WASHINGTON - Enbridge Inc. and the state of Michigan are facing off in court once again in the latest chapter of the ongoing Line 5 pipeline saga. In new court documents, state Attorney General Dana Nessel is reprising her argument that the dispute over the cross-border gas line belongs in state court. And Calgary-based Enbridge says Michigan's effort to shut down the pipeline is an international issue that should be heard by a federal judge. In November 2020, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer [Read more]
Oil Sands Alliance to focus on industry sustainability, advancing net-zero ambitions
CALGARY - Canada's largest oilsands companies have formed a new advocacy group called the Oil Sands Alliance. The new group was established Jan. 1 and is made up of Suncor Energy Inc., Cenovus Energy Inc., Imperial Energy Ltd., Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. and ConocoPhillips. These companies are also part of the Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero alliance, a group of oilsands companies that have publicly pledged to work together to reach the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by [Read more]
Public group wants role in talks over probe into alleged ATCO illegalities
EDMONTON - A group representing residential power consumers wants a seat at any discussions involving alleged illegal behaviour by one of Alberta's main power providers and is asking the regulator to release all information involving ATCO's actions. Jim Wachowich, lawyer for the Consumers' Coalition of Alberta, said ATCO is trying to "deflect attention" by keeping the matter out of the public. "This is a watershed event," said Wachowich. ATCO said it has already disclosed much [Read more]
Oilsands companies focusing on essential work only as Omicron sweeps country
CALGARY - Alberta's oilsands are operating with critical staff only as the highly contagious Omicron variant sweeps the country. It's unclear how many oilsands workers are currently sick with COVID-19. Oil Sands Community Alliance executive director Perry Berkenpas declined to give a number, though he says case counts aren't any worse than previous waves. Alberta's oilsands camps were the source of some of the country's largest outbreaks in the early days of the pandemic and again in [Read more]
Worker killed, 2 injured, in truck crash at Suncor mine site
CALGARY - A worker has been killed and two others injured in a truck crash at Suncor Energy Inc.'s Base Mine site near Fort McMurray, Alta. The Calgary-based company says the incident occurred around 6:30 a.m. Thursday, when two haul trucks collided. A contract worker was killed and two other contractors were taken to hospital with injuries. Suncor says names of the workers are not being released at this time. RCMP and Occupational Health and Safety are investigating. Suncor [Read more]
TransAlta completes conversion from coal to natural gas power in Canada
CALGARY - A major Canadian electricity producer is successfully off coal power in this country, nine years ahead of a government deadline. Calgary-based Trans-Alta Corp. announced Wednesday it has finished its planned transition from coal to natural gas in its Canadian power generation. The company said the recently completed conversion of the Keephills Unit 3 power plant west of Edmonton was the last of three coal-to-gas conversions at its Alberta thermal power generation [Read more]
B.C. Mounties say they are monitoring protest against gas pipeline
The RCMP say they are investigating allegations that protesters threatened security officials, set off flares and damaged vehicles at a drill site for the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern British Columbia. The Mounties say in a statement released Monday that officers were called to the site along a forest service road near Houston on Sunday. They say anyone blocking worker access to the area is in breach of a court-ordered injunction. Opposition to the pipeline project among [Read more]
Intertribal agency faults Wisconsin review of Line 5 reroute
SUPERIOR, Wis. — An intertribal agency says Wisconsin's draft environmental review for a planned reroute of an oil and gas pipeline across northern Wisconsin is incomplete and flawed. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released its draft environmental impact statement on Thursday for a roughly 40-mile (64-kilometre) reroute of Enbridge's Line 5 in Ashland and Iron counties. The pipeline carries up to 650,000 barrels of oil and natural gas liquids per day from Superior, Wisconsin, [Read more]
Strathcona Resources to buy Tucker oilsands project from Cenovus in deal
CALGARY - Cenovus Energy Inc. says Strathcona Resources Ltd. will be the purchaser of its Tucker thermal oilsands project in northeast Alberta. Calgary-based Cenovus said Thursday it had reached an $800-million deal to sell the asset, but did not immediately disclose the buyer. Strathcona Resources is a privately held oil and gas company wholly owned by Calgary-based investment firm Waterous Energy Fund and Strathcona employees. Strathcona is an amalgamation of two Waterous Energy Fund [Read more]
Parkland refinery ramps up processing following restart of Trans Mountain pipeline
CALGARY - Parkland Corp. says it is ramping up processing at its B.C. refinery following the restart of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Calgary-based Parkland paused processing operations at its Burnaby refinery from Nov. 22 to Dec. 10 due to a lack of crude oil supply from the Trans Mountain pipeline. The pipeline was shut down for three weeks as a precaution due to flooding and extreme weather in B.C. The Trans Mountain pipeline typically carries about 300,000 barrels of oil per day [Read more]
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