VICTORIA - Anti-pipeline protests that have severed vital freight and passenger rail links across Canada could heat up today, with the added threat of activists planning to shut down government offices in British Columbia's capital. Protests continue as political leaders look to negotiate solutions, while business leaders, opposition politicians and ordinary people call for immediate action to end the disruptions, which have already seen more than 80 arrests. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau [Read more]
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Enbridge Appoints New Director to its Board
CALGARY, Feb. 14, 2020 /CNW/ - Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) (NYSE:ENB) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has appointed Gregory J. Goff as a director of Enbridge. Mr. Goff has more than 30 years of energy industry experience, most recently as Executive Vice Chairman of Marathon Petroleum Corporation. Prior thereto, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Andeavor until October 2018. Mr. Goff is currently a director of PolyOne Corporation. "On behalf of the Board of [Read more]
Enbridge Inc. Reports Strong Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2019 Results
CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge or the Company) (TSX:ENB) (NYSE:ENB) today reported fourth quarter and full year 2019 financial results and provided a quarterly business update. HIGHLIGHTS (all financial figures are unaudited and in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted) Full year GAAP earnings of $5,322 million or $2.64 per common share compared with $2,515 million or $1.46 per common share for 2018 Adjusted earnings of $5,341 million or $2.65 per common share in 2019 compared [Read more]
Made in Alberta: A Low-Cost Solution to the Methane Emissions Problem
Upcoming methane emissions regulations are driving major changes in wellsite designs. As of 2021 in BC and 2022 in Alberta, you may no longer vent fuel gas for pneumatics and alternatives can be expensive. New emission regulations are coming to legacy wellsites as well. By 2022 in BC, all gas pneumatic devices will be required to vent less than 6 scf/hr. In most cases where valves throttle, like chokes or pressure control valves, dynamic venting of the actuator can be an order of magnitude [Read more]
A timeline on rail disruptions by anti-pipeline protesters across Canada
RCMP began enforcing an injunction last week that prevents interference with construction of a $6.6-billion natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. Here is a timeline of rail disruptions by people showing solidarity with hereditary Wet'suwet'en chiefs opposing the Coastal GasLink project: Feb. 6 — Protesters in Belleville, Ont., east of Toronto, start stopping railway traffic. Feb. 7 — Via Rail halts service along one of its busiest routes because of the Belleville blockade. [Read more]
CN Rail to shut down Eastern Canadian operations due to protests
Canadian National Railway Co will shut operations in Eastern Canada as its rail lines continue to be blocked by anti-pipeline protesters, the country's biggest railroad operator said on Thursday. The protests by an indigenous community opposing the construction of a gas pipeline project in British Columbia and its supporters have disrupted passenger trains and goods transportation for the seventh straight day. The shutdown will continue until the blockades end and may lead to temporary [Read more]
Manitoba won’t shut door on oil pipeline to Churchill: premier
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he is open to discussing a possible oil pipeline to the Port of Churchill as a way of getting western energy to ocean tankers. The idea has been revived recently by Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, among others, and comes seven years after Manitoba's former NDP government rejected shipping oil by rail to the subarctic town on Hudson Bay. "The previous NDP government dismissed the very idea of shipping oil products out of Churchill out of [Read more]
Heavy discount stays flat as trading cycle ends
Canadian heavy crude's discount versus U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was trading unchanged on Thursday, the final day of the month's trading cycle. Western Canada Select (WCS) heavy blend crude for March delivery in Hardisty, Alberta, was trading at $16.80 per barrel below WTI, according to NE2 Canada Inc, matching Wednesday's settle. Protests have continued across Canada related to opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline, blocking rail lines. It is surprising [Read more]
Pipeline protesters stop blockade of rail line west of Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - An anti-pipeline blockade of a major rail line west of Winnipeg has come down. Protesters have dismantled barriers they set up one day earlier on an east-west Canadian National rail line, but the Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition says more action is coming. The blockade was one of many protests across the country against construction of a Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia that would cross the traditional territory of the o: First [Read more]
Rail services continue to feel brunt of anti-pipeline protests across country
Via Rail has extended train cancellations on major routes in Ontario and Quebec as protests against a pipeline in northern B.C. stretched into a sixth-day on Wednesday. Passenger and freight rail services have been hit particularly hard by the protests as demonstrators erect barricades on lines in different parts of the country. Via Rail is cancelling service on its Montreal-Toronto and Ottawa-Toronto routes until at least the end of the day on Friday because of a blockade near Belleville, [Read more]