With worries about the impacts on Canada’s energy sector from the Saudi-Russia oil price war, concerns over an economic fallout and the looming prospect of a global recession, not to mention fears surrounding COVID-19, it is a good idea for those feeling overwhelmed to find strategies that help them feel under control, says Anita DeLongis, limited as those strategies might be.
March 26, 2020, 6:47 AM MDT
Work is continuing on both the Coastal GasLink pipeline project and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion with extra precautions to ensure the health and safety of employees amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
March 25, 2020, 9:27 AM MDT
Murphy Oil Corporation announced that president and CEO, Roger Jenkins, has pending test results, a presumptive diagnosis of COVID-19, and has taken a temporary medical leave.
March 25, 2020, 8:17 PM MDT
Amid the Russia-Saudi price war coupled with the global pandemic, the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) has scrapped its oilfield services mid-year activity update in April.
March 24, 2020, 10:12 AM MDT
For all of the challenges facing the energy sector, occupational health and safety during a global pandemic is likely one all parties can agree should be a key focus, says Gary Mar, president and chief executive officer of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC). Quite simply: “job one” for OFS companies is employee well-being.
March 20, 2020, 7:54 AM MDT
NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. has been cited by a Canada Energy Regulator inspector for multiple non-compliances and/or hazards to the environment at Spread 1 of the North Montney Mainline project near Chetwynd, B.C.
February 7, 2020, 10:46 AM MST
November 29, 2019, 12 AM MST
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has approved Suncor Energy Inc.’s plan to resume operations on the mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) Transocean Barents, following a Sept. 6, 2019 incident which resulted in an injured Transocean employee.
October 4, 2019, 7:20 AM MDT
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has initiated a formal investigation into the injury of a Transocean employee Sept. 6, 2019 as reported by Suncor Energy Inc.
September 9, 2019, 7:52 PM MDT
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July 2, 2019, 8:27 AM MDT
Hibernia Management Development Centre (HMDC) reported that on June 2, 2019 workers on the Hibernia platform were in the process of lowering a drill pipe with a gantry crane to a storage location when the pipe, weighing approximately 236 kilograms, released from its magnetic connection point.
June 5, 2019, 12 AM MDT
Canadian Natural Resources Limited said Friday it is closely monitoring the wildfires in the Wabasca and Slave Lake areas of Alberta.
June 3, 2019, 6 AM MDT
An unprecedented research effort conducted as a result of a fatality five years ago has found that communication breakdown about ground hazards is a key risk for workers around oilsands tailings. And according to investigators, to blame are “systemic cultural roots within an organization, not simply unsafe acts by workers.”
May 28, 2019, 8:08 AM MDT
May 8, 2019, 11:28 AM MDT
Canadian Natural Resources Limited says an investigation is underway into a fire at the Scotford Upgrader.
May 1, 2019, 12 AM MDT
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March 4, 2019, 9:37 AM MST
The BC Oil and Gas Commission is investigating after Saguaro Resources experienced a natural gas well blow-out at a remote site approximately 180 kilometres north of Fort St. John.
December 31, 2018, 6:34 AM MST
Well operations related to ExxonMobil Canada Ltd.’s decommissioning and abandonment of the Sable Offshore Energy Project offshore Nova Scotia have been suspended following a reported near miss with respect to a dropped object on the Noble Regina Allen.
November 9, 2018, 3:17 AM MST
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