VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Court of Appeal hearing on proposed provincial legislation that would impact the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has concluded and a panel of five judges has reserved its decision. B.C. filed the reference case to ask the court whether it can create a permitting system for companies that wish to increase the amount of heavy oil they are transporting through the province. The system would allow a provincial public servant to impose conditions on … [Read more...]
Coast guard working to retrieve drifting tanker carrying 8 million litres of petroleum
PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. - The Canadian Coast Guard is monitoring a tanker carrying eight million litres of refined petroleum and additional fuel that lost steering off the southwest coast of Newfoundland on Thursday morning. The Jana Desgagnes sustained damage to its rudder southwest of Port aux Basques while en route to Montreal. The coast guard said in a statement Friday that no pollution has been released and the vessel and its 17 crew are not in immediate danger. Coast guard ice breakers … [Read more...]
United Conservatives would call inquiry into foreign oilsands foes: leader
EDMONTON - The leader of Alberta's United Conservatives says he would call an inquiry into foreign-funded anti-oilsands campaigns if he were to become premier after the April 16 election. Jason Kenney calls it a fight-back strategy against those who smear Alberta's energy industry. He says the inquiry would have the legal authority to compel witnesses to testify and would start with a $2.5-million budget. Kenney's fight-back plan would also include a legal fund for First … [Read more...]
Crude-by-rail exports fall in January as Alberta started production cuts
CALGARY - The National Energy Board says crude-by-rail exports in January fell compared with December, but remained more than twice as high as 12 months earlier. The federal agency reports an average of 325,500 barrels per day of oil was exported by rail in January, down from 353,800 bpd in December but well above 145,700 bpd in January 2018. It says total crude oil exports by rail, pipeline and trucking fell to 3.49 million bpd in January from 3.92 million in December, but were … [Read more...]
Leaders of NDP, United Conservatives rally troops in key Calgary battleground
CALGARY - It was back to the future at a United Conservative campaign rally in Calgary where leader Jason Kenney stirred up the crowd by talking about the old national energy program. Kenney reminded supporters last night that the NEP brought in by former prime minister Pierre Trudeau in 1980 ravaged Alberta's energy industry and economy. And he says the policies of Alberta's NDP government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been doing the same thing. Kenney says Premier Rachel … [Read more...]
Late bidding war drives Stampede sponsorship auction to $3.29M bid total
CALGARY - An unexpected late bidding war for the right to sponsor veteran driver Troy Dorchester helped push the annual Calgary Stampede chuckwagon canvas auction to a $47,000 higher total than last year. Sponsorship bids for the 36 rigs competing at the annual tribute to cowboy culture totalled $3.29 million at the end of the event on Thursday night, up from $3.24 million raised at the 2018 auction — but well short of the record of just over $4 million pledged in 2012. The auction is … [Read more...]
B.C. legislation targets Trans Mountain, say proponent and Alberta government
VANCOUVER - Environmental legislation proposed by British Columbia is specifically targeting the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and would significantly impact it, the project's proponent and the Alberta government argued Thursday. The B.C. Court of Appeal is hearing a reference case that asks whether the government can amend its Environmental Management Act to create a permitting system for companies that increase the amount of heavy oil they're transporting through the province. B.C. … [Read more...]
Humans are causing climate change, but those who disagree welcome in UCP: Kenney
CALGARY - The leader of Alberta's United Conservatives says he believes humans are causing climate change and action is needed to tackle it, but those who disagree still have a place in the party. "There's a spectrum of views about this. This is not a party with some kind of rigid, ideological orthodoxy that everybody has to sign up to," he said in Calgary on Thursday after laying out his plan to fight for the energy sector. "I think broadly the United Conservatives accept the scientific … [Read more...]
Kenney promises vote on equalization in 2021 if no pipeline progress
CALGARY - The leader of Alberta's United Conservatives is promising a referendum on equalization if there's no major progress on market-opening pipelines. Jason Kenney says if he becomes premier the matter would be put to voters on Oct. 18, 2021 — the same date as the next municipal elections in Alberta. The federal equalization program is meant to even out fiscal disparities between so called "have" and "have-not" provinces. Despite its economic doldrums, Alberta remains a "have" … [Read more...]
Oil prices, Alberta election call cloud Stampede chuckwagon auction expectations
CALGARY - Chuckwagon drivers and sponsors are hoping for the best as clouds of political and energy industry uncertainty gather ahead of the Calgary Stampede canvas auction tonight. The success of the annual event is considered a bellwether for the Calgary-based oil and gas industry, as many of the sponsors who pay to have their company names on the 36 rigs competing in the 10-day July tribute to cowboy culture are energy industry players. Champion driver Kurt Bensmiller, who won … [Read more...]
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