and the company is following the same procedures used on [Read more]

Canada announces measures to calm public fears over pipeline safety

  VANCOUVER - Major pipeline companies will have to show federal regulators that they have access to $1 billion to cover the costs of an oil or gas spill, under new rules aimed at easing public concerns about pipeline safety.Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said the federal government will also enshrine in law the "polluter pay" principle for oil and gas pipelines to ensure taxpayers are not left on the hook for cleanup costs."We will ensure that all companies operating pipelines [Read more]

Police arrest protesters at Enbridge pumping station near Hamilton

  HAMILTON - Hamilton police have arrested a group of protesters who were occupying a rural Enbridge pumping station.Police say approximately 16 protesters were on site Wednesday and a number of them were arrested early this morning.The exact number of arrests hasn't been released.The protesters had formed a blockade at the Line 9 pumping station in North Westover, located about 30 kilometres northwest of Hamilton, disrupting work there.Enbridge (TSX:ENB) has received partial approval to [Read more]

Pipeline to 2015: energy, deficit fight expected themes for PM’s fall agenda

  By Jennifer Ditchburn OTTAWA - While Barack Obama unveils a major new climate-change strategy in the United States, Stephen Harper is expected to make natural resources one of his key agenda items this fall.Both Obama and Harper have faced difficult springs politically — Obama with the controversy over federal spying and the taxman targeting right-wing groups, and Harper with a Senate spending scandal.But the two leaders appear to be taking contrasting approaches to turning the [Read more]

Enbridge says spill from Line 37 near Fort McMurray, Alta., is being cleaned up

  CALGARY - A clean up is underway on the oil spill from Enbridge's Line 37 in an area southeast of Fort McMurray, Alta and the next stage will be to repair the pipeline itself, the company said Tuesday.Enbridge (TSX:ENB) said it anticipates as many as 75 workers would be on site Tuesday and the number will vary in the coming days."The site is very wet due to heavy rains and surface water is running down the slope to a small creek that discharges into an unnamed lake," company spokesman [Read more]

Pennwest crews pump water, dig soil at spill site in northern Alberta

  LITTLE BUFFALO, Alta. - Crews were digging up muskeg and pumping out contaminated waste water Tuesday in an effort to clean up a pipeline spill in northern Alberta near several aboriginal communities."Our focus right now is on aggressive action to contain, collect and mitigate the effects of the release," said Greg Moffatt of Calgary-based PennWest Exploration (TSX:PWT), which owns the pipeline near Little Buffalo.Initial reports last week that the spill involved 5,000 litres of oil [Read more]

Official: Obama to say Keystone XL should be OK’d only if no emissions increase

  WASHINGTON - A White House official says President Barack Obama is telling the State Department it should not approve the Keystone XL pipeline unless it is sure the project will not increase greenhouse gas emissions.Obama will make the announcement Tuesday in a speech on his climate change plan at Georgetown University.That's according to a senior White House official, who was not authorized to discuss the announcement by name ahead of Obama's speech and spoke on condition of [Read more]

Northern Gateway lawyer says First Nations don’t have right to direct tankers

  TERRACE, B.C. - The proposed Northern Gateway project reached a major milestone on Monday with the end of public hearings on the pipeline, and now the company will focus on resolving lingering questions, says president John Carruthers.Carruthers said the focus that has been on the joint review process for several years will now move to building public support and working with the British Columbia government, aboriginal groups and others who brought their concerns to the panel."It's a [Read more]

DOWNTOWN SHUTDOWN

  CALGARY - Several energy companies headquartered in downtown Calgary are trying to work around the flooding that's forced them out of their office towers and restricted access to the city core. Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) said employees who are able to work have been asked to log in from home. "We are encouraging people, if they are capable, to work from home, but in our instructions to employees number one is, ensure the safety and security of your family and your property and [Read more]

Stampeding to recovery: Calgary rodeo to go ahead ‘come hell or high water’

  CALGARY - The president of the Calgary Stampede says the world-famous event will go ahead next week "come hell or high water." Bob Thompson says crews have been pumping millions of litres of water from the rodeo grounds, which were swamped last week by extensive flooding that hit much of southern Alberta. "Throughout our entire history, we have never cancelled a show, despite two wars and a Great Depression — 2013 will be no exception," he said at a news conference Monday. "We [Read more]