North America
More Trans Mountain Route Hearings Scheduled in Canada
Canada’s National Energy Board has scheduled Detailed Route Hearings in the B.C. Lower Mainland area to solicit comments from landowners who have raised concerns with the proposed route of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project. The hearings, to be held in Burnaby. B.C., will begin March 14, 2018 and..
Indigenous, Environmental Leaders Protest Canada Pipeline
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Indigenous leaders are calling on people to raise their voices Saturday to stop a $5.7 billion pipeline ($7.4 billion Canadian) expansion project that pumps oil from Canada’s tar sands to the Pacific Coast. The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion by the Canadian div..
Detailed Route Hearings Begin in B.C. Interior for Trans Mountain Expansion Project
The National Energy Board (NEB) has commenced Detailed Route Hearings to solicit comments from landowners in the B.C. Interior who have raised concerns with the detailed route of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project. The hearings, which are being held in Clearwater, B.C., began March 5, 2018 and wi..
Canada’s First Nations Seek Bigger Stakes, Profits from Oil Sector
Canada’s First Nations seek bigger say in oil and gas pipeline construction projects.
Major Canadian Heavy Oil Producer Slows Production
Pipeline construction project delays prompt Canada's largest heavy oil and gas producer to slow output.
Mexico to Offer First-Ever Shale Blocks in Sept Auction
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico will auction development rights to shale blocks in September, marking the first time the country has offered private oil companies the chance to develop the resource, which has been booming in the United States for years. The National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH), Me..
Developers End Effort for Oil Terminal in Washington State
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A project to build a massive oil-by-rail terminal in southwest Washington officially ended Tuesday when the project’s developers and the Port of Vancouver terminated a lease for a site along the Columbia River. The Port of Vancouver and Vancouver Energy said in statements th..
Gibson Energy to Proceed with Viking Pipeline Project
Gibson Energy receives authorization to proceed with the Viking Pipeline Project.
Pipeline Politics Destroyed Canada’s Reputation for Investors
It took a decade. It happened so gradually few noticed. Those who did were regarded as alarmist. Those opposed who participated, knowingly or otherwise, in an organized, well-financed, multi-year plan to destroy the future of the oil sands were pleased. No country in the world has written more abou..
New Pipeline Regulation Issued in Canada
Canada's National Energy Board announces a new pipeline regulation.
Canada’s Oil Crisis Continues To Worsen
Canada is in dire need of more oil pipeline construction projects.
Kinder Morgan Gets Green Light On Part Of Trans Mountain Pipeline
Canada’s National Energy Board has given Kinder Morgan the go-ahead to start construction work on a tunnel entrance in British Columbia’s Burnaby Mountain that will be part of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion. The board also approved the expanded pipeline’s route in the part where the tunne..
Kinder Morgan Accepts B.C. Gauntlet On Trans Mountain
British Columbia threw down the gauntlet when its government said it will fight Kinder Morgan using any legal means available to permanently suspend the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Now Kinder Morgan, the operator of the pipeline, has revealed it has no intention to go gently into the g..
Sweeping Changes to Pipeline Project Reviews Proposed in Canada
The Government of Canada proposes extensive changes to pipeline regulations affecting future reviews of construction projects.
Canada Oil Group Tells Alberta, B.C. To Get It Together
Canadian oil group tells Alberta and British Columbia to settle oil pipeline construction project dispute.
Alberta Stops Importing B.C. Wine over Pipeline Dispute
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta is banning wine imports from neighboring British Columbia over a dispute about a proposed pipeline. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced Tuesday that the province is banning wine from British Columbia wineries effective immediately. ..
Canadian Regulators Issue First Detailed Route Hearing Decisions for Trans Mountain Expansion
The National Energy Board (NEB) today issued the first four detailed route hearing decisions for the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline. The decisions for detailed route hearings in Segments 1 & 2 cover portions of the pipeline route west from Edmonton to just before the Jasper National Park boundar..
Canadian Pipeline Construction Project Approved
Canadian regulators approve pipeline construction project.
First Nations Tribes To Oppose Tanker Ban Set To Threaten Eagle Spirit Pipeline
First Nations work to raise money to challenge legislation that threatens the Eagle Spirit pipeline in Canada.
Canadian Regulators Deny Application for New Pipeline Service and Toll
The National Energy Board (NEB) has denied an application from Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (M&NP) for approval of a new pipeline service and toll. M&NP had offered a “load retention” service and discounted rate to Irving Oil in exchange for a 13-year commitment to use the M&NP Pipeline to ship u..
North Montney Mainline Project Hearings Underway in Canada
Public hearings begin concerning the North Montney Mainline pipeline construction project in Canada.
Kinder Morgan Delays Trans Mountain Launch Again
Kinder Morgan said it would have to delay the start of the expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline by another three months, to December 2020, its chief executive Steve Kean said at the presentation of the company’s fourth-quarter results. The US$5.95-billion expansion project still needs to gather..
WCS-WTI Spread Narrows As Exports-By-Rail Pick Up
Volume constraints on the Keystone pipeline system levied by U.S. regulators have widened the spread between Western Canadian Select crude prices and benchmark American crude prices, but the steep discount is set to moderate, according to emerging reports. Growing volumes from Alberta’s oil sands h..
Trans Mountain Expansion Route Hearing Set for Next Week
The National Energy Board (NEB) will hold an oral hearing beginning Jan. 15, 2018 to consider an application from Kinder Morgan to alter part of the proposed route for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project in the City of Chilliwack, British Columbia. The company applied to the NEB under section 21 o..
Canadian Crude Oil Exports Decline On Keystone Pipeline Leaks
Canadian crude oil exports fell 2.4 percent in November as the United States dropped imports from its northern neighbor to 3.26 million barrels per day, according to a new report by Reuters. An 80,000-bpd drop came as the Keystone pipeline was forced to shut down following a leak in South Dakota a ..
Canadian Oil Patch Wants Flexibility on Methane Cuts
Thousands of jobs in the Canadian oil patch are at risk if governments try to impose the wrong approach to cutting back a highly potent greenhouse gas, says an industry lobby group. “Let’s take the best opportunities as opposed to being very prescriptive,” Tim McMillan, head of the Canadian Associa..
Canada’s Pipeline Industry Takes Another Hit
TransCanada scraps the Energy East pipeline construction project.
Arctic Extraction Could Occur from Artificial Island
Hilcorp plans to proceed with a pipeline construction project to transport oil from artificial island in the Arctic to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
Canadian Producers Struggle To Find Transport for Oil Cargo
Oil producers in Canada are having trouble finding rail space for their commodity due to a pipeline shutdown that caused a backup in Alberta tank farms. “It’s hard for the railroads to change their operating plan really quickly,” Steve Owens, rail analyst at IHS Markit, said in a phone interview wi..
Why Is Canadian Oil So Cheap?
Western Canadian heavy crude’s price discount to WTI widened to the most in three years, at US$23 for the January contract and US$27 for the December contract, after Enbridge announced a new rationing of space in parts of its Mainline network, which is used to carry most of the crude Canada exports ..
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