OTTAWA - The federal government is announcing two B.C. First Nations have agreed to be members of a new environmental monitoring committee for the proposed $11.4-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project. The government says the agreement, the first of its kind, will include the Lax Kw'alaams Band and the Metlakatla First Nation, aboriginal groups whose members have been split on support for the proposed export terminal near Prince Rupert on British Columbia's northern coast. The [Read more]
RM of Wood Buffalo cuts jobs due to effects of wildfire, slumping oilsands
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The regional municipality that includes Fort McMurray says it is cutting 168 jobs due to the economic effects of last spring's wildfire and Alberta's slumping oilsands industry. Wood Buffalo Mayor Melissa Blake said the changes won't be easy after all her staff have been through. "Because it affects individuals who have been a big part of building this great community we have, it hurts," she said Tuesday in an interview. "The decisions were not [Read more]
Drilling activity forecast revised higher as stronger prices drive investment
CALGARY - Rising optimism in the Canadian oil and gas industry prompted a higher 2017 drilling forecast on Monday, but doubts continue to swirl about Canada's ability to compete for future energy investment capital with a Donald Trump-led United States. The Petroleum Services Association of Canada said it expects 5,150 wells to be drilled in Canada this year, up 23 per cent or 975 wells over the 2017 forecast it released in early November. But Tim McMillan, president of the [Read more]
Nova Scotia judge sides with Mi’kmaq band on gas-storage project appeal
HALIFAX - A Mi'kmaq band has won a victory in its battle against an energy company's plan to store natural gas in underground caverns in central Nova Scotia. In a written decision released Monday, a provincial Supreme Court judge quashed the province's rejection of the Indian Brook band's appeal of the plan, saying the band was denied procedural fairness. Justice Suzanne Hood ruled the province wrongly refused the band's request to review and respond to reports on the project by [Read more]
Saskatchewan government says Tundra Energy owns pipeline that leaked crude oil
STOUGHTON, Sask. - The Saskatchewan government says it has confirmed which pipeline leaked 200,000 litres of crude oil on First Nation farmland. It says it belongs to Calgary-based Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd. The company has been leading cleanup of the spill near Stoughton in southeastern Saskatchewan. The government says so far 174,000 litres of oil have been recovered and 185 cubic metres of contaminated soil removed. It says further assessment and cleanup, [Read more]
A chronological look at the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project
CALGARY - Since TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) first proposed the 1,897-kilometre Keystone XL pipeline, the project has been studied, stalled, slammed and hyped — all amid political pressure from interests on all sides of the debate. Here are some key dates in Keystone XL's history: July 2008: TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) and ConocoPhillips, joint owners of the Keystone Pipeline, propose a major extension to the network, dubbed Keystone XL to carry hundreds of thousands of barrels of [Read more]
TransCanada makes new application to U.S. State Department for Keystone XL
CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. has officially revived the once-dead Keystone XL pipeline with a new application for a presidential permit. Thursday's application came two days after U.S. President Donald Trump, who would ultimately need to approve the permit, signed an executive order inviting the company to reapply. The order also encouraged U.S. regulatory agencies to decide on the application within 60 days, meaning TransCanada could know by the end of March the fate of the [Read more]
TransCanada CEO says shippers being polled for support of Keystone XL
WHISTLER, B.C. - The CEO of TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) says the company will be talking with shippers to determine if they still support the Keystone XL pipeline project after it was given a new lease on life by U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this week. In his first comments since Trump invited the company to reapply to build the conduit to bring Canadian oil to the U.S. Gulf Coast, Russ Girling said he thinks the economic case for it can still be made. "I believe this [Read more]
TransCanada CEO vows to ‘diligently’ work on permit application for Keystone XL
CALGARY - The CEO of TransCanada says the company will work "diligently" to complete an application for a presidential permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would support its construction. In his first remarks since Trump's endorsement, Russ Girling says he believes the project makes "imminent sense" for both Canada and the United States. Girling was speaking Wednesday at a CIBC investor conference in Whistler, B.C. The $8-billion [Read more]
Keystone XL: Hundreds protest at White House, signalling upcoming pipeline fight
WASHINGTON - Hundreds of people gathered at the White House for an anti-pipeline protest Tuesday that hints at an aggressive upcoming challenge against the Keystone XL pipeline, despite its support from the new U.S. administration. The crowd descended upon the presidential residence hours after Donald Trump signed executive orders aimed at facilitating the construction of two pipelines. The protesters chanted slogans, held up signs like, "You can't drink oil," and, "Keep It In [Read more]
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