Canada

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February 11, 2019
Canada’s oil sector may soon get a more combative advocate in the Alberta premier’s office.
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February 10, 2019
TransCanada Corp. said its Keystone pipeline, which carries Canadian crude to the U.S., was likely the source of an oil spill in Missouri that prompted the company to shut a segment of the line.
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February 07, 2019
Canadian crude weakened after two critical oil pipelines remained partially shut amid an investigation into a possible leak in Missouri.
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February 06, 2019
Suncor Energy Inc. CEO Steve Williams said he expects Alberta’s mandated oil-production cuts to end earlier than planned after the program boosted heavy crude prices so much that it made purchases unprofitable for U.S. refiners.
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February 05, 2019
U.S. refiners are eager to buy Canadian heavy crude to replace supplies they had been importing from Venezuela that are now blocked by Trump administration sanctions.
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February 03, 2019
The Trump administration is appealing a federal court in Montana’s decision to block TransCanada Corp.’s $8 billion Keystone XL crude pipeline project.
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January 31, 2019
Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. has announced the commencement of its first quarter/second quarter 2019 drill program, Jan. 14, 2019.
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January 31, 2019
In its first update to the 2019 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast, the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) has revised the number of wells drilled (rig released) across Canada for 2019 to 5,600 wells.
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January 30, 2019
The sugar high from Alberta’s crude curtailment program may be wearing off.
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January 23, 2019
In their quest to make one of the most expensive methods of producing crude more profitable, Canada’s oil-sands companies have been ramping up efforts to get their thick bitumen to flow through pipelines more easily and cheaply.
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January 22, 2019
Fresh off defeating a hostile takeover bid, Canadian oil-sands producer MEG Energy Corp. is slashing capital spending and reviewing the makeup of its board.
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January 21, 2019
A month into Alberta’s mandatory oil curtailment and rationing on the country’s biggest heavy-crude export pipeline system has eased, but very little.
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January 20, 2019
Alberta’s crude curtailment plan has caused a dramatic rise in the price of heavy Canadian oil. But for shares of energy companies, it hasn’t been as much of a help.
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January 17, 2019
CALGARY (Bloomberg) -- The Trans Mountain crude pipeline that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government bought from Kinder Morgan last year is getting interest from some indigenous groups hurt by Canada’s oil price crunch.
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January 17, 2019
Husky Energy abandoned its $2.07 billion hostile takeover bid for rival Canadian oil-sands producers MEG Energy after failing to win enough support from shareholders.
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January 16, 2019
Husky Energy Inc. is expected to win support to extend a deadline to persuade shareholders to back its hostile bid for rival oil-sands producer MEG Energy Corp., despite falling short of winning outright support for the offer, according to people familiar with the matter.
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January 16, 2019
A wide margin of Canadians support an oil pipeline that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is pushing to build -- though it remains unpopular among some voting blocs key to his reelection.
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January 13, 2019
Output cuts in oil-rich Alberta and Saudi Arabia are combining to leave heavy-crude refiners from the Gulf of Mexico to Asia in a bind.
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January 10, 2019
Alberta’s government maintained its mandated oil curtailment in February at the same level as January even as Canadian heavy oil prices surged.
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January 10, 2019
British Columbia Premier John Horgan gave little sign his government was ready to intervene in a contentious blockade obstructing Shell’s $31 billion LNG export project.
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January 09, 2019
TransCanada Corp. is taking the Canada out of its name.
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