BOE Report

Coastal GasLink makes new request to meet with First Nation pipeline opponents

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VANCOUVER - The president of a company building a natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia is renewing a request to meet with the hereditary clan chiefs of a First Nation who say the project has no authority without their consent. Coastal GasLink president David Pfeiffer says in a letter Tuesday to Na'moks, who leads one of five clans of the Wet'suwet'en Nation, that the company's preference is to resolve the dispute over the pipeline through meaningful dialogue. Na'moks could [Read more]

Encana shareholders vote 90 per cent for name change, Denver HQ move

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CALGARY - Shareholders in Encana Corp. have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the oil and gas company moving its headquarters to Denver from Calgary and changing its name to Ovintiv Inc. CEO Doug Suttles says the 90 per cent vote in favour of the resolution shows clear support for the long-standing Canadian company’s decision to move its corporate home south of the border, despite public criticism from Encana founder Gwyn Morgan and shareholder Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc. Encana [Read more]

Horgan says ‘rule of law applies,’ LNG pipeline will proceed despite protests

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VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says a natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia will be built despite on going protests and an eviction notice from some hereditary Indigenous leaders. The premier says the courts have ruled in favour of the project and the rule of law will apply to ensure work continues on the Coastal GasLink pipeline across northern B.C. to a coastal an export terminal. The 670-kilometre pipeline is part of a $40 billion liquefied natural gas project. Horgan [Read more]

White House proposes dramatic overhaul of environmental approval process

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WASHINGTON - The White House is promising sweeping changes to how major energy and infrastructure projects in the United States are evaluated for their potential environmental impact. U.S. President Donald Trump says the planned overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, will streamline environmental approvals for major construction efforts like highways, airports, pipelines and power plants. Trump did not specifically mention the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline, but he [Read more]

Natural gas pipeline company posts 72-hour notice to clear way in northern B.C.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA - A natural gas pipeline company has posted an injunction order giving opponents 72-hours to clear the way toward its work site in northern British Columbia. The order stamped Tuesday by the B.C. Supreme Court registry addresses members of the Wet'suwet'en Nation and supporters who say the project has no authority without consent from the five hereditary clan chiefs. It comes one year after RCMP enforcement of a similar injunction along the same road sparked global rallies [Read more]

Alberta petrochemical project cost estimate rises to about $4.9 billion

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CALGARY - The cost of a petrochemical project near Edmonton designed to turn propane into plastic pellets to be shipped to manufacturers around the world has risen to about $4.9 billion, up about $400 million from original estimates. Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Corp. says the adjustment is a result of the awarding of a lump sum engineering, procurement and construction contract for one of two integrated petrochemical plants in the facility. CEO Mick Dilger says the decision to award the [Read more]

Alberta fires back at UN committee for criticism of energy megaprojects

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EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the United Nations is an unelected, unaccountable body that has no business criticizing Canada's energy megaprojects. Sonya Savage, in a statement, says that it's the job of elected leaders, not the UN, to make decisions on how best to govern people and economies. The UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has urged Canada to stop work on three major resource projects — including the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion — until it [Read more]

B.C. LNG pipeline project to resume work despite opposition, says company

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VICTORIA - The company building a 670-kilometre natural gas pipeline as part of the massive LNG Canada project in northern British Columbia says it plans to resume construction this week despite an eviction notice served by members of a local First Nation over the weekend. Coastal GasLink says in a statement on its website it will mobilize construction crews, beginning with safety refresh meetings tomorrow and Wednesday, after a break over the recent holiday season. The company says [Read more]

B.C. First Nation serves eviction notice to Coastal Gaslink

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VANCOUVER - A First Nation in British Columbia has served a company that wants to build a natural gas pipeline through its territory an eviction notice. Wet'suwet'en First Nation issued the notice Saturday night to Coastal GasLink for an area within their traditional territory near Huston, B.C. The letter, signed by a number of chiefs, says workers are "currently trespassing" on its unceded territory. Jen Wickham, a spokeswoman for one of the five clans that make up the First Nation, [Read more]

Canadian oilpatch hopes float on Prairie helium drilling prospects

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CALGARY - A veteran of Canada's ailing oilpatch is hoping a new product drawn from deep under Prairie grain fields will provide a natural resource boom for Western Canada. Marlon McDougall, 59, says he wasn't interested when first approached last year to join a junior exploration company. After 35 years in the oil and gas industry, he had grown frustrated by its multiplying headaches, including environmental criticism, pipeline constraints, regulatory burdens and the need to [Read more]