TORONTO - About 100 demonstrators blocked traffic as they marched through downtown Toronto on Tuesday afternoon to protest construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota. The protest disrupted traffic at major intersections over about three hours as the protest moved through Toronto's entertainment and financial districts, saying they were marching to show solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux. The head of a Texas company building the $3.8-billion Dakota Access pipeline said [Read more]
Facts and figures on the proposed Energy East pipeline
OTTAWA - Facts and figures on TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Energy East pipeline: What is it? The 4,500-kilometre oil pipeline is designed to carry 1.1 million barrels of oil or bitumen per day from Hardisty, Alta., southeast of Edmonton, to the Atlantic seaport and Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, N.B. What's old is new: About two thirds of the line is already in place as an existing natural gas pipeline travelling 3,000 kilometres from Burstall, Sask., to Cornwall in eastern [Read more]
Premier Rachel Notley confident of Energy East success despite NEB setbacks
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she's not worried about potential delays to the Energy East Pipeline project after its three-member National Energy Board panel was forced to resign last Friday. Notley says she agrees with the federal Liberal government that public trust in the regulator has been eroded after years of conservative governments, both federally and in Alberta, and that trust must be rebuilt to ensure environmentally sustainable projects move forward. The [Read more]
‘Modest’ delays possible as Liberals pick new Energy East review panellists
OTTAWA - The independent assessment of the proposed Energy East pipeline could be "modestly" delayed by the decision to replace members of the review board, Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said Tuesday. The National Energy Board last week recused all three panellists assigned to conduct public hearings on the 4,500-kilometre project due to an "apprehension of bias." Carr said the replacement crew, to be chosen directly by the Liberal government, may end up having more than [Read more]
Court dismisses B.C. First Nation’s challenge of NEB review for Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge filed by a North Vancouver First Nation that claimed the National Energy Board's review of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion was unlawful. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation filed a challenge of the energy board's review process in April 2014 on the grounds that it violated their aboriginal rights and the Crown had breached its duty to consult. But a three-judge panel of the court has ruled that the First Nation [Read more]
Energy East pipeline’s chances of being built doubted after panel quits
CALGARY - Doubts are growing over the fate of the Energy East Pipeline after members of the National Energy Board panel examining the project resigned, leaving questions over how the review will proceed. Analyst Dirk Lever of AltaCorp Capital in Calgary said Monday the pipeline regulatory process has become so "murky" and "messy" due to political pressure that it's difficult to say whether any pipeline approval can be assured. "I think everyone just wants to see some clarity on [Read more]
‘We can’t replace nature:’ Oilsands wetland reclamation a mixed success
EDMONTON - The challenge makes turning bitumen into oil seem like the easy part. Faced with reclaiming open-pit mines that were once thriving wetlands, Suncor and Syncrude have been trying to do what's never been done — rebuilding one of the most complex, diverse and delicate ecosystems in the boreal forest. Three years into the ground-breaking, high-profile projects, early successes are emerging. Suncor's Nikanotee fen and Syncrude's Sandhills fen are staying wet [Read more]
National Energy Board cites ‘apprehension of bias,’ drops Energy East reviewers
OTTAWA - The National Energy Board has sidelined all three Energy East reviewers following complaints that two of them met privately with a TransCanada consultant last year and discussed the proposed oil pipeline. The Calgary-based national energy regulator says it has also limited the duties of board chairman Peter Watson and vice-chair Lyne Mercier, who will not be involved in choosing the new panel to resume Energy East hearings at a later date. Media reports this summer [Read more]
Imperial Oil looking at selling Norman Wells oil assets in Northwest Territories
CALGARY - Imperial Oil is looking at selling its Norman Wells oil assets in the Northwest Territories. The Calgary-based company says while a definitive decision has not been made, it recognizes the significance of such a move and is therefore speaking with Sahtu community leaders about its plans. According to its website, Imperial Oil first discovered oil at Norman Wells, about 150 kilometres south of Arctic Circle, in 1920. It says the operation is the most northerly [Read more]
New Brunswick’s Irving Oil finalizes acquisition of Irish refinery
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Irving Oil says it has finalized its acquisition of the Whitegate refinery near Cork, Ireland. Irving joined with the Houston-based energy manufacturing and logistics company, Phillips 66, in buying Whitegate, Ireland's sole refinery. Irving said in a statement today that it plans to operate the facility with the existing workforce. It announced the deal last month with the expectation that it would close by the end of the third quarter and once the [Read more]
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