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]
About 100 march in Toronto to protest North Dakota oil pipeline construction
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]
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