WASHINGTON - The wild and unexpectedly speedy ride of Keystone XL legislation through the U.S. Congress late Wednesday had supporters of Canadian oil hopeful of a celebratory end to the project's six years of stagnation.Some sobering realities, however, were setting in the following day.The biggest downer for pipeline enthusiasts came in news from Burma. That's where the White House hinted during a press briefing early Thursday, during President Barack Obama's trip to Asia, that he might veto [Read more]
Kinder Morgan president says B.C. pipeline projections conservative
VICTORIA - Duelling reports about job-creation numbers and oil spill cleanup costs for the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion from Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C., have prompted the company to defend the benefits it has forecast for the project.Kinder Morgan's president Ian Anderson said estimates of a high number of jobs in British Columbia during the proposed expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline are based on fair and reasonable assumptions.He also justified the company's liability [Read more]
Enbridge executive in charge of Northern Gateway project to retire
CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) said Wednesday that the executive in charge of its controversial Northern Gateway pipeline project will retire at the end of the year.Janet Holder has been executive vice-president for Western Access since 2011 and head of the team overseeing the pipeline project.Enbridge said leadership of the Northern Gateway project will continue under John Carruthers, president of Northern Gateway Pipelines.Carruthers will report to Byron Neiles, senior vice-president of [Read more]
Keystone XL showdown imminent in U.S.: oil-friendly Dems push for immediate vote
WASHINGTON - Six years of delay and debate over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline may be finally nearing an end.In a moment of high political drama Wednesday, supporters of the long-stalled, Canadian-linked oil project demanded an imminent vote in the United States Congress.They appeared to get their wish. A key vote is expected early next week.The results of the U.S. midterm elections had prompted widespread expectation that the new Republican-dominated, oil-friendly Congress might pursue [Read more]
Judge rules Alberta can be sued over fracking allegations, province may appeal
ROSEBUD, Alta. - A judge has ruled an Alberta woman can sue the provincial government over hydraulic fracturing that she says has so badly contaminated her well with methane that the water can be set on fire.Jessica Ernst began legal action against Alberta's energy regulator and Calgary-based energy company Encana (TSX:ECA) in 2007, and amended her statement of claim in 2011 to include Alberta Environment.She alleges fracking on her land northeast of Calgary released hazardous amounts of [Read more]
Kinder Morgan pipeline debate looms over civic elections in Vancouver area
VANCOUVER - Mixed in with the usual debates about property taxes and public transit, pipeline politics have made their way into Vancouver-area municipal election campaigns, with candidates weighing in on a plan to expand an existing line from Alberta's oilsands.The fate of Kinder Morgan's proposal to triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain pipeline ultimately rests with the National Energy Board and the federal government, and that process is far from complete.But the project has nonetheless [Read more]
Next challenge to Canadian oil in the United States: More lawsuits
WASHINGTON - There are new threats of lawsuits against Canadian oil pipeline projects in the United States, suggesting that the election of an oil-friendly, Republican-dominated Congress won't end the industry's battles here.The most famous of those projects is Keystone XL — but it's not the only one.A coalition of groups will also hold a news conference Wednesday to discuss a lawsuit in U.S. federal court against expansion plans for another network into the American Midwest, Enbridge Inc.'s [Read more]
Imperial Oil’s Kearl oilsands operation to suspend production for several weeks
CALGARY - Imperial Oil Ltd. (TSX:IMO) says its Kearl oilsands project will be shut down for several weeks as a precaution while the company deals with an equipment malfunction.Imperial says it will install replacement parts to deal with vibration detected at Kearl's ore-crusher unit.It didn't provide an estimate about how much production will be lost during that period or provide a target date for a startup.Kearl had been producing about 92,000 barrels per day on average through the third [Read more]
Alberta premier, aboriginals to discuss oilsands concerns
FORT CHIPEWYAN, Alta. - Alberta Premier Jim Prentice and aboriginal chiefs from the oilsands region have agreed to sit down face-to-face to try to deal with concerns that have resulted in a number of lawsuits and reviews."There's a lengthy list of issues and grievances which need to be discussed and I think the best way to do that is for the premier to actually engage with the leadership of those First Nations," Prentice said after meetings with the leadership of the Athabasca Chipewyan and [Read more]
Pipeline issues are scabs on people’s lives: Rocker Neil Young in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Music icon Neil Young says Canadians need to stand up for clean air, land and water by taking on big oil companies because issues involving pipelines are "scabs on our lives."He said Canadians must band together to ensure the Charter of Rights and Freedoms includes the right to live in a healthy environment.Young was in Vancouver as part of the lineup of entertainers and artists including Barenaked Ladies, Feist and Robert Bateman for the last stop of the national Blue Dot Tour, [Read more]
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