CALGARY - A new study shows that Canada's energy sector workforce became larger and more diverse from 2006 to 2016 but remains predominantly the domain of older, white males. PetroLMI says the number of people directly employed in oil and gas grew by about 25,000 to almost 190,000 over a tumultuous decade that included booming growth due to record high oil prices and thousands of layoffs when prices crashed. It says in a report that 17 per cent of the sector's workers were 55 or [Read more]
Crude-by-rail exports hit three-year high as Canadian oil discounts rise
CALGARY - The National Energy Board says exports of Canadian crude oil by rail to the United States jumped to a three-year high in March. In a report, the federal agency says average crude-by-rail volumes reached just over 170,000 barrels per day, the highest since December 2014. The NEB says crude-by-rail exports were driven by steep discounts for Western Canadian Select heavy oil versus New York-traded West Texas Intermediate, with the March average price difference at about US$23 per [Read more]
Supreme Court will not hear drug testing appeal involving oilsands workers
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a union's appeal of a key ruling about random drug testing at Suncor Energy's oilsands operations in northeast Alberta. Suncor began testing staff in safety-sensitive jobs six years ago, prompting Unifor — which represents some 3,000 workers at the site — to file a grievance claiming the tests infringe privacy. An arbitration tribunal allowed the union's grievance, concluding the testing policy was an unreasonable exercise of management [Read more]
Husky wants to build Saskatchewan oil pipeline, replace one that leaked in 2016
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The company behind the 2016 oil spill that fouled the North Saskatchewan River and threatened the water supply of Prince Albert and other communities wants to build new pipelines to replace the structure that leaked. Husky Energy held an open house Wednesday in Prince Albert to discuss its proposal. Calgary-based Husky says its plan calls for the construction of two new pipelines to transport blended crude and condensate to Lloydminster from across the river. The [Read more]
Syncrude oilsands tailings plan approved by regulator despite deficiencies
CALGARY - The Alberta Energy Regulator has approved a tailings pond management plan for oilsands miner Syncrude Canada despite its reliance on a remediation method that isn't endorsed by the agency. The regulator requires that all oilsands mine producers outline how they will deal with the toxic storage ponds that together cover more than 220 square kilometres and contain almost 1.2 trillion litres of water contaminated with oil, chemicals and fine clay particles. The AER says Syncrude's [Read more]
Alberta oilsands project wins regulator approval despite Indigenous objections
CALGARY - A northern Alberta oilsands project has been approved by the Alberta Energy Regulator over the objections of local Indigenous people who say it will encroach on sacred lands and poses a risk to their drinking water. The 10,000-barrel-per-day steam-driven Rigel oilsands project proposed by privately-held Prosper Petroleum Ltd. of Calgary is in the public interest, the AER said in a decision posted on its website. Construction is expected to cost $390 million, with an additional [Read more]
AltaGas sells 35% of B.C. hydro operation, will remain majority owner
CALGARY - AltaGas Ltd. says it has an agreement to sell 35 per cent of its interest in a B.C. hydroelectric operation for $922 million but will remain the majority owner of the power generation facilities. The Northwest British Columbia Hydro Electric Facilities are in Tahltan First Nation territory. They include three operating hydroelectric power generation plants that sell their output to BC Hydro under separate 60-year purchase agreements. The buyer is a joint [Read more]
Suncor refinery restart to ease Petro-Canada service station fuel outages
CALGARY - Suncor Energy Inc. says a fuel supply shortage that left some of its Petro-Canada stations in the four western provinces with no gasoline to pump should clear up in the next few days. Stations began running out of fuel about two weeks ago in Edmonton and Calgary, followed by some Petro-Canada outlets in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and B.C. Spokeswoman Nicole Fisher says Suncor's 142,000 barrel-a-day Edmonton refinery was restarted last week after being shut down for regular spring [Read more]
Higher fuel costs prompt BC Ferries to remove fuel rebate and increase fares
VICTORIA - The cost of taking a ferry in B.C. is going up as the price of fuel increases on the world market. BC Ferries announced Tuesday that it will remove fuel rebates starting June 27. Rebates and surcharges are used to manage the volatility of fuel prices, and BC Ferries said it doesn't benefit financially from the mechanisms. Ferries president and CEO Mark Collins said in an interview that over the last 14 years the company has had surcharges, rebates, and periods [Read more]
Saskatchewan pans NDP proposal to put expiry dates on oil pipelines
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government isn't keen on an Opposition idea to improve oil pipeline safety. NDP leader Ryan Meili says there should be expiry dates on pipelines to ensure they are replaced before they fail. He also says replacement pipeline construction would create jobs. Energy Minister Bronwyn Eyre says such a policy is unnecessary and would cost too much. She says the province already has a pipeline safety program which has performed more than 5,000 well and pipeline [Read more]
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