WINNIPEG - TransCanada Pipelines says it hopes to have natural gas service restored to everyone in frigid southern Manitoba by midday Tuesday.Vice-president Karl Johannson says some communities may even see their service restored today after a huge explosion near St. Pierre-Jolys over the weekend.Johannson says it is simply too early to say what caused the blast.He says the company will compensate people for any direct losses suffered because of the outage. Many of the 4,000 people affected by [Read more]
Oil production hits new Saskatchewan record
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says the province's oil patch is pumping out production like never before. It says oil production last year set a new record of 177.9 million barrels, or 487,400 barrels per day. That's up from the previous record of 172.9 million barrels or 472,500 barrels per day set in 2012. Drilling activity also set a new record. The province says 2,433 horizontal oil wells were drilled last year, surpassing the 2,036 horizontal oil wells drilled in [Read more]
People try to keep warm after pipeline blast
WINNIPEG - People who live in parts of southeastern Manitoba are getting creative as they endure another day without natural gas following Saturday's pipeline explosion. Steve Cope has been placing an electric space heater next to his furnace's cold-air intake to blow warmth throughout his two-storey home in Niverville. Cope says he, his wife and their five-year-old daughter have been sleeping in the same room to keep warm, and the house has stayed above 10 C. The Rural Municipality of [Read more]
Cold wait for natural gas after pipeline fire
ST. PIERRE-JOLYS, Man. - Tanker trucks carried emergency supplies of compressed natural gas on Sunday to heat critical locations in southern Manitoba as thousands of residents have to contend with no heat.The residents have been told that a pipeline explosion on Saturday means they could have to spend several days in frigid temperatures without fuel to heat their homes.Natural gas service for an estimated 4,000 people in municipalities south of Winnipeg was interrupted following a huge explosion [Read more]
Cash offers skyrocket as much as 700 per cent for landowners resisting Keystone
PAGE, Neb. - Cash offers have been skyrocketing, as much as seven-fold, for holdout Nebraska landowners who are willing to sign quickly to allow the Keystone XL pipeline onto their property. The landowners say they've received written offers from pipeline builder TransCanada Corp. in the last few weeks offering exponentially more money than initially promised, on the condition that they sign soon. Those offers are pouring in at a pivotal moment for the Canada-U.S. pipeline, whose [Read more]
Risks in oilsands transport: U.S. report
VANCOUVER - U.S. scientists are warning that there are environmental risks, regulatory holes and serious unknowns regarding the shipment of Alberta oilsands products by pipeline, rail and tanker.The findings are in a 153-page report from last September by the emergency response division of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The unit has expertise in preparing for, evaluating and responding to oil and chemical spills in coastal environments.Enbridge (TSX:ENB), the company [Read more]
Explosion and fire rock Manitoba pipeline
OTTERBURNE, Man. - Five homes have been evacuated after a natural gas pipeline explosion early today near the southern Manitoba community of Otterburne. RCMP have confirmed the fire is coming from a natural gas pipeline in the area about 50 kilometres south of Winnipeg. TransCanada Pipeline says the pipe has been isolated and the burning gas is non-toxic. RCMP, the Office of the Fire Commissioner and TransCanada are investigating the cause of the explosion, and the Transportation Safety [Read more]
First Nation pulls out of oilsands program
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The First Nation that was the main focus of Neil Young's recent concert tour about Alberta's oilsands has withdrawn from a government environmental panel.The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation announced Friday that it is pulling out of the Joint Oil Sands Monitoring program.The program is the showpiece of federal-provincial efforts to monitor environmental change in the oilsands region.A spokesman for the First Nation says it made the move because the program lacks [Read more]
Natural gas soars as cold grips homes, drillers
NEW YORK - The frigid winter of 2014 is setting the price of natural gas on fire. Record amounts of natural gas are being burned for heat and electricity — and it's so cold that drillers are struggling to produce enough to keep up with the high demand. Friday, the price rose within a whisper of $5 per 1,000 cubic feet, the highest level since June 2010. It's gained 25 per cent in the past two weeks. Natural gas is used by half the nation's households for heating, making it the most [Read more]
Backers: Report on rail risks boosts Keystone XL
WASHINGTON - A government warning about the dangers of increased use of trains to transport crude oil is giving a boost to supporters of the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline.U.S. and Canadian accident investigators urged their governments Thursday to impose new safety rules on so-called oil trains, warning that a "major loss of life" could result from an accident involving the increasing use of trains to transport large amounts of crude oil.Pipeline supporters said the unusual joint warning by [Read more]
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