CALGARY - The National Energy Board is rejecting a call made by an environmental group last month to greatly expand the scope of its reconsideration of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Stand.earth filed a motion to the federal regulator on Jan. 21 demanding it add consideration of the project's upstream and downstream greenhouse gas emissions to its review of project-related marine shipping issues. It asked the board to apply the same standard to the project as it did with the Energy [Read More…]
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TransCanada restarts shut portion of Keystone oil pipeline
TransCanada Corp restarted a section of the Keystone oil pipeline on Tuesday, following a leak in Missouri earlier this month, company spokesman Terry Cunha said.TransCanada had shut an arm of Keystone from Steele City, Nebraska to Patoka, Illinois on Feb. 6 after leaking 43 barrels of crude oil. The shutdown restricted the flow on the 590,000 barrels-per-day Keystone pipeline system, a critical artery taking Canadian crude from northern Alberta to refineries in the U.S. Midwest.The line [Read More…]
Devon Energy Announces Final Step to Complete Transformation to U.S. Oil Growth Company
Highlights Pursuing separation of its Canadian and Barnett Shale assets Expect to complete separation by end of 2019 Share-repurchase authorization increased to $5 billion Quarterly dividend increased 13 percent Committed to at least $780 million in annual cost reductions OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) today announced that the board of directors has authorized the company to pursue the separation of its Canadian and Barnett Shale assets to [Read More…]
TSB says improved tankers involved in Manitoba derailment that spilled crude
ST. LAZARE, Man. - Federal investigators say CN rail cars that spilled crude after derailing on farm land in western Manitoba were upgraded tankers. The Transportation Safety Board says 37 of 110 cars went off the tracks early Saturday near St. Lazare. The board says the derailed tankers are all Class 117R cars — an upgraded version considered to have improved safety features over the cars that were involved in the 2013 fatal explosion and fire in Lac Megantic, Que. There [Read More…]
‘We take action:’ Alberta investing $3.7B to move oil by rail, leasing cars
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it's investing $3.7 billion to move the province's land-locked oil to market by rail. It says 4,400 leased railway cars will move up to 120,000 barrels of oil per day by 2020. Shipments are expected to begin as early as July. "Pipelines will always be the best, most efficient, most economical long-term solution," Notley told a news conference Tuesday. "We must take action today to provide more relief to our energy workers and [Read More…]
Nova Scotia liquefied natural gas project signs agreements with unions, Mi’kmaq
HALIFAX - A proposed liquefied natural gas project says it has signed agreements with the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs, the Nova Scotia Construction Labour Relations Association, and unions in Cape Breton. Bear Head LNG says the mutual benefits agreement with the assembly is a commitment to develop the project on the Strait of Canso in an environmentally sustainable manner. CEO John Baguley calls it a "significant milestone" for the project and demonstrates the [Read More…]
Pro-pipeline protest convoy reaches Ottawa after rolling across country
OTTAWA - A convoy of angry Albertans and other westerners rolled up to Parliament Hill today to protest federal energy and environmental policies. Scores of people gathered in knee-deep snow on the Hill lawn in advance of morning speeches amid concerns the convoy has become a magnet for extremist, anti-immigrant elements. The United We Roll convoy began in Red Deer, Alta., on Valentine's Day and made its way east over four days with stops for rallies along the way. The [Read More…]
Crescent Point Appoints John Dielwart to Board of Directors
CALGARY, Feb. 19, 2019 /CNW/ - Crescent Point Energy Corp. ("Crescent Point" or the "Company") (TSX andNYSE: CPG) is pleased to announce the appointment of John P. Dielwart to its Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective March 7, 2019. "I'm pleased to welcome John Dielwart as an independent Director on Crescent Point's Board," said Bob Heinemann, Chairman of the Board. "John obviously brings a wealth of valuable business, leadership and governance expertise that he has earned during more [Read More…]
Pulse Oil Corp. Announces Bigoray Drilling Program and EOR Progress
CALGARY, Feb. 19, 2019 /CNW/ - Pulse Oil Corp. ("Pulse" or the "Company") (TSX-V: PUL and PUL.WT) is happy to announce that the Company intends to drill two new wells within the Bigoray EOR acreage in February and March 2019. Pulse's independent geotechnical modelling, as announced on January 30, 2019, has unexpectedly increased the initial amount of estimated discovered petroleum in place (DPIIP) (effective date of December 6, 2017) by 43.9%. The EOR modelling project is crucial for [Read More…]
Terry Etam book launch – redefining energy conversations, with your help
Over the years of energy writing I’ve received many kind and supportive emails (and astonishingly few of the opposite – a few who took offence when I made fun of the cannabis craze, and a few scattered and enthusiastically brainless attacks). Thank you for all who have sent all those emails my way (except the potheads and the idiots). A common theme I’ve heard is how to get useful energy messages out to a wider audience, how to cut through the clutter of energy disinformation. The general [Read More…]
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