Canada

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January 09, 2019
TransCanada Corp. is taking the Canada out of its name.
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January 07, 2019
Heavy Canadian crude surged to the strongest level in more than a year as rail shipments keep rising even as production was curtailed.
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December 27, 2018
The Canadian oil industry could be in for another turbulent year in 2019, depending on how some pivotal events pan out.
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December 18, 2018
The Canadian government announced $1.1 billion (C$1.5 billion) in loans for the oil and gas sector, as well as some government funding for unspecified projects, after a supply glut sank heavy crude prices to as low as $13.46/bbl last month.
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December 17, 2018
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) would like to thank the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) for the opportunity to provide feedback regarding the significance of challenges associated with fluid disposal in Alberta.
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December 13, 2018
The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) travelled to Ottawa last week to deliver a message to parliamentarians of the crisis occurring in Canada’s oil and natural gas industry and the need for a Canadian energy brand that includes oil and natural gas.
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December 12, 2018
Alberta’s plan to boost crude prices through mandatory production cuts is working a little too well.
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December 10, 2018
Alberta’s oil-production curtailment plan has largely accomplished its mission -- even before it has gone into effect.
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December 06, 2018
As the Canadian oil industry endures its worst crisis ever, a fair share of the blame has been lobbed at environmentalists who oppose pipeline projects.
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December 05, 2018
The pipeline shortage that has been strangling the Canadian oil industry is weighing on spending plans for next year, with one major producer slashing its capital budget for 2019 by $750 million (C$1 billion).
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December 03, 2018
Canadian heavy crude strengthened the most since June after the Alberta government mandated production cuts across the province.
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December 03, 2018
A new threat looms for Canada’s largest oil producing province, even as it imposes mandatory output cuts to ease a glut that has driven down crude prices.
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December 02, 2018
U.S. federal authorities issued an emergency declaration for Alaska after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck last Friday, Nov. 30, leaving thousands without electricity and temporarily shutting the state’s most important oil pipeline.
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December 02, 2018
Premier Rachel Notley has announced the temporary measure in response to the historically high oil price differential that is costing the national economy more than $80 million per day.
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November 30, 2018
Alberta slashed its economic growth forecast for this year and next as plunging prices for local crude threaten to eat into corporate profits and reduce investments.
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November 30, 2018
Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), through its affiliate Shell Overseas Holdings Limited, has completed the sale of its shares in Shell E&P Ireland Limited (SEPIL), which holds a 45% interest in the Corrib gas venture, for up to $1.30 billion (€1.14 billion), to Nephin Energy Holdings Limited (NEHL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB).
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November 29, 2018
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley reiterated her call for Canadians to support new oil pipelines and improve two energy bills at a speech in Toronto, but made no mention of whether she’ll mandate crude-production cuts.
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November 28, 2018
Alberta is working to buy rail cars to help ship more crude as pipeline bottlenecks have the oil-rich province grappling with historic low prices for its energy products.
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November 28, 2018
Canada’s lingering crude glut isn’t hindering the country’s growing oil output, according to the National Energy Board’s most recent forecast.
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November 27, 2018
TransCanada Corp. is asking a federal judge in Montana to authorize early work on its $8 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline even as the decade-long project faces outstanding legal challenges.
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