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]
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]
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