WASHINGTON - Safety regulators have quietly placed two extra conditions on construction of TransCanada Corp.'s (TSX:TRP) Keystone XL oil pipeline after learning of potentially dangerous defects involving the southern leg of the Canada-to-Texas project. The defects — high rates of bad welds, dented pipe and damaged pipeline coating — have been fixed. But the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration wants to make sure similar problems don't occur during construction of the [Read more]
EU official: Proposed solution found in Ukraine-Russia natural gas dispute, more talks planned
BERLIN - A proposed solution to a dispute over Ukrainian natural gas debts to Moscow would see Ukraine's gas company pay $2 billion to Russia's Gazprom this week and trigger talks on the price Kyiv should pay for future deliveries as it tries to avert a supply cutoff, a top European Union official said Monday.EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said after meeting the Russian and Ukrainian energy ministers in Berlin that both sides must still consult with their political leaders and the gas [Read more]
Crude oil slips to near US$104 a barrel as Ukraine vote seen easing crisis
The price of oil slipped to near US$104 a barrel Monday after preliminary results showed a billionaire businessman winning a clear majority in Ukraine's presidential elections.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for July delivery settled 15 cents lower at US$104.20 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Friday, the Nymex contract rose 61 cents to settle at US$104.35, bringing its weekly gain to $2.33.Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, was down 22 [Read more]
Dramatic increase in oil rail shipments to West Coast; fears of a potential disaster abound
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Residents along the scenic Columbia River are hoping to persuade regulators to reject plans for what would be the Pacific Northwest's largest crude oil train terminal — the proposed destination for at least four trains a day, each more than a mile long. The increasing numbers of trains, each carrying tens of thousands of barrels of potentially volatile crude from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota, have raised concerns around the country after nine accidents in the past [Read more]
Oil falls on businessman’s election victory in Ukraine
The price of oil eased Monday after early results from Ukraine's presidential election indicated a billionaire businessman had won a clear majority.Benchmark crude for July delivery was down 35 cents to US$104 a barrel at 3:30 a.m. ET in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 61 cents to settle at $104.35 on Friday, bringing its weekly gain to $2.33 a barrel, or 2.3 per cent.Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, shed 66 cents to $109.88 on the ICE [Read more]
Oil rises above US$104 a barrel ahead of Ukraine vote, U.S. holiday weekend
The price of oil rose above US$104 a barrel Friday ahead of a holiday weekend in the United States and national elections in Ukraine on Sunday.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for July delivery gained 61 cents to close at US$104.35 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil ended the week with a gain of $2.33 a barrel, or 2.3 per cent.Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, added 18 cents to US$110.54 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.Ukrainians vote Sunday in an early [Read more]
Alliance Pipeline overhauls services to respond to changing gas market
CALGARY - Alliance Pipeline says it needs to overhaul the services it offers customers as a result of upheaval in the North American natural gas market.The company aims to make a "menu" of different options available to natural gas producers instead of locking them in to 15-year contracts to ship gas straight from northeastern British Columbia to the Chicago area.The changes, if approved by Canadian and U.S. regulators, will enable customers to choose firm contracts as short as three years and [Read more]
RCMP investigate damage to Manitoba pipeline, suspect it was hit by a bullet
CARMAN, Man. - RCMP are trying to determine if someone shot an energy pipeline west of Winnipeg.Police say an inspector who works for TransCanada Corporation detected the damage near the community of Elm Creek.It is not clear if the pipeline carries oil or natural gas.The pipeline, which is protected by a security fence, wasn't punctured.Police suspect it was hit by a bullet, but aren't sure if the shot was fired intentionally at the pipeline or not. [Read more]
Encana to raise $1.46B by spinning off some Alberta holdings in PrairieSky IPO
CALGARY - Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) says it expects to raise almost $1.46 billion by spinning off some of its Alberta land holdings through the company's PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. subsidiary.Calgary-based EnCana says an initial public offering of 52 million common shares of PrairieSky, representing some 40 per cent of the company, has been priced at $28 per common share.Encana said in an announcement Thursday night that PrairieSky has filed a final prospectus dated May 22 in respect of the offering [Read more]
Crude oil inches down but remains near one-month high of US$104 a barrel
The price of oil drifted lower Thursday, a day after hitting a one-month high.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for July delivery fell 33 cents to close at US$103.74 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Wednesday, oil gained $1.74 to close at US$104.07.Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, slipped 19 cents to US$110.36 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.The U.S. oil price shot up Wednesday after a report from the Energy Information Administration showed that U.S. [Read more]
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