In light of the continuing increase in cases of COVID-19, the BC Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) is closing its remaining four offices in Fort St. John, Victoria, Dawson Creek and Fort Nelson.
March 19, 2020, 11:17 AM MDT
Oilpatch companies are taking aggressive steps to address their ‘number one priority’ of protecting employees in the office and in the field from the spread of COVID-19 by implementing work-at-home plans and reducing sites to essential personnel only.
March 17, 2020, 1:50 PM MDT
NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) is seeking regulatory approval for a new form of Other Service (OS) to provide for natural gas liquids extraction service (OS-EXT).
March 16, 2020, 10:19 AM MDT
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) will hold a public hearing of application from Canadian Coastal Resources Ltd., which has applied for a licence to drill a sour crude oil well 35 kilometres from Grande Prairie.
March 16, 2020, 2:03 PM MDT
Journey Energy Inc. has been ordered to pay a $125,000 fine for a pipeline failure that happened in June 2017, said the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER).
March 12, 2020, 1:53 PM MDT
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) will host a technical conference April 8, 2020 as part of its review of Enbridge Inc.’s application to introduce a new service and tolling framework for its Canadian Mainline.
March 11, 2020, 3:02 PM MDT
Alberta’s environmental assessment director has deemed that environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports are complete for two in situ oilsands projects — Canadian Natural Resources Limited’s proposed Pike 2 and Suncor Energy Inc.’s Lewis project.
March 10, 2020, 11 AM MDT
Sandy Lapointe has been designated by the minister of natural resources to act as chief executive officer of the Canada Energy Regulator (CER).
March 10, 2020, 4:55 AM MDT
Saskatchewan saw a total of 2,030 well abandonments completed between April 1, 2019, and February 29, 2020.
March 9, 2020, 10:14 AM MDT
Suncor Energy Inc. is seeking regulatory approval under the Oil Sands Conservation Act and Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act EPEA for amendments to existing approvals for its base plant operations.
March 9, 2020, 11:29 AM MDT
March 6, 2020, 8:05 AM MST
An Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) panel has upheld, subject to conditions, the AER’s decision to approve Pure Environmental Waste Management Inc.’s proposed oilfield waste management facility at Hangingstone, finding that it is in the public interest.
March 5, 2020, 12 AM MST
March 5, 2020, 9:31 AM MST
BHP Petroleum (New Ventures) Corporation is proposing to conduct an exploration drilling project within offshore exploration licences in the Orphan Basin, located approximately 350 kilometres northeast of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in the Atlantic Ocean.
March 5, 2020, 10:12 AM MST
March 4, 2020, 7:56 AM MST
The Orphan Well Association (OWA) expects to nearly double its activity in the coming fiscal year to nearly 2,000 wells with the assistance of a loan of up $100 million from the province, the association’s executive director said Monday.
March 3, 2020, 4:12 AM MST
FortisBC Holdings Inc. has filed an initial project description with regulators to begin the federal impact assessment and provincial environmental assessment processes for the Tilbury Phase 2 LNG expansion project.
March 3, 2020, 7:36 AM MST
Suncor Energy Inc. is proposing to develop the Base Mine Extension Project to sustain the supply of bitumen to the existing upgraders at Suncor's Oil Sands Base Plant operation.
March 3, 2020, 12 AM MST
Pembina Pipeline Corporation continues to wait for a decision from the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on its Jordan Cove LNG project in Oregon, a company executive said today.
February 28, 2020, 11:24 AM MST
Husky Energy Inc.’s CEO and president Rob Peabody has weighed in on whether Teck Resources Limited’s decision to walk away from the Frontier oilsands mining project would affect his company’s future plans and whether large oilsands projects can't be built in Canada going forward.
February 28, 2020, 8:04 AM MST
An Alberta Conservative Member of Parliament has introduced a private member’s bill to repeal Bill C-48 which bans all tanker traffic off the north coast of British Columbia.
February 27, 2020, 4:21 AM MST
US Development Group, LLC and Gibson Energy Inc. received regulatory approvals from the Alberta government to proceed with the construction of a diluent recovery unit (DRU) near Hardisty.
February 26, 2020, 3:57 AM MST
Interested parties will be able to register from March 12-18, 2020 to participate in the upcoming Canada Energy Regulator (CER) hearing on Enbridge Inc.’s proposed Canadian Mainline contracting proposal.
February 25, 2020, 5:09 AM MST
The commission of the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) this week in Edmonton will hear oral Indigenous knowledge on an application from NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) to build and operate approximately 85 kilometres of natural gas pipeline in central Alberta.
February 25, 2020, 4:14 AM MST
Canadian crude exports by rail surged to 347,136 bbls/d in December 2019, up sharply from 297,476 bbls/d the previous month, new data from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) shows.
February 24, 2020, 2:45 PM MST