Alberta
News
July 31, 2015
TransCanada Corp. is slowing work on two pipelines in Alberta because of reduced demand tied to lower crude prices and setbacks to its major oil export projects.
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July 30, 2015
Black Stallion Oil & Gas, Inc. confirms that it will start to execute a detailed exploration program on the 12,233-acre Woodrow Prospect in Teton county, northwest Montana, within the Alberta Basin Bakken fairway.
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July 28, 2015
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to get oil-sands pipeline projects off the ground, and Alberta’s worst spill since 1980 will probably make it tougher.
News
July 23, 2015
CB&I has been awarded a contract for approximately $60 million by a major energy company to provide maintenance services for three separate oil sands facilities in Alberta, Canada.
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July 16, 2015
Nexen Energy ULC is responding to an incident at its Long Lake oil sands facility south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, the company announced Thursday.
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July 14, 2015
Quebec will only support TransCanada Corp.’s Energy East pipeline if it generates jobs for the province and if Alberta does more to protect the environment, Premier Rachel Notley said.
News
July 09, 2015
Despite lower oil prices and other challenges, growth in Canadian oil sands will continue and remain one of the top sources of global supply growth in coming years, according to a new report by IHS.
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July 08, 2015
Suncor Energy has reached an agreement with TransAlta Corporation to exchange Suncor's Kent Breeze and its share of the Wintering Hills wind power facilities for TransAlta's Poplar Creek cogeneration facilities. The Poplar Creek facilities provide steam and power for Suncor's oil sands base site in Fort McMurray Alberta.
News
June 29, 2015
Canada’s oil sands producers are prepared to take a greater leadership role on climate action as part of the growing global intention to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) said.
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June 29, 2015
The Alberta government should consider four principles to make the province more competitive for of oil and gas investment as it proceeds with its royalty review, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said Friday.
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June 18, 2015
Canadian Natural Resources, the nation’s largest heavy oil producer, is considering a shift in investment away from Alberta as the province plans to increase corporate taxes and review royalties.
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June 16, 2015
Exxon Mobil Corp. announced Tuesday that production at its Kearl oil sands expansion project in Alberta, Canada, started ahead of schedule and is expected to double overall capacity to 220,000 bpd of bitumen.
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June 16, 2015
Maxxam Analytics and Analysts, Inc. are jointly opening a new testing facility in Edmonton, Alberta which provides lubricant and oil analysis services commencing a global expansion of oil condition monitoring (OCM) services for parent company, Bureau Veritas.
News
June 11, 2015
Caterpillar Oil & Gas has outfitted a well stimulation trailer for Propell Oilfield Equipment with all Cat components for the first time in its noted history.
News
June 09, 2015
Compact Compression Inc. is announcing the commercial roll out of the Hydraulic Casing Gas (HCG) line of Solution Gas compressors.
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June 05, 2015
Cenovus Energy Inc. has agreed to purchase Canexus Corporation's North American Terminal Operations (NATO), a crude-by-rail trans-loading facility, for $75 million, subject to adjustments.
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June 04, 2015
An Alberta wildfire that shut 10% of Canada’s oil sands production won’t be contained for three days as Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. ramped up production at its Kirby South site.
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June 02, 2015
Companies in Alberta prepared to return to work as rain eased a wildfire that prompted the shutdown of 10% of Canada’s oil sands production.
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June 01, 2015
ConocoPhillips achieved a significant milestone at its Surmont oil sands project in Canada with the on-schedule start of first steam at phase 2 on May 29.
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May 28, 2015
Northern Alberta firefighters are battling a wildfire that has moved within 5 km of Cenovus Energy Inc’s oil sands operations.
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May 27, 2015
Cenovus Energy Inc. has announced that four Cenovus executives have made the decision to retire. Their transitions off the executive team will begin at different times over the course of 2015.
