SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. - A gas station operator near Edmonton has used some unparliamentary language to publicly protest an increase in Alberta's carbon tax. The illuminated sign at the Tempo Gas Station in Spruce Grove on Tuesday night used the f-bomb in front of the words "NDP" and "Trudeau." As of Monday, Alberta's carbon tax went up and raised the cost of a litre of gasoline by about 2.5 cents at the pump. The business owner, who declined to give his name, says the [Read more]
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Vertex Resource Group Ltd. Acquires Environmental Service Company in Saskatchewan
Acquisition of the Business of Sonic Oilfield Services Ltd. Expands Vertex's Presence in Saskatchewan SHERWOOD PARK, AB, Jan. 2, 2018 /CNW/ - (TSX.V:VTX) - Vertex Resource Group Ltd. ("Vertex") is pleased to announce that it has acquired the business of Sonic Oilfield Services Ltd. ("Sonic"), an environmental services company that provides pressure trucks, fluid hauling, chemical and KCL products in Saskatchewan. Sonic's well maintained fleet is used to serve the drilling, completions, [Read more]
Suncor Energy appoints new member to Board of Directors
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Jan. 2, 2018) - Michael Wilson, chair of the board of directors of Suncor is pleased to announce the appointment of Dennis Houston to the company's board. Mr. Houston's appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2018. "It's a pleasure to welcome Dennis Houston to the Suncor board of directors," said Mr. Wilson. "He joins us, having extensive experience in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry, including refinery optimization, crude oil trading and pipeline [Read more]
Pembina Pipeline Corporation Announces Senior Management Appointments
CALGARY, Jan. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Pembina Pipeline Corporation ("Pembina" or "the Company") (TSX: PPL; NYSE: PBA) announced today several senior executive appointments. Over the past few years, Pembina has experienced transformational growth. Since the beginning of 2015, the Company has placed over $8 billion of new assets into service. Furthermore, in 2017 the Company completed a major multi-billion dollar corporate acquisition. Given the enhanced scale and scope of Pembina's business and [Read more]
Painted Pony Completes Amalgamation With UGR Blair Creek and Painted Rock Resources
CALGARY, Jan. 2, 2018 /CNW/ - Painted Pony Energy Ltd. ("Painted Pony" or the "Corporation") (TSX: PONY) announces that effective January 1, 2018 the Corporation completed an amalgamation with its two wholly-owned subsidiaries, UGR Blair Creek Ltd. and Painted Rock Resources Ltd., pursuant to Sections 181 and 184(1) of the Business Corporations Act (Alberta). ABOUT PAINTED PONY Painted Pony is a publicly-traded natural gas company based in Western Canada. The Corporation is primarily [Read more]
Deep freeze offers only cold comfort for natural gas producing firms
CALGARY - The cold snap that continues to blanket many parts of North America is driving short-term natural gas prices higher but they remain far below historic highs and the trend is unlikely to significantly affect either Canadian consumer bills or producer profits. Cold weather typically increases demand for the home heating fuel, which draws down storage levels and pushes prices higher. "Most of the companies purchasing gas ... will manage their gas supply. They will purchase [Read more]
New Oil and Gas Jobs From BOE Report Jobs
Here are the latest oil and gas job postings courtesy BOE Report Jobs. To search and filter all the latest jobs, visit the BOE Report job board. All job listings are free to post for companies. Sign up to create an account to post jobs; it’s simple and easy to use. Dec. 29 Summer Student - Field Positions (various locations) TransCanada Calgary Dec. 29 Enterprise Information Technology Services Summer Student TransCanada Calgary Dec. 29 Corporate Securities & Finance [Read more]
Over 500,000 Alberta users visited the BOE Report in 2017
More people from across Canada and the United States visited the BOE Report than in years past in 2017 . The BOE Report continued its leadership as the go-to site for oil and gas news, activity and information, and by year-end, close to one million users visited BOEReport.com and in Western Canada viewed 6 million pages. The site’s two most read articles for the year both received over 22,000 individual reads. These articles, like this one and in particular this one, discussing the mass [Read more]
A new year needs a new message: Canadian resources benefit the world, and time to stop apologizing
Ever seen a movie where a scrawny quiet kid, after years of being bullied, finally comes of age and punches some punk in the head, and the theatre is filled with a sense of euphoric release? In those terms, Canada is currently the scrawny quiet kid, but there’s been no sign it’s ready to stand its ground. It's time to change that. To say that we need our very own Trump would be a bit much, but we do need a few pages from his play book. Part of Trump’s appeal is that he took back the [Read more]
Alberta carbon tax jumps, but NDP says it’s connected to improving economy
EDMONTON - Alberta's carbon tax jumped on New Year's Day, but the province's NDP government maintains the tax played a vital role in Alberta's improving economic outlook. Deputy premier Sarah Hoffman told reporters there was a clear link between the approval of several pipelines last year and the tax that Alberta first introduced on carbon on January 1, 2017. Hoffman noted the federal government was clear that its approval for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion from Alberta to [Read more]