MELFORT, Sask. - Husky Energy knew something might be wrong with one of its oil pipelines about 14 hours before it told the Saskatchewan government of a leak which has since forced communities along the North Saskatchewan River to seek alternative drinking water. In an update posted to its website Tuesday, the company said its monitoring detected "pressure anomalies" last Wednesday at 8 p.m. as several segments of the pipeline were being returned to service. Such a thing is common when [Read more]
Oil spill triggers Saskatchewan city to shut down water intake
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Communities affected by an oil spill in the North Saskatchewan River can expect precautionary drinking water measures to be in place for weeks or even months, says a Saskatchewan government official. "It's not going to be a short-term event," Sam Ferris with Saskatchewan's Water Security Agency said Monday. "It could go on for some time." Two cities downstream from the Husky Energy pipeline leak near Maidstone, Sask., have stopped drawing water from [Read more]
Saskatchewan city builds long water pipeline while oil flows down river
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Provincial officials in Saskatchewan say a riverside city whose water supply is threatened by an oil pipeline spill is building a hose, dozens of kilometres long, to draw water from another river. Sam Ferris with Saskatchewan's water security agency said Prince Albert is constructing a line with irrigation pipe along the ground to a spot on the South Saskatchewan River near the Muskoday First Nation, between 20 and 30 kilometres away. The city of more than [Read more]
Saskatchewan city gets backup water supply ready as oil spill approaches
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Officials in Saskatchewan are preparing a city of more than 35,000 people to treat storm pond water as a backup as oil from a pipeline leak makes it way along a major river in the province. Sam Ferris with Saskatchewan's water security agency said Prince Albert gets most of its water from the North Saskatchewan River, and staff there are getting ready to shut down the intakes when oil from the leak flows past the city. Ferris said the city is planning to [Read more]
ConocoPhillips Canada plans to cut upwards of 300 staff, mostly in Calgary
CALGARY - ConocoPhillips Canada says it plans to lay off 250 to 300 employees this September, with the vast majority of cuts coming from its Calgary head office. Company spokesman Rob Evans said Friday the cuts are part of a global staff realignment to match future activity levels, with Canada looking less attractive than some of its other operations. "Low commodity prices, combined with our inability to get product to new markets, has resulted in lower prices in Canada relative [Read more]
Husky oilsands project back on track after being shut down during wildfire
CALGARY - Husky Energy says its thermal oilsands project that was shut down while wildfires swept through the Fort McMurray, Alta., region in May is already back to producing bitumen at its previous level. The Sunrise oilsands project is producing about 30,000 barrels per day of bitumen, the Calgary-based company said Friday. The $3.2-billion project began construction in 2014, produced first oil in March 2015 and was gradually ramping up to full capacity of 60,000 bpd when the wildfire [Read more]
Saskatchewan city prepares for possible arrival of oil from major pipeline spill
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - Attempts to stop a pipeline oil spill from flowing down a major river in Saskatchewan failed Friday and new steps were being taken to try to contain the slick. A government official said booms placed on the North Saskatchewan River by Husky Energy to contain the spill were ineffective because high water levels lifted the oil over the barriers. The official, who did not want to be named, said Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) and the government were placing booms [Read more]
Saskatchewan government says Husky Energy pipeline leaks oil into river
MAIDSTONE, Sask. - Oil from a Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) pipeline spilled into the North Saskatchewan River on Thursday morning upstream from Maidstone, Sask. Ralph Bock of the Environment Ministry said Husky has told government officials between 200,000 and 250,000 litres spilled. "We've got containment of the spill at the release site, which is upstream, so there is no more product being released to the river," he said Thursday afternoon. "Downstream at the Paynton Ferry, [Read more]
Reduction of 70 workers expected to save $7M a year for AltaGas Ltd.
Calgary-based power and natural gas supplier AltaGas Ltd. said Thursday it has reduced its workforce by about 70 workers. It said the job cuts completed in June would result in a $7-million restructuring charge on its second-quarter earnings. The reduction of its non-utility workforce is expected to result in savings of about $7 million per year. The company listed 1,753 employees at the end of 2015 in a regulatory filing, with 1,056 considered utility workers and 697 in gas, [Read more]
Continued pain in second quarter for oil and gas sector, but signs of rebound
CALGARY - Early financial results from the second quarter show continued pain in the oil patch, but companies say there are also glimmers of hope for a turnaround. Encana Corp. swung to a US$89-million operating profit in the quarter compared with a US$167-million operating loss last year, saying cost cutting and efficiencies led to higher returns. "We have made our business massively more efficient," said Doug Suttles, the company's chief executive officer, in a conference call. [Read more]
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