Teck Resources Limited’s proposed Frontier oilsands mine and processing plant north of Fort McMurray is in the public interest due to its economic benefits despite the fact it likely will result in significant adverse environmental effects, a Joint Review Panel has found.
July 26, 2019, 6:53 AM MDT
Teck Resources Limited is planning to reclaim the Frontier oilsands project footprint to equivalent land capability and relies on reclamation as the key mitigation measure for various environmental effects, said the Joint Review Panel report on the project released on Thursday.
July 26, 2019, 7:06 AM MDT
The National Energy Board (NEB) will release its decision on the jurisdiction over the Coastal GasLink pipeline project proceeding today, after 2:30 p.m. Mountain time.
July 26, 2019, 10:33 AM MDT
July 26, 2019, 7:22 AM MDT
Obsidian Energy Ltd. has regained compliance with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) continued listing standard.
July 24, 2019, 5:01 AM MDT
A new filing from ConocoPhillips Canada could significantly reduce the company’s ongoing oilsands regulatory requirements, doing away with potentially hundreds of amendment applications over the life of the Surmont SAGD project.
July 23, 2019, 11:05 AM MDT
Syncrude Canada Ltd.’s proposed Mildred Lake extension (MLX) project that would extend mining activity by 14 years is in the public interest, says an Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) panel, which approved the project subject to 34 conditions.
July 23, 2019, 7:55 AM MDT
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As the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) continues to work with the government on how it will manage industry liability for oil and gas wells, the Orphan Well Association (OWA) is seeing some really great successes in an area based approach to cleanups, says its executive director.
July 22, 2019, 11:14 AM MDT
The National Energy Board (NEB) has cleared the way for work to resume on parts of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project this summer with a ruling on how all regulatory processes for the project will move forward.
July 22, 2019, 12 AM MDT
The BC Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) has ended water diversion suspensions for basins within the Peace River and Liard River watersheds.
July 22, 2019, 12 AM MDT
Tervita Corporation says that the deadline has passed for the Canadian Competition Bureau (CCB) to challenge Tervita's acquisition of Newalta Corporation completed on July 19, 2018.
July 22, 2019, 6:23 AM MDT
July 19, 2019, 12 AM MDT
Having scrapped the carbon tax, the Alberta government is moving ahead to make changes to the large emitter regulations that will ease the burden for the oil and gas industry when it comes into force Jan. 1.
July 18, 2019, 11:11 AM MDT
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July 17, 2019, 11:09 AM MDT
Connacher Oil and Gas Limited received approval of the company's plan of compromise and arrangement by the required majorities of affected creditors and the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta in the company's proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA).
July 17, 2019, 12 AM MDT
The number of pipeline incidents in provincially-regulated pipelines rated as high consequence dropped by eight per cent in 2018 to 24 incidents from 26 incidents in 2017, accounting for about six per cent of total incidents, says a report from the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER).
July 16, 2019, 7:11 AM MDT
Natural gas to supply the Kitimat LNG terminal will come from gas resources located in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB), including the Duvernay and Liard Basin, the proponents said in a National Energy Board (NEB) filing.
July 16, 2019, 11:31 AM MDT
In the absence of an approved budget, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) says it has imposed interim administrative fees that will enable it to operate until the government approves a budget this fall.
July 15, 2019, 10:50 AM MDT
The National Energy Board (NEB) approved the Enbridge Inc. Line 5 St. Clair River replacement project to decommission and replace 0.5 kilometres of pipe beneath the St. Clair River in Sarnia, subject to 11 conditions.
July 15, 2019, 12 AM MDT
July 15, 2019, 7:45 AM MDT
The Environmental Impact Assessment for Pembina Gas Services Ltd.’s proposed sour gas processing facility at Two Lakes in northwest Alberta has been deemed complete under Alberta’s Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act.
July 11, 2019, 10:14 AM MDT
Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Roger Grimes has been appointed as the chair of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB).
July 11, 2019, 11:26 AM MDT