EDMONTON - An Alberta aboriginal leader says inaction from the provincial government is forcing his First Nation to reactivate a court challenge to an approval for a major oilsands pipeline already under construction. "With the new NDP government coming in, we were hoping they'd come to the table and start working on things that are outstanding," Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation said Monday. "But when they came to the table, nothing came about. Nothing [Read more]
Alberta gas producer joins forces with B.C. LNG export project developer
CALGARY - A northwestern Alberta natural gas producer dismayed by Canada's "grossly oversupplied" gas market is investing in a company that has vowed to build a liquefied natural gas export terminal on Vancouver Island. Calgary-based Seven Generations Energy (TSX:VII) says it will take a minority stake in Vancouver-based Steelhead LNG, adding the two have agreed to explore pipeline development and open new overseas markets for natural gas. Analysts estimated the investment at [Read more]
David Suzuki says Premier Brad Wall isn’t taking climate change seriously
SASKATOON - One of Canada's best-known environmental activists says that if Premier Brad Wall isn't a climate change denier, he certainly isn't taking the issue seriously. David Suzuki was in Saskatoon on Sunday for a literary festival, and told a reporter from CKOM radio that he's shocked Saskatchewan voters would elect a climate denier to play a role in leading the province. Suzuki says the main reason he wanted to come to the city was to talk to the Saskatchewan people who [Read more]
Oil and gas companies looking for corporate suitors not feeling the love
CALGARY - It's getting so bad in the oilpatch that companies in trouble can't even sell themselves. TD Securities recently analyzed the strategic reviews of 15 Canadian energy firms over the past 18 months. Three have found buyers, the TD Securities report said. Six are still searching for a suitor, four have slipped into receivership, one closed down after selling all of its assets and another dropped its strategic review and hired a new CEO, according to the analysis released [Read more]
Water OK: Oil-spill cities can open intakes on North Saskatchewan River
REGINA - Communities affected by an oil spill into the North Saskatchewan River are being told it's OK to start using the water again. Saskatchewan's Water Security Agency says the cities of North Battleford, Prince Albert and Melfort can resume taking water from the river. The cities had to shut off their intakes and find alternate water sources after the oil plume from a Husky Energy (TSE:HSE) pipeline spill moved downstream. Up to 250,000 litres of oil mixed with a [Read more]
Alberta approves three oilsands projects worth potential $4 billion in investments
CALGARY - The Alberta government has approved three oilsands projects that it says represent about $4 billion of potential investments, though it's unclear whether any of the projects will go ahead. The projects include the Blackpearl Resources's Blackrod project, Surmont Energy's Wildwood project, and Husky Energy's Saleski project that together total about 95,000 barrels of potential production. The approvals, announced Thursday, are the first projects to get the green light [Read more]
Ecuadorians face off against Chevron in Ontario court over $9.5-billion award
TORONTO - Lawyers for a group of Ecuadorian villagers and oil giant Chevron squared off in court once again on Thursday in the latest skirmish of a seemingly endless legal war that has already cost tens of millions of dollars to wage and has billions more at stake. The Ecuadorians are trying to collect on a US$9.5-billion award — one of the largest ever to arise out of environmental destruction — they won against Chevron in Ecuador. Because Chevron has no assets in the South American [Read more]
Baytex says combination of factors caused fire, explosion in oil tank in July
PEACE RIVER, Alta. - A Calgary-based oilsands producer has released information about a fire and explosions at its site in northwest Alberta on July 27. Baytex Energy Ltd. says two blasts occurred in two separate thousand-barrel tanks at its Reno field south of Peace River, with one tank catching fire. Spokesman Andrew Loosley says Baytex staff, along with a local fire departments, put out the fire a few hours later. He says there were no injuries and a lone resident in [Read more]
Shell says Quest project has captured a million tonnes of CO2 in the oilsands
CALGARY - Shell Canada says the first carbon capture project in the oilsands has successfully stored one million tonnes of carbon dioxide deep underground after a year of operation. The company, which developed the $1.35-billion Quest project with the help of $745 million from the Alberta government and $120 million from Ottawa, says the project is operating ahead of schedule and under budget. "There isn't a metric that hasn't finished very strongly in green," said Zoe Yujnovich, [Read more]
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney says current immigration process just fine
CALGARY - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney has waded into the debate over screening newcomers for "anti-Canadian values," saying he sees no need to toughen the immigration process as one Conservative leadership contender is suggesting. Ontario MP Kellie Leitch has floated the idea of applying such a test to potential immigrants as a way to make sure their views on issues like gender equality are aligned with Canadian values. But Mulroney said that's unnecessary. "We [Read more]
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