Continued attempts by industry and the Alberta government to placate the wishes of anti-oil proponents by seeking social acceptance have arguably failed miserably.
March 19, 2019, 7:46 AM MDT
The Alberta government has again increased its production limits.
March 19, 2019, 8:56 AM MDT
Election Day for Alberta is April 16, 2019.
March 19, 2019, 10:04 AM MDT
The goalposts for being granted “social licence” continue to be moved further away and it’s only getting more elusive for the oil and gas sector to attain, say some prominent industry observers.
March 18, 2019, 6 AM MDT
The Alberta government of Premier Rachel Notley says it will continue to allow crude oil production, currently under temporary curtailments, to increase as the market responds and conditions change.
March 18, 2019, 3:42 PM MDT
Any notable increase in pipeline or rail capacity would need to come from new major infrastructure projects as current pipeline capacity is fully utilized and rail infrastructure is operating at or near capacity, says the National Energy Board (NEB).
March 18, 2019, 7:26 AM MDT
The domino effect of the latest Line 3 pipeline delay is a slowdown on execution of the first — and only — greenfield oilsands project to be sanctioned in five years.
March 15, 2019, 6:41 AM MDT
“Done properly,” natural resource development could bring prosperity to the Northwest Territories and economic benefits to Canada, says the federal minister of intergovernmental and northern affairs and internal trade.
March 15, 2019, 7:50 AM MDT
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The federal government should be in a strong position to wrap up consultations with Indigenous groups along the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion route by late May, Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi suggested Wednesday.
March 14, 2019, 4:28 AM MDT
Nobody knows more about the “missed opportunity” from the failed Mackenzie gas pipeline project than the premier of the Northwest Territories.
March 14, 2019, 7:41 AM MDT
Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) announced $100 million in funding through the BEST Challenge, a funding opportunity for biotechnology, electricity, and sustainable transportation innovations.
March 13, 2019, 6 AM MDT
March 13, 2019, 10:02 AM MDT
The Alberta government spent a total of $1.19 billion on its Climate Leadership Plan in the 2017/2018 fiscal year, according to the recently released progress report on the plan.
March 12, 2019, 7:25 AM MDT
The Alberta government is seeing “tremendous interest” from industry as it continues to work on its Petrochemical Feedstock Infrastructure Program (PFIP), Premier Rachel Notley said Friday.
March 11, 2019, 7:45 AM MDT
March 11, 2019, 8:34 AM MDT
The Newfoundland government is creating a new oil and gas company to “maximize” offshore opportunities.
March 11, 2019, 9:31 AM MDT
The Alberta cabinet has reappointed environmental lawyer Cindy Chiasson as a full-time commissioner to the roster of hearing commissioners of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) for a term to expire on June 30, 2024.
March 11, 2019, 11:54 AM MDT
Fort Saskatchewan — Two federal cabinet ministers visited the construction site of Inter Pipeline Ltd.’s Heartland Petrochemical Complex on Thursday for what they called a “significant” funding announcement.
March 8, 2019, 10:54 AM MST
Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains announced a commitment of $49 million to Inter Pipeline Ltd., which is building the $3.5-billion Heartland Petrochemical Complex.
March 7, 2019, 11:27 AM MST
March 7, 2019, 7:41 AM MST
Saskatchewan has the highest taxes on new oil and gas investment among all major energy-producing jurisdictions in North America, which is harming the province’s competitiveness, finds a new study by the Fraser Institute.
March 5, 2019, 9:14 AM MST
The Alberta government is increasing production in April by 25,000 to a total of about 3.66 million bbls/d, an overall increase of 100,000 bbls/d from the January limit.
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