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November 07 Archive
Targets cut at Canadian Natural Resources
Globe and Mail - Canada
Accounting for $1 of the decrease is slight delays in future stages at the Horizon oil-sands project, while reduced British production and increased cost ...
Power play
The Suburban - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
As for diminishing supply, Canada surpassed Iraq in 2005 as the world's second-largest holder of oil reserves because the Alberta oil sands have finally ...
CNQ declares end to era of massive projects
Globe and Mail - Canada
CALGARY -- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is slowing down its oil sands developments - declaring the era of "megaprojects" over for the company - as it ...
Alberta Oilsands Inc. Q3 loss widens to nearly $1.7 million from ...
The Canadian Press -
CALGARY - Alberta Oilsands Inc. (TSXV:AOS), a small Calgary company developing oilsands projects in northern Alberta, widened its net losses in the third ...
Petrocan pushes ahead in oil sands
ReportonBusiness.com - Canada
CALGARY — Petro-Canada says higher royalties in the oil sands won't derail its projects, including the $14-billion Fort Hills facility that is still being ...
Alberta Oilsands Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results and ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Oil Sands Operations: The Company acquired land throughout the third quarter and now owns 125 sections (80000 acres) oil sand leases at 100% WI. ...
Barcap invests in Canadian carbon capture
Energy Risk (subscription) - London, England, UK
... expects to be the first company to implement a large scale CO2 enhanced oil recovery project in Alberta using CO2 extracted from the region's oil sands. ...
Environmental group assails emissions credits
Globe and Mail - Canada
Canada's oil sands producers stand to make a $700-million windfall as a result of government regulations that allow them to continue to increase greenhouse ...
Japan's Inpex gets toehold in Alberta oil sands
Globe and Mail - Canada
Inpex Holdings Inc., Japan's largest oil explorer, has bought a stake in Alberta's oil sands from French energy giant Total SA. The Japanese company has ...
Morning business file: Japanese buy into oilsands
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
SINGAPORE (Bloomberg) - Inpex Holdings Inc., Japan's largest oil explorer, said it bought a 10 per cent stake in the Joslyn oil sands project in Alberta ...
Oil, gold poised to weigh down Toronto stock index
Reuters Canada - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
... Ontario, refinery was resuming full output after three months of work to integrate it with the company's expanding Alberta oil sands operations. ...
Canadian Natural to Reduce Spending by 27% in 2008 (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
A boom in oil-sands projects in Alberta, estimated by the province to contain the world's largest crude reserves outside Saudi Arabia, led to a scarcity of ...
UPDATE 1-KBR awarded C$225 mln contract in Alberta
Reuters UK - UK
Lurgi is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor to North West Upgrading, a private company building aC$12.6 billion oil sands upgrader. ...
Suncor Energy's Sarnia refinery completes project to improve ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Suncor made the investments to increase the amount of oil sands crude oil the refinery can upgrade, improve the facility's environmental performance, ...
UPDATE 1-Shell takes oil sands units off line after fire
Reuters.uk - UK
L: Quote, Profile , Research) oil sands upgrading plant near Edmonton, Alberta, caught fire late on Monday and the company said it was taking units off line ...
UPDATE 1-Shell halts oil sands mining to fix upgrader
Reuters.uk - UK
L: Quote, Profile , Research) said on Monday it has suspended bitumen production at its oil sands mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta, as it works to repair a ...
Eni seeks downstream partnerships with 'unconventional' oil producers
CNNMoney.com - USA
... the so-called Eni slurry technology (EST), which converts unconventional oils -- like Canada's oil sands -- into distillates with no fuel oil output. ...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - BHP Billiton, Canadian Oil Sands ...
Canadian Mining Journal - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ian Bourne has joined the board of Calgary-based CANADIAN OIL SANDS LTD. He is chair of Ballard Power Systems Inc., and is a director for the Canada Pension ...
The needle and the damage done
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Unconventional: Do we more heavily commit to "unconventional" oil, extracted from tar sands (bitumen), coal, natural gas and oil shale? ...
Universal health care and oil
Boston Globe - United States
Now to oil...There are companies now recovering oil from the oil sands of Colorado and we have enormous quantities of oil there. The Canadians are doing the ...
Energy board: Jury out on oil sands
Petroleum News - USA
It is one of those wake-up calls that come in the middle of a disturbed sleep. You're not sure whether it is real or imagined. ...
Beat the credit crunch
Globe and Mail - Canada
Yes, that's oil-price related, but once or twice removed. Oil sands projects are green-lighted based on long-term oil price assumptions that are closer to ...
Wood Group enters oil sands
Petroleum News - USA
... John Wood Group has become the second international firm this year to acquire an engineering company with a major role in the Alberta oil sands. ...
What in Tar Nation?
The Dominion - Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Since the Alberta government implemented its Mineable Oil Sands Strategy in 2005, its priorities have been easier to justify and enforce: the area has been ...
transcan seeking pipeline
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
The pipeline will also help move natural gas needed in "growing intra-Alberta markets resulting largely from increased oil-sands development," the company ...
crude prices jump after dollar hits new low, fire shutters oil ...
Boston Herald - United States
... an analyst at tfs energy futures llc in stamford, conn., in a research note. also lifting oil prices was a fire at an alberta oil sands plant owned by ...
transcanada pipeline to feed Fort mcmurray
Globe and Mail - Canada
The National Energy Board has forecast oil sands production will nearly triple by 2015, reaching almost three million barrels a day. ...
transcanada Seeks to Build C$983 Million Gas Pipeline (Update3)
Bloomberg - USA
The gas is needed to help extract oil from Alberta's tar- like oil-sands deposits, estimated to hold the largest reserves of oil outside of the Middle East. ...
SPEAKERS AIM TO PUT A HUMAN FACE ON THE OIL SANDS DEBATE
VUE Weekly - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
So much has been written, opined, investigated and studied about the oil sands that one could almost be forgiven for believing that the primary product ...
Connacher secures oil sands project financing
Globe and Mail - Canada
While major energy firms have sought to exploit the oil sands by building huge projects in the hope of securing economies of scale, Connacher - a ...
Suncor Shares Rise on CIBC Upgrade
Houston Chronicle - United States
He said the company's Voyageur oil sands project is on track to double its synthetic crude oil production by 2012. However, if costs continue to escalate, ...
Here's why the US is facing up to its thirst for oil
Globe and Mail - Canada
"North American oil shale and [oil] sands alone far exceed all the remaining proven and undiscovered oil resources of the entire world," the task force ...
Output at Scotford refinery of Shell curtailed after fire at its ...
Polymerupdate.com (subscription) - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
... to its oil sands upgrader, part operations resumed on Tuesday at the Scotford refining complex operated by Royal Dutch Shell near Edmonton, Alberta. ...
Oilsands Prices US$5 Per Unit; C$6.17 Per Flow-through Share [BQI]
RTT News - Williamsville, NY, USA
11/21/2007 12:57:12 PM Oilsands Quest Inc. (BQI) on Wednesday said it priced US$5 per unit for its previously announced marketed public offering of 11 ...
Plumming oil's highs
Globe and Mail - Canada
In a twisted sort of way, it's almost heartening to see the oil sands making an impact. Technically, the price was indeed a record. ...
Marathon Increases Exchange Ratio
Forbes - NY, USA
AP 11.19.07, 1:05 PM ET Oil and gas company Marathon Oil Corp. said Monday it has increased the exchange ratio for former shareholders of Western Oil Sands ...
Shell's Scotford refinery output cut after fire
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... Shell's huge Scotford refining complex near Edmonton, Alberta, resumed on Tuesday, a day after a fire damaged its oil sands upgrader, the company said. ...
Crude Oil Rises a Third Day as US Dollar Touches Record Low
Bloomberg - USA
Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported a fire at an oil-sands crude production plant in Alberta, potentially cutting shipments to US refineries. ...
Patch's SB-2 Registration Statement Declared Effective, Statement ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada Patch's strategy has been to engage top quality staff and consultants to exploit and produce its high quality oil sands assets. Patch's oil sands are high ...
Oil sands lift Canada's crude reserves 33 pct-CAPP
Reuters - USA
CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Canada's crude oil reserves grew 33 percent in 2006 due to companies booking resources as they developed new oil sands ...
Editorial: Reconsidering the tar sands
McGill Daily - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
But as the tar sands have become the centrepiece of a new energy corridor sending oil and gas to the US, scant attention has been paid to the profound ...
Senior mining and heavy oil executive joins Titanium Corporation Board
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"We are delighted to welcome him to the new team as we continue to advance our oil sands heavy minerals recovery project. ...
Marathon Oil Corporation Announces Increase in Exchangeable Share ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
In connection with Marathon's acquisition of Western Oil Sands Inc. and the terms of the provisions applicable to the exchangeable shares, ...
Connacher's oilsands plans
Globe and Mail - Canada
The prevailing wisdom in the oil sands is that you need to build huge projects , with vast output , to make up the big costs of construction, but Connacher ...
Like sand through the oil can
Greeley Tribune - Greeley, CO, USA
BY REBECCA BOYLE If Colorado's reserves of oil shale ever become as lucrative as the oil sands of Canada, the state could be in for a potential windfall for ...
Alberta oilsands growth forecast cut
Financial Times (subscription) - London, England, UK
The National Energy Board predicts in a report that rising output from the bitumen-like oilsands will turn Canada into the fourth-biggest oil producer in ...
Wood Group Makes US$140m Move In Canadian Oil Sands
Europétrole - Rueil-Malmaison,France
... services to the Canadian oil and gas exploration and production sector, and is a market leader in EPCM services for in-situ oil sands developments. ...
Canada regulator says oil sands rush may slow
Guardian Unlimited - UK
By Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Rising costs will temper production growth from Canada's vast oil sands, the country's national energy ...
Canada buy takes Wood into oil sands
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Speaking to The Scotsman, Wood Group chief executive Allister Langlands said the move was the firm's first involvement in oil sands activity. ...
Wood Group shells out for Canadian oil sands
The Herald - Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Wood Group chief executive Allister Langlands said: "Over the last couple of years we have increasingly believed the oil sands activity in Canada is going ...
UK Firm Heads for Oil Sands
Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (subscription) - New York, NY, USA
To subscribe to International Oil Daily for 12 months of web access, including access to archived issues and articles for the previous 60 days, ...
Ritter scopes out Canada's oil sands, energy strategies
Denver Post - Denver, CO, USA
Much of the crude produced from oil sands makes its way to the United States, including to Suncor's refinery in Commerce City. That oil plays a vital role ...
Canadian Oil Sands appoints Ian Bourne to Board of Directors
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
UN) - Canadian Oil Sands Trust (the "Trust") today announced that Mr. Ian Bourne has been appointed as a new Director of Canadian Oil Sands Limited, ...
High costs trim forecast for oil sands production
Globe and Mail - Canada
CALGARY -- Output from Alberta's oil sands will grow more slowly than was predicted last year as spiralling costs deter investment in the vast but difficult ...
Tamm Oil and Gas Corp. Acquires Initial Oil Sands Stake in Sawn ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
It holds a direct working interest of 10% in 63 sections of Oil Sands leases in the Sawn Lake Region in Northern Alberta. "The GORR and 1132559 Alberta Ltd. ...
Colorado soaks up Alberta's oil sands expertise
Globe and Mail - Canada
CALGARY -- The US is looking to companies now operating in Alberta for help in unlocking its own version of the oil sands, the massive oil shale deposits ...
North American Energy Partners Announces 72% Second Quarter ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
"Our revenue grew 72% year-over-year, reflecting the ever-expanding activity in the Alberta oil sands and the initiation of a major pipeline contract. ...
High costs trim forecast for oil sands production
Globe and Mail - Canada
CALGARY — Output from Alberta's oil sands will grow more slowly than was predicted last year as spiralling costs deter investment in the vast but difficult ...
North of the Border: Eight Ways to Profit From the Canadian Dollar ...
Money Morning - USA
But with oil becoming much more expensive in recent years - and with prices expected to continue their upward climb - the tar sands, or oil sands oil sands ...
Oilsands Quest Perking Up: News Flow Should Push Stock Higher
Seeking Alpha - New York, NY, USA
Yes it is important to note that Oilsands Quest does have Eagles Nest which is located in Alberta, however at this time it is not a focus of the company's ...
Oils sands test proposed for Asphalt Ridge
Vernal Express - Vernal, UT, USA
According the the company, the process begins as technicians load oil sands into a solvent-filled chamber where the material is heated and set apart. ...
Nevtah/Black Sands Present Technology Update To Government ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
The closed-loop system uses non-toxic solvents that remain within the system which recovers up to 99% of the oil in the oil sands material. ...
Oilsands Quest appoints new auditors, announces board membership ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
About Oilsands Quest Oilsands Quest Inc. is aggressively exploring Canada's largest contiguous oil sands land holding by applying its technical expertise to ...
TheStar.com | Business | Big deals
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Marathon Oil Corp. and WesternZagros Resources Ltd. offer $7 billion for Western Oil Sands Inc., a minority owner of the Athabasca oil sands project. ...
Wellco Announces Oilsands Accommodation Contract
Market Wire (press release) - USA
Kenneth M. Bagan, President and Chief Executive Officer says; "this is an important step in the expansion of our presence in the oil sands region. ...
Great Northern Oilsands Inc. Reaches Total Depth & Contracts ...
Earthtimes - London,UK
The John Bowen #2 Well is part of a farmout arrangement entered into by Great Northen Oilsands whereby Montello Resources (MEO on the TSXV) has a 55% ...
Oil prices too high, Saudi minister says
Globe and Mail - Canada
He pointed specifically to the high-cost Alberta oil sands, where he cited costs of as much as $60 a barrel - roughly what new projects in the oil sands at ...
Full Impact of Alberta's New Royalty Framework Still Years Away
Seeking Alpha - New York, NY, USA -
Oil Sands royalties apparently will increase to 40% from 25%, but the full impact is several years away, if then. The positive implications of the trend to ...
Oil Sands and Energy Mega-Projects Trust (TSX: OSM.UN) Announces ...
Earthtimes - London, UK -
("Sentry Select") announces that unitholders of Oil Sands and Energy Mega-Projects Trust (the "Trust") (TSX: OSM.UN) who redeemed their units of the Trust ...
Saudis not interested in oilsands
National Post - Canada -
RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia isn't interested in investing in oil producing regions like Canada's oilsands because they can't compete with Saudi's abundant and ...
The Richest First Nation in Canada
The Dominion - Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada -
Whether because of the perceived inevitability of tar sands mining or the millions of dollars in "partnerships" offered by oil companies, the local Indian ...
As with the oil sands, most workers come from away
ReportonBusiness.com - Canada -
The project, like the oil sands and other major industrial developments around the world, suffers from surging steel prices. And even with an astounding ...
Cutting Edge
Wall Street Journal - USA -
The oil sands are a major contributor to Canada's gross national product, underscoring the country's growing awareness of its importance as a key energy ...
Government working of royalty review
Camrose Canadian - Alberta, Canada -
This will eliminate the need for oil and gas tiers as well as several royalty exemption programs. A sliding scale will also be implemented for oil sands ...
Quest for an oil sands partner
Globe and Mail - Canada -
Oilsands Quest president and CEO Christopher Hopkins said the company has always said it would bring in a major oil sands firm as operator and majority ...
News > Eye on KELOLAND
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls, SD, USA -
Fort McMurray Realtor Jeanette Sibley says, "The oil sands actually put Fort McMurray on the map." Fort Mac, as many Canadians call it, is all about oil. ...
Study Finds Carcinogens in Water Near Alberta Oil Sands Projects
New York Times - United States -
7 — High levels of carcinogens and toxic substances have been found in fish, water and sediment downstream from Alberta's huge oil sands projects, ...
Oil sands pollutes water?
Globe and Mail - Canada -
Sitting on the shores of Lake Athabasca, about 300 kilometers downstream from the oil sands mines in northern Alberta, Fort Chip is the oldest European ...
Saudi Aramco will meet production targets, company insists
Canada.com - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada -
Never mind Canada's oilsands, with reserves of similar size. They aren't even acknowledged as a secure-energy source competitor. "Saudi Aramco will be there ...
Canadian village calls for end to oil sand projects
Reuters Canada - Toronto, Ontario, Canada -
By Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A small aboriginal village downstream from Alberta's massive oil sands plants is calling for a moratorium on ...
Total to alter Joslyn plans
Globe and Mail - Canada -
CALGARY -- French energy giant Total SA is re-evaluating strategy at its Joslyn oil sands development, with a view to doing more mining of the resource than ...
Beat the price jump at the pumps
Times Online - UK -
Alternatively, Alberta, Canada, has 30000 square miles of tar sands – the largest deposit outside the Middle East – and Shell is mining the Athabasca oil ...
Canada's oil: black gold with a black heart
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -
Then the Royal Canadian Mounted Police station, the municipal offices, the Oil Sands Hotel and Diggers bar, with its advertisement for exotic dancers. ...
Alberta Sands Study Finds Carcinogens Near Oil, NYT Reports
Bloomberg - USA
9 (Bloomberg) -- Fish, water and sediment downstream from oil sands projects in Alberta were found to contain carcinogens and toxic substances, ...
Seems at Hand
Wall Street Journal - USA
The huge oil sands project in Alberta, Canada, has been a major emerging source of petroleum in the last couple years, but some people who live nearby have ...
Oil sands pollutes water?
Globe and Mail - Canada -
Sitting on the shores of Lake Athabasca , about 300 kilometers downstream from the oil sands mines in northern Alberta , Fort Chip is the oldest European ...
Inter Pipeline Fund Announces Record Third Quarter Results and ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles, CA, USA -
In the third quarter, Inter Pipeline's NGL extraction, conventional oil pipeline, oil sands transportation and bulk liquid storage businesses contributed ...
Gulfport Energy Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
CNNMoney.com - USA -
Gulfport holds an approximate 25% interest in Grizzly Oil Sands ULC, which has increased total leasehold acreage in Canada to approximately 511000 gross ...
Rise in global energy demands 'alarming,' IEA says
Globe and Mail - Canada -
The report barely mentions the Alberta oil sands, whose vast reserves are second only to Saudi Arabia's. The omission was no accident. ...
Enbridge Profit Drops 18% as Oil Shipments Decline (Update3)
Bloomberg - USA -
Crude deliveries fell on shutdowns of oil-sands projects in Alberta and reduced demand from refineries as some plants cut output for maintenance work, ...
Prepare for end of 'cheap oil,' royalty panel told
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada -
By KEVIN CRUSH, SUN MEDIA During a panel discussion on oil and gas royalties at the University of Alberta yesterday, Centre for Oil Sands Innovation ...
Connacher Oil and Gas' Q3 earnings more than double over last year ...
Oilweek Magazine - Edmonton, Canada -
"Nevertheless we are headed towards record results in 2007 and should start to realize the impact of our growing oilsands production during 2008. ...
Enbridge Hikes Pipeline Project Costs, But 'Still Happy' -CEO
EasyBourse.com - Paris, France -
It will transport 180000 barrels a day of diluent - which thins the sludgy oil sands bitumen so it can be transported through pipelines - from Chicago to ...
Oilsands Quest find looks for real
Globe and Mail - Canada -
The Calgary-based oil sands exploration company revealed than an independent evaluation of the property, conducted by respected petroleum consulting firm ...
Socialist oil death spiral Richard W. Rahn
Washington Times - Washington, DC, USA -
There is enough liquid oil in the ground to last generations; and when oil sands and oil shale are included, there is enough oil to last centuries. ...
Lexington Energy subsidiary gains early oil sands contract
CNNMoney.com - USA -
6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Lexington Energy Services Inc. announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lexcore Services Inc., has obtained a winter oil sands ...
PM Visits Oilsands Community
770chqr.com - Calgary, Canada -
Harper took a first-hand look at the oilsands, the prosperity they have created and the problems that have resulted from rapid growth in the region. ...
Oil firms need a new game plan
Canada.com - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada -
... into the oilsands. The Alberta government's new royalty strategy has demonstrated Alberta is as politically risky as other oil producing jurisdictions.
What does Peak Oil mean for Investors?
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand -
Other alternatives are oil sands and shale. These are termed "un-conventional" by the industry. Shale doesn't really justify efforts to extract a viable oil ...
UPI Energy Watch
United Press International - USA -
Enbridge Inc. said it has signed a deal to advance its Alberta oil sands project. The deal with Fort Hills Energy to develop pipeline and terminal ...
Greenpeace hanging hijinks
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada -
By KEVIN CRUSH, SUN MEDIA Greenpeace today hung out for the start of the Alberta Legislature fall sitting in protest of the oil sands. ...
Enbridge to build C$2 billion oil sands pipeline
Reuters Canada - Toronto, Ontario, Canada -
TO: Quote) planned Fort Hills oil sands project. The company, Canada's No. 2 pipeline firm, said the line will be capable of carrying 250000 barrels of ...
EnCana buying when energy rivals are scared sellers
Globe and Mail - Canada -
EnCana has a clearly-articulated, two-pronged strategy: To be a leading natural gas producer and a major oil sands develper. Look at the ever-increasing ...
Oilsands Quest announces reporting of the independent estimate of ...
CNNMoney.com - USA -
McDaniel & Associates is a leader in the development of in-situ oil sands evaluation methodology practices. The firm bases its evaluations on a thorough ...
PM hears from both sides of Alberta's oil boom
CTV.ca - Canada -
Prime Minister Stephen Harper took his first tour of northern Alberta's multibillion-dollar oilsands bonanza Monday, then heard first-hand about all the ...
Just 3 Days to Go...
Discover Moose Jaw - Saskatchewan, Canada -
Secondly, the oil sands and the development of the oil sands in Alberta will cause a great deal of pollution and we need to make sure that we have the right ...
Drugs flood oilsands city, but residents differ on dangers
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada -
Harrison referred to last year's court ruling that the Kellogg Brown and Root Company discriminated against an employee when it fired him from an oilsands ...
$2B pipeline planned
Regina Leader-Post - Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada -
The project includes a 250000-barrel-a-day line to move diluted bitumen, an extra-heavy crude extracted from the oil sands, to a processing plant near ...
UPDATE 1-Canadian Oil Sands profit up 30 pct, raises payout
Reuters.uk - UK -
Canadian Oil Sands, which is in talks with the Alberta government about changing the terms of Syncrude's royalty payments, also boosted its cash payout by ...
Tax cut news buoys oil stocks
Globe and Mail - Canada -
CALGARY -- Just a week after higher provincial royalties dropped asset values in the oil sands, Ottawa's corporate tax cut looks to more than offset the hit ...
Duvernay sees Petrobank tech juicing output
Globe and Mail - Canada -
Petrobank is already using THAI at its Whitesands facility, an oil sands pilot that has had promising results and is expected to lead to a commercial ...
Canadian Natural shifts gas focus out of Alberta
Globe and Mail - Canada -
But it will stay the course for most of its oil sands investment plans, which amount to more than $20-billion and are the future of the company. ...
UPDATE 1-Enbridge to build C$2 billion oil sands pipeline
Reuters UK - UK -
The planned pipeline is one of a number in the works to handle the burgeoning output from the oil sands region, where production is expected to triple to 3 ...
ENERGY: Pembina Institute charges Stelmach's oil royalty decision ...
Alberta Index - Calgary, Alberta, Canada -
"The Premier rejected every one of the Royalty Review Panel's expert recommendations on oil sands royalties and taxes - without providing any analysis to ...
Alberta premier urges oil sands firms to negotiate
Reuters UK - UK -
By Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach said on Friday that oil sands producers Syncrude Canada Ltd and Suncor ...
Globe and Mail - Canada
Accounting for $1 of the decrease is slight delays in future stages at the Horizon oil-sands project, while reduced British production and increased cost ...
Power play
The Suburban - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
As for diminishing supply, Canada surpassed Iraq in 2005 as the world's second-largest holder of oil reserves because the Alberta oil sands have finally ...
CNQ declares end to era of massive projects
Globe and Mail - Canada
CALGARY -- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is slowing down its oil sands developments - declaring the era of "megaprojects" over for the company - as it ...
Alberta Oilsands Inc. Q3 loss widens to nearly $1.7 million from ...
The Canadian Press -
CALGARY - Alberta Oilsands Inc. (TSXV:AOS), a small Calgary company developing oilsands projects in northern Alberta, widened its net losses in the third ...
Petrocan pushes ahead in oil sands
ReportonBusiness.com - Canada
CALGARY — Petro-Canada says higher royalties in the oil sands won't derail its projects, including the $14-billion Fort Hills facility that is still being ...
Alberta Oilsands Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results and ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Oil Sands Operations: The Company acquired land throughout the third quarter and now owns 125 sections (80000 acres) oil sand leases at 100% WI. ...
Barcap invests in Canadian carbon capture
Energy Risk (subscription) - London, England, UK
... expects to be the first company to implement a large scale CO2 enhanced oil recovery project in Alberta using CO2 extracted from the region's oil sands. ...
Environmental group assails emissions credits
Globe and Mail - Canada
Canada's oil sands producers stand to make a $700-million windfall as a result of government regulations that allow them to continue to increase greenhouse ...
Japan's Inpex gets toehold in Alberta oil sands
Globe and Mail - Canada
Inpex Holdings Inc., Japan's largest oil explorer, has bought a stake in Alberta's oil sands from French energy giant Total SA. The Japanese company has ...
Morning business file: Japanese buy into oilsands
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
SINGAPORE (Bloomberg) - Inpex Holdings Inc., Japan's largest oil explorer, said it bought a 10 per cent stake in the Joslyn oil sands project in Alberta ...
Oil, gold poised to weigh down Toronto stock index
Reuters Canada - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
... Ontario, refinery was resuming full output after three months of work to integrate it with the company's expanding Alberta oil sands operations. ...
Canadian Natural to Reduce Spending by 27% in 2008 (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
A boom in oil-sands projects in Alberta, estimated by the province to contain the world's largest crude reserves outside Saudi Arabia, led to a scarcity of ...
UPDATE 1-KBR awarded C$225 mln contract in Alberta
Reuters UK - UK
Lurgi is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor to North West Upgrading, a private company building aC$12.6 billion oil sands upgrader. ...
Suncor Energy's Sarnia refinery completes project to improve ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Suncor made the investments to increase the amount of oil sands crude oil the refinery can upgrade, improve the facility's environmental performance, ...
UPDATE 1-Shell takes oil sands units off line after fire
Reuters.uk - UK
L: Quote, Profile , Research) oil sands upgrading plant near Edmonton, Alberta, caught fire late on Monday and the company said it was taking units off line ...
UPDATE 1-Shell halts oil sands mining to fix upgrader
Reuters.uk - UK
L: Quote, Profile , Research) said on Monday it has suspended bitumen production at its oil sands mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta, as it works to repair a ...
Eni seeks downstream partnerships with 'unconventional' oil producers
CNNMoney.com - USA
... the so-called Eni slurry technology (EST), which converts unconventional oils -- like Canada's oil sands -- into distillates with no fuel oil output. ...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - BHP Billiton, Canadian Oil Sands ...
Canadian Mining Journal - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ian Bourne has joined the board of Calgary-based CANADIAN OIL SANDS LTD. He is chair of Ballard Power Systems Inc., and is a director for the Canada Pension ...
The needle and the damage done
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Unconventional: Do we more heavily commit to "unconventional" oil, extracted from tar sands (bitumen), coal, natural gas and oil shale? ...
Universal health care and oil
Boston Globe - United States
Now to oil...There are companies now recovering oil from the oil sands of Colorado and we have enormous quantities of oil there. The Canadians are doing the ...
Energy board: Jury out on oil sands
Petroleum News - USA
It is one of those wake-up calls that come in the middle of a disturbed sleep. You're not sure whether it is real or imagined. ...
Beat the credit crunch
Globe and Mail - Canada
Yes, that's oil-price related, but once or twice removed. Oil sands projects are green-lighted based on long-term oil price assumptions that are closer to ...
Wood Group enters oil sands
Petroleum News - USA
... John Wood Group has become the second international firm this year to acquire an engineering company with a major role in the Alberta oil sands. ...
What in Tar Nation?
The Dominion - Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Since the Alberta government implemented its Mineable Oil Sands Strategy in 2005, its priorities have been easier to justify and enforce: the area has been ...
transcan seeking pipeline
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
The pipeline will also help move natural gas needed in "growing intra-Alberta markets resulting largely from increased oil-sands development," the company ...
crude prices jump after dollar hits new low, fire shutters oil ...
Boston Herald - United States
... an analyst at tfs energy futures llc in stamford, conn., in a research note. also lifting oil prices was a fire at an alberta oil sands plant owned by ...
transcanada pipeline to feed Fort mcmurray
Globe and Mail - Canada
The National Energy Board has forecast oil sands production will nearly triple by 2015, reaching almost three million barrels a day. ...
transcanada Seeks to Build C$983 Million Gas Pipeline (Update3)
Bloomberg - USA
The gas is needed to help extract oil from Alberta's tar- like oil-sands deposits, estimated to hold the largest reserves of oil outside of the Middle East. ...
SPEAKERS AIM TO PUT A HUMAN FACE ON THE OIL SANDS DEBATE
VUE Weekly - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
So much has been written, opined, investigated and studied about the oil sands that one could almost be forgiven for believing that the primary product ...
Connacher secures oil sands project financing
Globe and Mail - Canada
While major energy firms have sought to exploit the oil sands by building huge projects in the hope of securing economies of scale, Connacher - a ...
Suncor Shares Rise on CIBC Upgrade
Houston Chronicle - United States
He said the company's Voyageur oil sands project is on track to double its synthetic crude oil production by 2012. However, if costs continue to escalate, ...
Here's why the US is facing up to its thirst for oil
Globe and Mail - Canada
"North American oil shale and [oil] sands alone far exceed all the remaining proven and undiscovered oil resources of the entire world," the task force ...
Output at Scotford refinery of Shell curtailed after fire at its ...
Polymerupdate.com (subscription) - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
... to its oil sands upgrader, part operations resumed on Tuesday at the Scotford refining complex operated by Royal Dutch Shell near Edmonton, Alberta. ...
Oilsands Prices US$5 Per Unit; C$6.17 Per Flow-through Share [BQI]
RTT News - Williamsville, NY, USA
11/21/2007 12:57:12 PM Oilsands Quest Inc. (BQI) on Wednesday said it priced US$5 per unit for its previously announced marketed public offering of 11 ...
Plumming oil's highs
Globe and Mail - Canada
In a twisted sort of way, it's almost heartening to see the oil sands making an impact. Technically, the price was indeed a record. ...
Marathon Increases Exchange Ratio
Forbes - NY, USA
AP 11.19.07, 1:05 PM ET Oil and gas company Marathon Oil Corp. said Monday it has increased the exchange ratio for former shareholders of Western Oil Sands ...
Shell's Scotford refinery output cut after fire
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... Shell's huge Scotford refining complex near Edmonton, Alberta, resumed on Tuesday, a day after a fire damaged its oil sands upgrader, the company said. ...
Crude Oil Rises a Third Day as US Dollar Touches Record Low
Bloomberg - USA
Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported a fire at an oil-sands crude production plant in Alberta, potentially cutting shipments to US refineries. ...
Patch's SB-2 Registration Statement Declared Effective, Statement ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada Patch's strategy has been to engage top quality staff and consultants to exploit and produce its high quality oil sands assets. Patch's oil sands are high ...
Oil sands lift Canada's crude reserves 33 pct-CAPP
Reuters - USA
CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Canada's crude oil reserves grew 33 percent in 2006 due to companies booking resources as they developed new oil sands ...
Editorial: Reconsidering the tar sands
McGill Daily - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
But as the tar sands have become the centrepiece of a new energy corridor sending oil and gas to the US, scant attention has been paid to the profound ...
Senior mining and heavy oil executive joins Titanium Corporation Board
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"We are delighted to welcome him to the new team as we continue to advance our oil sands heavy minerals recovery project. ...
Marathon Oil Corporation Announces Increase in Exchangeable Share ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
In connection with Marathon's acquisition of Western Oil Sands Inc. and the terms of the provisions applicable to the exchangeable shares, ...
Connacher's oilsands plans
Globe and Mail - Canada
The prevailing wisdom in the oil sands is that you need to build huge projects , with vast output , to make up the big costs of construction, but Connacher ...
Like sand through the oil can
Greeley Tribune - Greeley, CO, USA
BY REBECCA BOYLE If Colorado's reserves of oil shale ever become as lucrative as the oil sands of Canada, the state could be in for a potential windfall for ...
Alberta oilsands growth forecast cut
Financial Times (subscription) - London, England, UK
The National Energy Board predicts in a report that rising output from the bitumen-like oilsands will turn Canada into the fourth-biggest oil producer in ...
Wood Group Makes US$140m Move In Canadian Oil Sands
Europétrole - Rueil-Malmaison,France
... services to the Canadian oil and gas exploration and production sector, and is a market leader in EPCM services for in-situ oil sands developments. ...
Canada regulator says oil sands rush may slow
Guardian Unlimited - UK
By Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Rising costs will temper production growth from Canada's vast oil sands, the country's national energy ...
Canada buy takes Wood into oil sands
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Speaking to The Scotsman, Wood Group chief executive Allister Langlands said the move was the firm's first involvement in oil sands activity. ...
Wood Group shells out for Canadian oil sands
The Herald - Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Wood Group chief executive Allister Langlands said: "Over the last couple of years we have increasingly believed the oil sands activity in Canada is going ...
UK Firm Heads for Oil Sands
Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (subscription) - New York, NY, USA
To subscribe to International Oil Daily for 12 months of web access, including access to archived issues and articles for the previous 60 days, ...
Ritter scopes out Canada's oil sands, energy strategies
Denver Post - Denver, CO, USA
Much of the crude produced from oil sands makes its way to the United States, including to Suncor's refinery in Commerce City. That oil plays a vital role ...
Canadian Oil Sands appoints Ian Bourne to Board of Directors
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
UN) - Canadian Oil Sands Trust (the "Trust") today announced that Mr. Ian Bourne has been appointed as a new Director of Canadian Oil Sands Limited, ...
High costs trim forecast for oil sands production
Globe and Mail - Canada
CALGARY -- Output from Alberta's oil sands will grow more slowly than was predicted last year as spiralling costs deter investment in the vast but difficult ...
Tamm Oil and Gas Corp. Acquires Initial Oil Sands Stake in Sawn ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
It holds a direct working interest of 10% in 63 sections of Oil Sands leases in the Sawn Lake Region in Northern Alberta. "The GORR and 1132559 Alberta Ltd. ...
Colorado soaks up Alberta's oil sands expertise
Globe and Mail - Canada
CALGARY -- The US is looking to companies now operating in Alberta for help in unlocking its own version of the oil sands, the massive oil shale deposits ...
North American Energy Partners Announces 72% Second Quarter ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
"Our revenue grew 72% year-over-year, reflecting the ever-expanding activity in the Alberta oil sands and the initiation of a major pipeline contract. ...
High costs trim forecast for oil sands production
Globe and Mail - Canada
CALGARY — Output from Alberta's oil sands will grow more slowly than was predicted last year as spiralling costs deter investment in the vast but difficult ...
North of the Border: Eight Ways to Profit From the Canadian Dollar ...
Money Morning - USA
But with oil becoming much more expensive in recent years - and with prices expected to continue their upward climb - the tar sands, or oil sands oil sands ...
Oilsands Quest Perking Up: News Flow Should Push Stock Higher
Seeking Alpha - New York, NY, USA
Yes it is important to note that Oilsands Quest does have Eagles Nest which is located in Alberta, however at this time it is not a focus of the company's ...
Oils sands test proposed for Asphalt Ridge
Vernal Express - Vernal, UT, USA
According the the company, the process begins as technicians load oil sands into a solvent-filled chamber where the material is heated and set apart. ...
Nevtah/Black Sands Present Technology Update To Government ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
The closed-loop system uses non-toxic solvents that remain within the system which recovers up to 99% of the oil in the oil sands material. ...
Oilsands Quest appoints new auditors, announces board membership ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
About Oilsands Quest Oilsands Quest Inc. is aggressively exploring Canada's largest contiguous oil sands land holding by applying its technical expertise to ...
TheStar.com | Business | Big deals
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Marathon Oil Corp. and WesternZagros Resources Ltd. offer $7 billion for Western Oil Sands Inc., a minority owner of the Athabasca oil sands project. ...
Wellco Announces Oilsands Accommodation Contract
Market Wire (press release) - USA
Kenneth M. Bagan, President and Chief Executive Officer says; "this is an important step in the expansion of our presence in the oil sands region. ...
Great Northern Oilsands Inc. Reaches Total Depth & Contracts ...
Earthtimes - London,UK
The John Bowen #2 Well is part of a farmout arrangement entered into by Great Northen Oilsands whereby Montello Resources (MEO on the TSXV) has a 55% ...
Oil prices too high, Saudi minister says
Globe and Mail - Canada
He pointed specifically to the high-cost Alberta oil sands, where he cited costs of as much as $60 a barrel - roughly what new projects in the oil sands at ...
Full Impact of Alberta's New Royalty Framework Still Years Away
Seeking Alpha - New York, NY, USA -
Oil Sands royalties apparently will increase to 40% from 25%, but the full impact is several years away, if then. The positive implications of the trend to ...
Oil Sands and Energy Mega-Projects Trust (TSX: OSM.UN) Announces ...
Earthtimes - London, UK -
("Sentry Select") announces that unitholders of Oil Sands and Energy Mega-Projects Trust (the "Trust") (TSX: OSM.UN) who redeemed their units of the Trust ...
Saudis not interested in oilsands
National Post - Canada -
RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia isn't interested in investing in oil producing regions like Canada's oilsands because they can't compete with Saudi's abundant and ...
The Richest First Nation in Canada
The Dominion - Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada -
Whether because of the perceived inevitability of tar sands mining or the millions of dollars in "partnerships" offered by oil companies, the local Indian ...
As with the oil sands, most workers come from away
ReportonBusiness.com - Canada -
The project, like the oil sands and other major industrial developments around the world, suffers from surging steel prices. And even with an astounding ...
Cutting Edge
Wall Street Journal - USA -
The oil sands are a major contributor to Canada's gross national product, underscoring the country's growing awareness of its importance as a key energy ...
Government working of royalty review
Camrose Canadian - Alberta, Canada -
This will eliminate the need for oil and gas tiers as well as several royalty exemption programs. A sliding scale will also be implemented for oil sands ...
Quest for an oil sands partner
Globe and Mail - Canada -
Oilsands Quest president and CEO Christopher Hopkins said the company has always said it would bring in a major oil sands firm as operator and majority ...
News > Eye on KELOLAND
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls, SD, USA -
Fort McMurray Realtor Jeanette Sibley says, "The oil sands actually put Fort McMurray on the map." Fort Mac, as many Canadians call it, is all about oil. ...
Study Finds Carcinogens in Water Near Alberta Oil Sands Projects
New York Times - United States -
7 — High levels of carcinogens and toxic substances have been found in fish, water and sediment downstream from Alberta's huge oil sands projects, ...
Oil sands pollutes water?
Globe and Mail - Canada -
Sitting on the shores of Lake Athabasca, about 300 kilometers downstream from the oil sands mines in northern Alberta, Fort Chip is the oldest European ...
Saudi Aramco will meet production targets, company insists
Canada.com - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada -
Never mind Canada's oilsands, with reserves of similar size. They aren't even acknowledged as a secure-energy source competitor. "Saudi Aramco will be there ...
Canadian village calls for end to oil sand projects
Reuters Canada - Toronto, Ontario, Canada -
By Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A small aboriginal village downstream from Alberta's massive oil sands plants is calling for a moratorium on ...
Total to alter Joslyn plans
Globe and Mail - Canada -
CALGARY -- French energy giant Total SA is re-evaluating strategy at its Joslyn oil sands development, with a view to doing more mining of the resource than ...
Beat the price jump at the pumps
Times Online - UK -
Alternatively, Alberta, Canada, has 30000 square miles of tar sands – the largest deposit outside the Middle East – and Shell is mining the Athabasca oil ...
Canada's oil: black gold with a black heart
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -
Then the Royal Canadian Mounted Police station, the municipal offices, the Oil Sands Hotel and Diggers bar, with its advertisement for exotic dancers. ...
Alberta Sands Study Finds Carcinogens Near Oil, NYT Reports
Bloomberg - USA
9 (Bloomberg) -- Fish, water and sediment downstream from oil sands projects in Alberta were found to contain carcinogens and toxic substances, ...
Seems at Hand
Wall Street Journal - USA
The huge oil sands project in Alberta, Canada, has been a major emerging source of petroleum in the last couple years, but some people who live nearby have ...
Oil sands pollutes water?
Globe and Mail - Canada -
Sitting on the shores of Lake Athabasca , about 300 kilometers downstream from the oil sands mines in northern Alberta , Fort Chip is the oldest European ...
Inter Pipeline Fund Announces Record Third Quarter Results and ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles, CA, USA -
In the third quarter, Inter Pipeline's NGL extraction, conventional oil pipeline, oil sands transportation and bulk liquid storage businesses contributed ...
Gulfport Energy Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
CNNMoney.com - USA -
Gulfport holds an approximate 25% interest in Grizzly Oil Sands ULC, which has increased total leasehold acreage in Canada to approximately 511000 gross ...
Rise in global energy demands 'alarming,' IEA says
Globe and Mail - Canada -
The report barely mentions the Alberta oil sands, whose vast reserves are second only to Saudi Arabia's. The omission was no accident. ...
Enbridge Profit Drops 18% as Oil Shipments Decline (Update3)
Bloomberg - USA -
Crude deliveries fell on shutdowns of oil-sands projects in Alberta and reduced demand from refineries as some plants cut output for maintenance work, ...
Prepare for end of 'cheap oil,' royalty panel told
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada -
By KEVIN CRUSH, SUN MEDIA During a panel discussion on oil and gas royalties at the University of Alberta yesterday, Centre for Oil Sands Innovation ...
Connacher Oil and Gas' Q3 earnings more than double over last year ...
Oilweek Magazine - Edmonton, Canada -
"Nevertheless we are headed towards record results in 2007 and should start to realize the impact of our growing oilsands production during 2008. ...
Enbridge Hikes Pipeline Project Costs, But 'Still Happy' -CEO
EasyBourse.com - Paris, France -
It will transport 180000 barrels a day of diluent - which thins the sludgy oil sands bitumen so it can be transported through pipelines - from Chicago to ...
Oilsands Quest find looks for real
Globe and Mail - Canada -
The Calgary-based oil sands exploration company revealed than an independent evaluation of the property, conducted by respected petroleum consulting firm ...
Socialist oil death spiral Richard W. Rahn
Washington Times - Washington, DC, USA -
There is enough liquid oil in the ground to last generations; and when oil sands and oil shale are included, there is enough oil to last centuries. ...
Lexington Energy subsidiary gains early oil sands contract
CNNMoney.com - USA -
6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Lexington Energy Services Inc. announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lexcore Services Inc., has obtained a winter oil sands ...
PM Visits Oilsands Community
770chqr.com - Calgary, Canada -
Harper took a first-hand look at the oilsands, the prosperity they have created and the problems that have resulted from rapid growth in the region. ...
Oil firms need a new game plan
Canada.com - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada -
... into the oilsands. The Alberta government's new royalty strategy has demonstrated Alberta is as politically risky as other oil producing jurisdictions.
What does Peak Oil mean for Investors?
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand -
Other alternatives are oil sands and shale. These are termed "un-conventional" by the industry. Shale doesn't really justify efforts to extract a viable oil ...
UPI Energy Watch
United Press International - USA -
Enbridge Inc. said it has signed a deal to advance its Alberta oil sands project. The deal with Fort Hills Energy to develop pipeline and terminal ...
Greenpeace hanging hijinks
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada -
By KEVIN CRUSH, SUN MEDIA Greenpeace today hung out for the start of the Alberta Legislature fall sitting in protest of the oil sands. ...
Enbridge to build C$2 billion oil sands pipeline
Reuters Canada - Toronto, Ontario, Canada -
TO: Quote) planned Fort Hills oil sands project. The company, Canada's No. 2 pipeline firm, said the line will be capable of carrying 250000 barrels of ...
EnCana buying when energy rivals are scared sellers
Globe and Mail - Canada -
EnCana has a clearly-articulated, two-pronged strategy: To be a leading natural gas producer and a major oil sands develper. Look at the ever-increasing ...
Oilsands Quest announces reporting of the independent estimate of ...
CNNMoney.com - USA -
McDaniel & Associates is a leader in the development of in-situ oil sands evaluation methodology practices. The firm bases its evaluations on a thorough ...
PM hears from both sides of Alberta's oil boom
CTV.ca - Canada -
Prime Minister Stephen Harper took his first tour of northern Alberta's multibillion-dollar oilsands bonanza Monday, then heard first-hand about all the ...
Just 3 Days to Go...
Discover Moose Jaw - Saskatchewan, Canada -
Secondly, the oil sands and the development of the oil sands in Alberta will cause a great deal of pollution and we need to make sure that we have the right ...
Drugs flood oilsands city, but residents differ on dangers
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada -
Harrison referred to last year's court ruling that the Kellogg Brown and Root Company discriminated against an employee when it fired him from an oilsands ...
$2B pipeline planned
Regina Leader-Post - Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada -
The project includes a 250000-barrel-a-day line to move diluted bitumen, an extra-heavy crude extracted from the oil sands, to a processing plant near ...
UPDATE 1-Canadian Oil Sands profit up 30 pct, raises payout
Reuters.uk - UK -
Canadian Oil Sands, which is in talks with the Alberta government about changing the terms of Syncrude's royalty payments, also boosted its cash payout by ...
Tax cut news buoys oil stocks
Globe and Mail - Canada -
CALGARY -- Just a week after higher provincial royalties dropped asset values in the oil sands, Ottawa's corporate tax cut looks to more than offset the hit ...
Duvernay sees Petrobank tech juicing output
Globe and Mail - Canada -
Petrobank is already using THAI at its Whitesands facility, an oil sands pilot that has had promising results and is expected to lead to a commercial ...
Canadian Natural shifts gas focus out of Alberta
Globe and Mail - Canada -
But it will stay the course for most of its oil sands investment plans, which amount to more than $20-billion and are the future of the company. ...
UPDATE 1-Enbridge to build C$2 billion oil sands pipeline
Reuters UK - UK -
The planned pipeline is one of a number in the works to handle the burgeoning output from the oil sands region, where production is expected to triple to 3 ...
ENERGY: Pembina Institute charges Stelmach's oil royalty decision ...
Alberta Index - Calgary, Alberta, Canada -
"The Premier rejected every one of the Royalty Review Panel's expert recommendations on oil sands royalties and taxes - without providing any analysis to ...
Alberta premier urges oil sands firms to negotiate
Reuters UK - UK -
By Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach said on Friday that oil sands producers Syncrude Canada Ltd and Suncor ...