A First Nations lawsuit alleges that government inaction is at least partly to blame for a Husky Energy oil spill that fouled water supplies for tens of thousands of people along the North Saskatchewan River last summer. A statement of claim filed Thursday by the James Smith band in Melfort, Sask., against the provincial and federal governments says Saskatchewan ignored pipeline safety recommendations from its own auditor general made four years before the accident. "The report [Read more]
Husky Energy set to repair pipeline that spilled crude into river a year ago
CALGARY - Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) says it has been granted permission to repair and replace a section of pipeline that leaked 225,000 litres of crude in Saskatchewan just over a year ago. Chief executive Robert Peabody said that it will be applying lessons learned from the spill on the rebuild. "My mother used to tell me this, learn from your mistakes and don't do it again," Peabody told a conference call Friday to discuss Husky's latest financial results. With the [Read more]
Encana reports US$331M profit on earlier than expected ‘production bounce’
CALGARY - Higher production of more profitable products in the second quarter allowed oil and gas producer Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) to handily beat analyst expectations while posting a US$331-million net profit. "Our core assets have returned to growth, delivering our planned mid-year production bounce ahead of schedule," said CEO Doug Suttles on a conference call Friday. "We continue to enhance well productivity across the portfolio and, as a result, we now expect the core assets [Read more]
NEB to reconsider B.C. natural gas pipeline jurisdiction: judge rules
VANCOUVER - The National Energy Board must reconsider whether a proposed natural gas pipeline critical to the development of the Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas project falls within provincial or federal jurisdiction, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled. The judgment marks a setback for the $36-billion LNG development, which secured conditional approval from the federal government last year. "The board did not ask itself whether an arguable case for federal jurisdiction [Read more]
Canadian energy company named in California climate-related lawsuit
A Canadian energy company is named in three large lawsuits that attempt to link damages from climate change to industry's alleged attempts to hinder action to address it. In the latest of a growing number of such lawsuits around the world, Calgary-based Encana is one of 20 energy majors and their subsidiaries facing claims from three California communities. They allege the companies have deliberately sown misinformation and doubt on climate change and are at least partially responsible [Read more]
Kinder Morgan Canada says Trans Mountain on track for Sept. construction start
CALGARY - The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion remains on track to begin construction in September, Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson said Wednesday in the face of environmental and political opposition that threatens to derail the project. Anderson, speaking on Kinder Morgan Canada's first quarterly earnings call since it went public in May, said he looks forward to working with the new NDP government of British Columbia Premier John Horgan, who was sworn in a day earlier. [Read more]
A look at some oil spills and leaks on the Prairies over the last decade
REGINA - It's been a year since a Husky Energy pipeline leaked 225,000 litres of heavy oil and diluent near Maidstone, Sask. About 40 per cent of the spill reached the North Saskatchewan River. Here's a list of some spills of oil and other materials on the Prairies in recent years: January 2017: A band member from the Ocean Man First Nation in southeastern Saskatchewan finds a 200,000-litre pool of crude on farmland. The pipeline responsible, owned by Tundra Energy Marketing, is nearly [Read more]
Kinder Morgan Canada faces pressure on Trans Mountain in its first earnings
CALGARY - Kinder Morgan Canada is facing mounting pressure to detail its plans for the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion when it releases its first earnings report Wednesday since going public. Analysts and investors are hoping for clarity on the fate of the project, which has been thrust into question since John Horgan's NDP in British Columbia wrestled power from the Liberals with the help of the Greens, who are staunchly opposed to the $7.4-billion development. The company [Read more]
N.S. community group organizing meetings to rekindle opposition to tire burning
BROOKFIELD, N.S. - A long-dormant community group in Nova Scotia is assembling again to oppose a company's plan to burn tires in a kiln it uses to make cement. Lydia Sorflatin, a spokeswoman for Citizens Against Burning of Tires, says the coalition is opposed to the one-year pilot project recently approved for Lafarge Canada Inc., saying it is worried about air pollution. "We want the public to understand there's another version of how to look at things than the Lafarge version," [Read more]
Couche-Tard Canadian operations get boost in fourth-quarter from Esso stores
MONTREAL - Alimentation Couche-Tard capped its fiscal year with a strong fourth quarter as its Canadian operations got a boost from the full impact of its acquisition of Esso convenience stores, which helped to offset industry struggles in appealing to Hispanic and low-income Americans. The Quebec-based convenience store and gas bar operator, whose banners include Mac's and Circle K, said its Canadian sales increased by 81 per cent from a year ago while gross profit was up 54 per cent. [Read more]
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