Key highlights of the Liberal, Conservative, NDP and Green platforms as they relate to energy and the environment.
October 16, 2019, 6 AM MDT
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has granted a request from the Stoney Nakoda Nations for a four-week extension to the regulatory proceeding for the $509 million Edson Mainline expansion proposed by NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL).
October 16, 2019, 3:15 PM MDT
NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) has received regulatory approval for its North Central Corridor Loop (North Star section 1), a segment in northwestern Alberta consisting of 31.1 kilometres of 48-inch outside diameter pipeline.
October 16, 2019, 7:47 AM MDT
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) is continuing to review an application from NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) for the 31-kilometre North Central Corridor Loop (North Star Section 1) which is targeted to go into service in April 2020.
October 11, 2019, 9:54 AM MDT
October 10, 2019, 7:51 AM MDT
For the second year in a row, solution gas conservation increased for both crude bitumen and crude oil batteries in 2018 despite higher production, says a new report from the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER).
October 8, 2019, 1:25 PM MDT
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) says it will consider an application from Chevron Corporation for a 40-year LNG export licence after determining a public hearing on the matter is not necessary.
October 8, 2019, 12 AM MDT
The recommendations of three independent officers of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta who investigated the Alberta Energy Regulator’s (AER)International Centre of Regulatory Excellence (ICORE) will inform the government’s review of the regulator, say the ministers overseeing the review.
October 7, 2019, 12 AM MDT
Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) employees and resources were diverted to the not-for-profit International Centre for Regulatory Excellence incorporated by Jim Ellis, the regulator’s former president and CEO, an investigation by the province’s public interest commissioner has determined.
October 7, 2019, 9:41 AM MDT
Separate investigations by three independent officers of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta into activities at the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) and the International Centre of Regulatory Excellence (ICORE) found a conflict of interest by the former CEO of the AER, Jim Ellis, gross mismanagement and waste of public resources, and critical failures related to board oversight and management override of internal controls.
October 4, 2019, 11:07 AM MDT
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) will hold a public hearing of common carrier and rateable take order applications from Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd.
October 4, 2019, 12 AM MDT
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 public hearing on NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.' s (NGTL) proposed 2021 system expansion will resume Oct. 24, 2019, the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) said Tuesday.
October 1, 2019, 3:19 PM MDT
October 1, 2019, 10:23 AM MDT
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has approved $740 million in projects enabling Westcoast Energy Inc. to upgrade existing compressors and add new ones to increase the reliability and add incremental firm capacity on its Transmission South (T-South) pipeline system.
September 30, 2019, 4:44 AM MDT
Citing the need for more information, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued a denial without prejudice of a request from Enbridge Energy Limited Partnership for a 401 certification of its Line 3 replacement project.
September 30, 2019, 10:47 AM MDT
September 30, 2019, 7:46 AM MDT
Enbridge Inc. must suspend its current open season offering firm service on the Canadian Mainline until the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has approved all tolls and associated terms and conditions, the regulator ruled today.
September 27, 2019, 3:41 PM MDT
The Canada Energy Regulator’s (CER) order that Enbridge Inc. halt its open season for firm transportation service on the Canadian Mainline until it has regulatory approval for the service is good news for the industry, the chief executive of a producer’s group said Friday.
September 27, 2019, 6:09 PM MDT
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has approved amendments to NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.’s (NGTL) transportation tariff that will allow shippers easier access to storage during periods of pipeline maintenance.
September 27, 2019, 8:08 AM MDT
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has approved Hibernia Management and Development Company’s (HMDC) plan to resume drilling and production at the Hibernia platform, subject to conditions, following the suspension of operations after a second spill on Aug. 17, 2019.
September 27, 2019, 12 AM MDT
The Canadian oil and gas industry needs to get involved in developing standards to measure ESG (environment, social and governance) performance because if it doesn’t somebody else is going to, CFA Society members heard Thursday.
September 26, 2019, 2:29 PM MDT
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) will issue a decision “as quickly as possible” on an application from NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) for a temporary tariff amendment to provide greater access to gas storage in the summer.
September 26, 2019, 12 AM MDT
September 26, 2019, 6 AM MDT
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) is seeking comments on an application from Enbridge Inc. for its Line 1 connectivity project designed to increase flexibility at the Gretna, Man. terminal.
September 25, 2019, 12 AM MDT