If you work in Canada’s oil and gas sector – or in fact any natural resource sector - you probably don’t have the media access of some of the biggest critics of your activities. Here I’m thinking of people like Leo DiCaprio, Neil Young or Jane Fonda. That’s no news flash; we know it’s just the way it’s been with celebrities who wander into discussions they don’t know much about. Sector employees and contractors, as well as indirect providers of goods and services across the country, are [Read more]
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Cona Resources Ltd. Enters into Arrangement Agreement with Waterous Energy Fund
CALGARY, March 27, 2018 /CNW/ - Cona Resources Ltd. ("Cona" or the "Company") (TSX: CONA) announced today that, further to its March 7, 2018 news release, it has entered into an arrangement agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") with certain affiliates of Waterous Energy Fund (collectively, "WEF") whereby WEF would acquire all of the common shares of Cona ("Common Shares") not currently owned by WEF pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) (the [Read more]
B.C. city to take Trans Mountain pipeline fight to Supreme Court of Canada
BURNABY, B.C. - The City of Burnaby is turning to Canada's highest court in the dispute over construction of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline. Mayor Derek Corrigan said Tuesday the city plans to ask the Supreme Court of Canada to consider a lower court decision that denied Burnaby leave to appeal a ruling by the National Energy Board. That ruling allowed Kinder Morgan to bypass local bylaws during construction of the pipeline expansion, which will triple the amount of diluted [Read more]
Column: Foreign oil gets free ride from feds
New documents obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation show the federal government requires Canadian oil to meet a higher environmental standard than oil that is imported into Canada. How absurd is that? By putting up a big roadblock in front of Canadian oil companies, the federal government has lost out on billions of tax dollars, killed thousands of jobs and hurt businesses across Canada that sell goods and services to Canada’s energy sector. Recall that Canadian pipeline company [Read more]
Column: The energy sector needs to focus on the public
The energy sector has too often made a bad assumption; focusing on politicians and opponents as intermediaries to garner public support. A better choice would be active, broad, regular and direct engagement with the public. Who better than the public, as the counter party to energy, who receives its benefits and can directly agree with balancing the impacts, it’s the public that is the best choice to engage. In political contests political parties benefit by attracting marginal voters, those [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. Posting Date Job Title Company Location Mar. 26 Warranty Supervisor Calfrac Well Services Calgary Mar. 26 Electronics Technician Calfrac Well Services Calgary Mar. 26 Field Operator Roska [Read more]
Georox to Acquire Certain Producing Oil and Gas Interests in Southwest Saskatchewan, Amends Non-Brokered Private Placement
Not For Distribution to U.S. News Wire Services or For Dissemination in the United States Kelowna, British Columbia (FSCwire) - Georox Resources Inc. ("Georox" or the "Corporation") (GXR:TSX-V; OF6A:FRA) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire certain high working interest producing oil (~94%) and natural gas (~6%) interests in Southwest Saskatchewan and Eastern Alberta, from arm's‑length vendors (the [Read more]
Firenze Energy Ltd. – Non-Core Property Divestiture
Sayer Energy Advisors has been engaged to assist Firenze Energy Ltd. (“Firenze” or the “Company”), a subsidiary of Toscana Energy Income Corporation (“Toscana”) with the sale of its light, sweet oil property in the Nevis area, its light & medium oil property in the Willesden Green area and its sweet natural gas property in the Tony Creek area of Alberta (the “Properties”). Firenze is selling the Properties as part of Toscana’s strategic alternatives process. Recent total oil and natural gas [Read more]
Canadian railways in a catch-22 over crude shipment
Canadian railway operators see a lucrative opportunity to transport more crude oil to the United States as a rise in output force producers to find new routes to its southern neighbour. However, their need for long-term contracts and the pressure to move a surplus of grains in the country is making it hard to cash-in on the prospect. Canada moves about 95 percent of its oil by pipelines, which are currently full. A 20 percent rise in crude production in the past five years has increased [Read more]
N.L. to release budget expected to include plan for carbon taxes, education
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador will bring down its latest budget today. Dwight Ball's Liberal government will unveil a financial plan that's expected to include details on how the province intends to address carbon taxes and federal government regulations to reduce greenhouse gases. The provincial government has so far said little about how carbon taxes will be implemented and who will have to pay, making it one of the last provinces to announce its carbon pricing [Read more]