CALGARY — A good portion of Calgary remained soaked by flood water Saturday morning, but there was some good news — the sun was out, rivers were receding and at least some evacuees were being allowed back home. Still, flood officials were warning that nothing was going to happen quickly and they were urging displaced people to stay away from their neighbourhoods until the city said it was safe to return. “Only make an attempt to return to your home if you have clear messaging [Read more]
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Cenovus contributes to southern Alberta flood relief effort
CALGARY, June 21, 2013 /CNW/ - Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX, NYSE: CVE) is donating $1 million to assist with flood relief efforts in southern Alberta. An initial donation of $250,000 will go to the Red Cross for immediate relief efforts. The company will then work with its community partners to determine how best to allocate the remainder of the donation. "Our thoughts are with everyone across southern Alberta who is impacted by the devastating floods," said Sheila McIntosh, Cenovus Executive [Read more]
RCMP report up to four may have died in southern AB floods, Harper tours area
CALGARY – Alberta’s largest city was swamped Friday by floodwaters that submerged much of the lower bowl of the Saddledome hockey arena, displaced tens of thousands of people and forced the evacuation of the downtown core. Mounties reported up to four people in flooded areas south of the city may have died. “Get away from the river now!” a Calgary police officer in a helicopter bellowed to residents in the low-lying Calgary neighbourhood of Sunnyside as they surveyed torrents of [Read more]
Turner Valley sour gas leak plugged
TURNER VALLEY, Alta. - Sour gas is no longer leaking in Turner Valley, Alberta.Legacy Oil and Gas and the Alberta Energy Regulator say falling river levels allowed crews to shut off a wellhead valve that was allowing a small amount of the deadly gas to escape.The leaking section of pipe had been submerged by the flooding Sheep River.It was originally damaged by debris in the rushing floodwaters.Alberta officials say there was no threat to human health from the small leak of gas [Read more]
‘Incredible increase’ in oil, gas exploration in East Africa; industry eyes new boom region
NAIROBI, Kenya -- East Africa is in the middle of an incredible energy boom that is likely to last decades, according to energy industry executives who gathered this week in Kenya's capital in a sign of the region's growing prominence. The last couple of years have seen significant oil and gas discoveries in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique. Even Somalia hopes to get onboard though security woes and a lack of regulation make the likelihood still years away. "This region was [Read more]
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Seven Generations Energy Ltd. acquires 56 sections of additional Montney lands
CALGARY, June 21, 2013 /CNW/ - Seven Generations Energy Ltd. (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has, by several separate transactions this month, acquired 56 square miles of rights in the Montney (and other) formations in the Grande Prairie region of west central Alberta. The land will extend the Company's Kakwa River Project and brings the net land holdings of the Company (all in the Kakwa River Project area) to approximately 357 sections, including approximately 331 sections of [Read more]
Legacy Oil + Gas Inc. issues statement regarding successful shut down of natural gas well in Turner Valley
CALGARY, June 21, 2013 /CNW/ - With the receding floodwaters, Legacy Oil + Gas Inc. ("Legacy") has been able to get its emergency personnel at the well site and has confirmation that it has shut down the well releasing natural gas in the Turner Valley Field. The well, Royalite 19, located at 5-6-20-2W5M in the southwest corner of the town of Turner Valley, had a flow line rupture due to impacts from trees and other debris in the rising floodwater. Due to the rupture, a release of natural gas [Read more]
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Saddledome flooded 14 ROWS DEEP
CALGARY - The City of Calgary says the home rink of the Calgary Flames has flooded and the water inside is 14 rows deep. The 19,000-seat Saddledome is one of the feature buildings on the Calgary Stampede grounds. Officials say there is little that can be done to pump the water out of the building because there is simply too much inside. The Stampede, the city's premiere summer event, is scheduled to start July 5. [Read more]