Alberta
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June 15, 2017
The organizers of Canada’s largest oil and gas event, the Global Petroleum Show (GPS), tried something new this year by staging a speaker series directly on the exhibition floor, in Hall E. There, on a makeshift stage, “thought leaders” would share their ideas, opinions and expertise on a variety of topics facing the energy industry.
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May 18, 2017
The Alberta Securities Commission is reviewing an environmental group’s request to halt a $1.28 billion share sale that Kinder Morgan Inc. plans to help finance the expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline.
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April 24, 2017
Return Energy Inc. has acquired, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Winslow Resources Inc., certain partner interests in its core area of Rycroft, north of Grande Prairie, Alberta, for cash consideration of $750,000 (subject to final adjustments).
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February 08, 2017
Global Tubing, LLC, the industry leader in coiled tubing products and services, announces the opening of a new service center in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada.
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January 13, 2017
MEG Energy Corp. is boosting production at its Christina Lake project in Alberta and tapped debt and equity markets for financing, further signs of a rebound in Canada’s oil patch as crude prices stabilize.
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October 21, 2016
Royal Dutch Shell, through its affiliate Shell Canada Energy, has agreed to sell approximately 206,000 net acres of non-core oil and gas properties in Western Canada to Tourmaline Oil Corp. for a total consideration of approximately $1,037 million.
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September 20, 2016
Bellatrix Exploration has entered into an agreement with InPlay Oil Corp. to sell certain non-core Cardium focused assets in the greater Pembina area of Alberta for a total consideration of C$47 million ($35.6 million).
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September 16, 2016
Three new proposed oil sands developments have cleared an important early step in the regulatory process.
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September 07, 2016
Bonavista Energy has entered into an agreement to acquire certain liquids rich, natural gas weighted properties within its Deep Basin and West Central Alberta core regions in exchange for properties within its non-core region in northeastern British Columbia.
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July 06, 2016
Seven Generations Energy Ltd. agreed to buy assets in Alberta’s Montney shale play from Paramount Resources Ltd. as it presses ahead with an expansion during the industry’s worst downturn in decades.
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June 23, 2016
Penn West Petroleum Ltd. is concerned that a new rule on energy acquisitions in Alberta will affect its ability to find buyers for assets it plans to offload in the Canadian province.
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June 22, 2016
Encana Corporation has reached an agreement to sell its Gordondale assets in northwestern Alberta to Birchcliff Energy for a total cash consideration of C$625 million ($490 million).
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May 19, 2016
Canadians who fled the wildfire devastation in the oil-sands community of Fort McMurray can tentatively expect to return in a couple of weeks, while the blaze still rages elsewhere in the region and major production sites remain shut.
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May 17, 2016
Wildfires raging across northern Alberta shifted back toward oil-sands installations north of Fort McMurray, forcing the evacuation of thousands of workers who have been trying to get production restarted after fires curbed output by more than 1 MMbpd.
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May 16, 2016
Murphy Oil Corporation has announced that its Canadian subsidiary, Murphy Oil Company Ltd. (MOCL), closed the joint venture (JV) with affiliates of Athabasca Oil Corporation (Athabasca) that was previously announced on January 27, 2016.
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April 18, 2016
Penn West Petroleum has closed the sale of its properties in the Slave Point area of Northern Alberta for a cash consideration of approximately C$148 million, subject to closing adjustments.
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April 12, 2016
Enerplus Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to sell certain non-core assets located in northwest Alberta, including its Pouce Coupe asset.
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March 22, 2016
Suncor's acquisition of Canadian Oil Sands (COS) has been completed following shareholder approval of an amalgamation agreement at a special meeting of COS shareholders.
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March 21, 2016
Penn West Petroleum has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its properties in the Slave Point area of Northern Alberta for a cash consideration of C$148 million.
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March 16, 2016
The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) recently presented a proposal to the federal government that will put oil and gas services companies back to work while benefitting the environment.
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January 29, 2016
Alberta's left-leaning government unveiled a new energy royalty framework on Friday that left rates unchanged on existing oil wells and oil sands projects, alleviating fears that costs would rise to punishing levels amid the worst crude price slump in decades.
