VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Prosecution Service is considering criminal charges against dozens of people arrested for protesting Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. But it will be up to a pair of newly appointed special prosecutors to determine whether charges will be laid against Green party Leader Elizabeth May and New Democrat MP Kennedy Stewart. May, Stewart and several others were arrested on March 23 and charged with civil contempt of court over allegations that [Read more]
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Tories say pipeline impasse warrants House dropping everything to debate it
OTTAWA - The opposition Conservatives today will again ask for an emergency debate in the Commons on the Trans Mountain pipeline situation. It is second time in two months the Conservatives have tried to get House Speaker Geoff Regan to agree the pipeline expansion situation merits a special debate to discuss the economic hit Canada will take and the plunging confidence investors have in this country as it struggles to get the big project off the ground. In February, Regan's office denied [Read more]
Spartan Energy Corp. Announces Strategic Business Combination With Vermilion Energy Inc.
CALGARY, Alberta, April 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spartan Energy Corp. (“Spartan” or the “Company”) (TSX:SPE) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) with Vermilion Energy Inc. (“Vermilion”) (TSX:VET) (NYSE:VET) providing for the acquisition by Vermilion of all the issued and outstanding common shares (the “Spartan Shares”) of Spartan (the “Arrangement”). Under the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, each Spartan Share shall be [Read more]
Vermilion Energy Inc. Announces Acquisition of Spartan Energy Corp.
CALGARY, April 16, 2018 /CNW/ - Vermilion Energy Inc. ("Vermilion", the "Company", "We" or "Our") (TSX, NYSE: VET) is pleased to announce that we have entered into an arrangement agreement (the "Arrangement") to acquire Spartan Energy Corp. ("Spartan"), a publicly traded southeast Saskatchewan oil and gas producer, with annual production of approximately 23,000 boe/d (91% oil). Total consideration for Spartan is approximately $1.40 billion, comprised of $1.23 billion in Vermilion shares plus the [Read more]
Premier Horgan: Sorry, you can’t “defend your coast” – but you have a blank cheque to help us protect ours
Canadian fisheries waters means all waters in the fishing zones of Canada, all waters in the territorial sea of Canada and all internal waters of Canada; (eaux de pêche canadiennes) Canadian Fisheries Act Transport Canada is responsible under the Canada Shipping Act to ensure safe and environmentally responsible commercial marine operations, and the Canada Marine Act, to oversee Canada's ports. The Port of Vancouver is Canada's busiest, handling over 70 million tonnes of cargo annually, [Read more]
Pulse Oil Corp. Announces Increased Reserves in 100% Held Bigoray and Queenstown Assets
CALGARY, April 16, 2018 /CNW/ - Pulse Oil Corp. ("Pulse" or the "Company") (TSX-V: PUL and PUL.WT) reports today that McDaniel & Associates Consultants Ltd ("McDaniel") and Sproule Associated Limited ("Sproule"), qualified independent reserves evaluators in accordance with National Instrument 51-101 and the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook, have completed their independent reserves assessment (the "Assessments") on Pulse's interests within the Bigoray and Queenstown core operating [Read more]
Tahmazian: Why was Notley even at the ‘meeting’ yesterday?
For three years now we have heard energy industry, economists and the investment community warning ad nauseam that government regulation and lack of action is going to force much needed foreign investment out of Canada. They complained that major global businesses were leaving because of politics, not economics. They complained that foreign capital was going to flow out instead of into the country if we kept letting environmentalists hijack the country. The PM and his energy/environment/finance [Read more]
TransGlobe Energy Corporation Announces Operations Update, Intention to List on the AIM, Pending Board Changes and Date of Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
TSX: “TGL” & NASDAQ: “TGA” CALGARY, Alberta, April 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TransGlobe Energy Corporation (“TransGlobe” or the “Company”) provides an operations update, announces its intention to list its common stock on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market and pending changes to the Board of Directors. Q1 Highlights • Company production for Q1-2018 was on plan averaging ~14,366 Boepd (~11,776 Bopd Egypt, ~2,590 Boepd Canada).• Drilled a successful oil well at Arta 48 which will be [Read more]
John Horgan: You can’t put a price on your standard of living either
The following is Terry Etam's rebuttal to John Horgan's recent Medium post Thank you John Horgan for sharing your horrific experience visiting the site of a diesel spill. You are absolutely correct; marine spills are terrible and have impacts. That doesn’t make it right that you draw such a direct line between a tugboat sinking (of which there are apparently a few) and one incremental pipeline. While you are “thinking of British Columbians while in Ottawa”, think also about their standard of [Read more]
Advantage Announces Executive Appointment Vice President Marketing & Commercial
(TSX: AAV, NYSE: AAV) CALGARY, April 15, 2018 /CNW/ - Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. ("Advantage" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce the appointment of David Sterna to the position of Vice President Marketing and Commercial. Mr. Sterna has significant expertise with commodity marketing including the development of market diversification initiatives such as LNG and industrial gas projects. He has over 20 years of executive and senior Management experience and was most recently at [Read more]