OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr defended on Tuesday his government's ability to get major resource projects moving, saying the government has approved a number of proposals and it's up to their proponents to get them built. Carr was speaking at the end of a meeting of federal and provincial energy ministers in New Brunswick, where TransCanada's Energy East pipeline project was an unofficial topic of discussion. It has been almost a year since the first round of [Read more]
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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. Aug. 14 Accounts Receivable Analyst Canyon Technical Services Fort St. John Aug. 14 A&D Technician Bank of America Merrill Lynch Calgary Aug. 14 Field Operator ARC Resources Ante Creek Aug. 14 Field [Read more]
AltaGas Announces Death of David F. Mackie, Founding Member and Independent Director of AltaGas
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Aug. 15, 2017) - AltaGas Ltd. ("AltaGas") (TSX:ALA) announced today with profound sadness, that Mr. David F. Mackie, a founding member of AltaGas and a valued member of AltaGas' Board of Directors, passed away on August 14, 2017. Mr. Mackie was a director of AltaGas Ltd. and its predecessors since January 12, 1995. He began his career as an attorney in California. He brought a broad range of experience to the board of directors, having spent more than 32 years [Read more]
Kinder Morgan Canada Limited Closes $300 Million Preferred Share Offering
CALGARY, Aug. 15, 2017 /CNW/ - Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (the "Company") (TSX: KML) is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced offering of cumulative redeemable minimum rate reset preferred shares, Series 1 (the "Series 1 Preferred Shares"). The Company issued 12,000,000 Series 1 Preferred Shares for aggregate gross proceeds of $300 million through a syndicate of underwriters led by Scotiabank, CIBC Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets and TD Securities. The [Read more]
Gasoline to EV path is uncharted, complex and unfathomably large – that’s not hating, it’s reality
The fossil fuel debate sadly takes up too much real estate due to rearguard fighting against disinformation that litters the landscape. It’s a huge task merely to point out the fundamentals, such as how much fuel we actually consume, how much we rely on it, and how hard it will be to change to something else. Elaborating on these subjects comes across as a single-minded defense of fossil fuels, and it’s not. Certain fundamental realities need to be clearly understood by the masses before even [Read more]
Ironhorse Oil & Gas Inc. and Pond Technologies Inc. Jointly Announce Proposed Business Combination and a Private Placement by Pond
CALGARY, Aug. 14, 2017 /CNW/ - Ironhorse Oil & Gas Inc. ("Ironhorse") (TSXV:IOG) and Pond Technologies Inc. ("Pond") are pleased to announce that they have entered into an arms-length non-binding letter of intent dated August 14, 2017 pursuant to which Ironhorse and Pond propose to complete a business combination by way of take-over bid (the "Proposed Transaction"). Pursuant to the Proposed Transaction, Ironhorse will offer to purchase all of the common shares of Pond ("Pond Shares") in [Read more]
RMP Energy Reports Second Quarter 2017 Results and Provides Initial Elmworth Production Information
CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RMP Energy Inc. (“RMP” or the “Company”) (TSX:RMP) today reports its financial and operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, in addition to providing initial production information from its Elmworth Montney asset. Elmworth Montney Update In June, the Company commissioned the operational start-up of its wholly-owned and operated Elmworth 2-23 facility (“2-23 Facility”). This marks an important corporate milestone as the Company [Read more]
Birchcliff Energy Ltd. Provides Series A Preferred Shares Conversion Privilege Notice
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Aug. 14, 2017) - Birchcliff Energy Ltd. ("Birchcliff") (TSX:BIR) announces that it does not intend to exercise its right to redeem its Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, Series A (the "Series A Shares") on September 30, 2017. As a result, subject to certain conditions, the holders of Series A Shares have the right to choose one of the following options with regard to their Series A Shares: (i) to retain any or all of their Series A Shares and continue to [Read more]
Pengrowth Closes Significant Asset Sales and Reaches Agreement in Principle on Key Elements of Covenant Relief
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Aug. 14, 2017) - Pengrowth Energy Corporation (TSX:PGF) (NYSE:PGH) is pleased to announce its second quarter 2017 operating results, highlighted by additional asset sales, and further reductions to outstanding debt and cost structures. All of these activities in combination with an agreement in principle on the key elements of an amendment with a group of noteholders for covenant relief, significantly improves Pengrowth's financial flexibility. Since the start [Read more]
A brief overview of UCP candidate policy platforms
Its been an arduous road since the 2015 provincial election's conservative vote schism, which, of the roughly 1.5 million votes cast, saw over half go to conservative parties but gave us an NDP government. Since then souls were searched, ego's tested and careers wagered; all under a banner of uniting a group with more in common than not, and in defeat of a party crazy enough to weigh intangibles like 'social licence' over fundamentals like Alberta's bleeding red balance sheet. But alas, he we [Read more]