Category: Oil
Canada makes good on promise to streamline mining, oil and gas projects
The Canadian government followed through on last month’s budget promise to streamline environmental reviews of resource projects with a plan for “responsible resource development.”
Nexen wins regulatory approval for major expansion
Oil sands producer, Nexen Inc. (TSX, NYSE: NXY), said it received regulatory approval to proceed with development of pads 14 and 15 at Long Lake and the Kinosis 1A area.
Ontario’s manufacturing sector laid low by the oil sands: Mulcair
Canada’s Leader of the Opposition, Thomas Mulcair, said the oil sands are devastating manufacturing jobs in Ontario.
Kinder Morgan goes ahead with its $5 billion pipeline expansion to Vancouver
Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMP) is going ahead with its planned $5 billion expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline in Canada, which brings crude oil from the Alberta oil sands to Vancouver’s port.
Canadian crude jumps 7% to 3-month high
The price oil sands producers receive improved to $34.50 a barrel below the international benchmark on Thursday after a 7.4% overnight spike, close to its best level for the year and a 50% improvement from the multi-year lows struck at the beginning of March.
Alberta NDP only ones talking about oil sands upgrading during campaign
Political leaders are spending a lot of time talking about consuming Alberta’s wealth, but very little about creating it.
Whose the fairest of them all: David Suzuki Foundation ranks provinces on climate change leadership
David Suzuki Foundation says Quebec, Ontario and B.C are “Very Good” regarding climate initiatives while Alberta and Saskatchewan rank as “Worst”.
Shell to conserve 1800 acres of forest in northern Alberta
Shell Canada today announced it purchased a 1,820 acre (740 ha) tract of land in northern Alberta to conserve boreal forest habitat near its oil sands operations.
No bubble here: Rogers says Chinese property market is cooled down
Legendary commodity-investor and Singapore resident, Jim Rogers, told China Daily News that the property market has been slowed down and there is no crisis.
Using time lapse video to show 15,272 temperature records falling across the USA
March 2012 broke all the hot weather records in the USA. It was the warmest month in the eastern two-thirds of the USA since records, going back to 1895, were kept.
