ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The company that operates the Hibernia offshore oil platform has pleaded not guilty to three charges related to a 2019 oil spill off the east coast of Newfoundland. Court documents confirm the Hibernia Management and Development Company entered the pleas Thursday in St. John's provincial court. A six-week trial is scheduled to begin on July 31. Earlier this year, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board alleged the company caused the spill and [Read more]
Feds: Lack of safeguards led to Superior refinery explosion
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal regulators have determined that a lack of safeguards during a maintenance shutdown led to a 2018 explosion at an oil refinery in Superior. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released a final report last week on the April 2018 explosion at the refinery, Wisconsin Public Radio reported Wednesday. Calgary-based Husky Energy owned the refinery at the time of the explosion. The blast injured 36 workers. Fears of a hydrofluoric acid leak forced 2,500 residents to [Read more]
TC Energy restarts Keystone pipeline extension after oil leak repairs
CALGARY - TC Energy Corp. says it has restarted the southern extension of its Keystone pipeline after repairing a Dec. 7 leak that led to the worst oil spill in the pipeline's history. The Calgary-based company says it will operate the pipeline under plans approved by U.S. regulators, including additional safety measures such as reduced operating pressure. TC Energy restarted most of the 4,324-kilometre Keystone pipeline system on Dec. 14, while the 154-km Cushing Extension, running from [Read more]
Suncor says extreme weather and fires forced shutdown of Colorado refinery
CALGARY - Suncor Energy Inc. says its Colorado refinery is offline following mutliple fires and it expects it to be out of commission until late March. The company says the 98,000-barrel-a-day Commerce City refinery was damaged by the extreme and record-setting weather that swept across large parts of the continent, leading it to initiate a shutdown of the refinery on Dec. 24. Notifications from the company show early damage included a pump fire on Dec. 19, while alarms were triggered on [Read more]
Canadian oilpatch likely to surpass 2022’s production record, but only slightly
CALGARY - Canadian oil and gas companies are expected to increase spending in 2023, but analysts say it will be another year of modest growth and not a return to boom times. For Canada's energy industry, 2022 was the year that finally snapped a decade of weak commodity prices and brought prosperity back to the sector. With the lifting of global pandemic restrictions, the war in Ukraine, and the cumulative impact of years of under-investment in oil and gas, energy prices hit record highs in [Read more]
Trans Mountain pipeline fine for bird disturbances upheld while penalty slashed
A review panel is upholding a fine against the Trans Mountain pipeline for violations that resulted in disturbing bird nests. But the Canada Energy Regulator is dramatically slashing the amount of the penalty from $88,000 in the original ruling to $4,000. In February, the regulator found the pipeline company hadn't given its contractors enough environmental training. That resulted in the destruction or disturbance of the nests of three robins and one Anna's hummingbird. Trans [Read more]
Keystone pipeline reopening plan approved; in-service date not yet announced
CALGARY - TC Energy Corp. says it has received regulatory approval to restart the remaining segment of the Keystone pipeline that has been shut down since a Dec. 7 oil spill. The Calgary-based pipeline company says the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has approved a restart plan for the 154-km stretch of pipeline that runs from just south of Steele City, Nebraska to Cushing, Oklahoma. TC Energy Corp. shut down the 4,234-km Keystone pipeline system immediately [Read more]
TC Energy says cold weather could slow recovery of oil from Keystone pipeline leak
CALGARY - TC Energy Inc. says upcoming cold weather has the potential to slow the recovery of the oil spilled from its Keystone pipeline leak in Kansas. The company says it has recovered an estimated 7,233 barrels of oil from a creek as of 5 p.m. CT on Sunday. The Keystone pipeline suffered the worst leak in its history when about 14,000 barrels of oil spilled into a creek in Washington County, Kan., on Dec. 7. The company says the affected segment of the pipeline remains isolated as [Read more]
Suncor faces charges related to injury of offshore Nfld. worker: regulator
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore oil and gas regulator says it has laid charges against Suncor Energy Inc. for alleged offenses related to the injury of a worker on the company's Terra Nova offshore platform. The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board says the charges are related to the injury of a worker on Dec. 29, 2019, who fell from a ladder while conducting gas testing. The board alleges that Suncor failed to ensure all workers had a properly [Read more]
TC Energy opens segment of Keystone pipeline; oil spill cleanup continues
CALGARY - TC Energy Corp. says it has restarted the section of the Keystone pipeline that was unaffected by last week's oil leak in Kansas. The Calgary-based company says the restarted segment of pipeline extends from Hardisty, Alta., to Patoka, Ill. The portion of the pipeline affected by the spill remains shut down. The Keystone pipeline suffered the worst leak in its history last week when about 14,000 barrels of oil spilled into a creek in Washington County, Kan. The affected [Read more]
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