CALGARY - The commissioner of Alberta's inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry critics says a deadline extension will allow more time for the inquiry to get responses from the people it names. The inquiry headed by Steve Allan was to have completed its report by Sunday, but the United Conservative government released an order-in-council on Friday night amending the inquiry's deadline to May 31. Allan says in a written statement that it was always the inquiry's intention to give [Read more]
Unclear whether inquiry’s report into Alberta oil and gas foes will meet deadline
CALGARY - A spokesman for Alberta's inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry critics is not confirming whether its report will be handed in by its Sunday deadline. Alan Boras says there will be an update when there is information to share and that commissioner Steve Allan's work is ongoing. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and his United Conservative government contend foreign interest have long been bankrolling campaigns against fossil fuel development in the province. Allan, a [Read more]
Ottawa orders independent review panel for Suncor Energy oilsands mine extension
CALGARY - Ottawa says it is referring the impact assessment of a Suncor Energy Inc. oilsands mine extension in northern Alberta to an independent review panel. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson says the review is in the public interest given the extent to which the open pit project could adversely affect areas of federal jurisdiction, and considering concerns expressed by the public and Indigenous groups. The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada is to work with [Read more]
Cautious optimism rules oilpatch as fourth-quarter reporting season dawns
CALGARY - Canada's oil and gas producers are expected to maintain spending discipline in 2021 as optimism from stronger oil prices is offset by fears of weak demand due to new strains of the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyst Matt Murphy of Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. says he doesn't expect big changes in spending plans as senior members of the energy industry roll out fourth-quarter results over the next few weeks, starting with oilsands and refining giant Imperial Oil Ltd. next week. Nor does [Read more]
Bid to stop fossil fuel companies advertising with City of Regina loses steam
Regina city council is set to discuss a motion to restrict energy companies reliant on fossil fuels from advertising or sponsoring with the city. Last week, a majority of councillors voted in favour of the motion, which is to return to council for a final vote today. The councillor who brought forward the proposal says he's heard concerns from community members over the past week and plans to withdraw his support. Coun. Dan LeBlanc had posted on Facebook that because Regina aims to [Read more]
Members of Kenney’s UCP caucus nix NDP bid to seek details of failed Keystone XL deal
EDMONTON - Members of Premier Jason Kenney’s caucus have refused an Opposition NDP bid to make public details of Alberta’s $7.5-billion investment in the failed Keystone XL pipeline project. The eight members of the governing United Conservative caucus rejected an NDP motion in public accounts committee today to ask Kenney for the details, along with any financial risk advice he was given when he made the investment last March. At that time, the Keystone XL line was facing multiple court [Read more]
Canadian crude-by-rail exports surge 87% to 170,000 barrels per day in November
CALGARY - Canadian exports of crude oil by rail jumped 87% in November as oil production rose in Western Canada amid limited pipeline capacity for heavy crude. The Canada Energy Regulator says rail shipments of oil amounted to 173,000 barrels per day, up about 80,000 bpd from 92,800 barrels per day in October. That's down from 302,300 barrels per day shipped by rail in November 2019. Crude-by-rail numbers have been volatile in the past year, with shipments rising to a record 412,000 bpd [Read more]
A chronology of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia
Here is a timeline of the disputed natural gas pipeline dispute in British Columbia. Dec. 31, 2019: The B.C. Supreme Court grants Coastal GasLink an injunction calling for the removal of any obstructions on any roads, bridges or work sites the company has been authorized to use. Jan. 1, 2020: The Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs serve Coastal GasLink with an eviction notice, telling the company workers are trespassing on their unceded territory. Jan. 27: The British Columbia government [Read more]
Trudeau, Biden to talk today as death of Keystone XL reverberates in Canada
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will speak with U.S. President Joe Biden today amid continuing fallout from the death of the Keystone XL pipeline project. The phone call, Biden's first with a foreign leader since taking office this week, comes as the new administration turns its focus to the country's economic recovery. It also comes with parts of Canada up in arms over Biden's Day 1 executive order rescinding permits for the US$8-billion cross-border pipeline [Read more]
Indigenous business coalition leader says Keystone XL denial will hurt communities
CALGARY - The leader of a group promoting Indigenous participation in oil and gas development as a solution to poverty on reserves says the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by U.S. President Joe Biden is a major setback. Dale Swampy, president of the National Coalition of Chiefs, says the decision means fewer jobs in the short term for Indigenous people in constructing the pipeline and supplying goods and services for it. He adds it also implies more long-term unemployment for [Read more]
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