Alberta will participate in purchase, contributing up to $2 billion Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr announced the Government of Canada has reached a commercial agreement with Kinder Morgan to purchase [Read more]
Douglas Black, elected Senator from Alberta, says pipelines like Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain are part of balancing Canada’s resource-based economy and climate agenda. Trans Mountain photo. BC government stalling construction of Trans Mountain pipeline By [Read more]
North Montney is a $7.2 billion multi-year infrastructure expansion program TransCanada Corporation announced the National Energy Board (NEB) has recommended the federal government approve a variance to the previously issued North Montney Mainline Project certificate, [Read more]
“In most cases, pipeline incidents are caused by problems that could’ve been avoided if the pipeline had been properly maintained” – Ellis The number of pipeline incidents in Alberta dropped by almost half over the [Read more]
Major Canadian cities have shown leadership in building a more co-ordinated approach to attracting foreign investment from places such as China and Europe By Glen Hodgson, senior fellow, Conference Board of Canada Invest in Canada, the new federal [Read more]
In ongoing fight against oil sands bitumen, BC takes pipeline regulation issue to BC Court of Appeal The Government of British Columbia has submitted a reference question to the B.C. Court of Appeal on its [Read more]
BC Attorney General David Eby, left, and Environment Minister George Heyman “I’m confident that the courts will not give B.C. rights it does not possess under our constitution” In a press release, British Columbia Attorney General [Read more]
When Notley banned BC wines from Alberta, Horgan declared April to be BC Wine Month and turned the fight with Alberta into a political advantage BC is properly processing Kinder Morgan permits, referring disputed issues [Read more]
BC Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology Bruce Ralston “Minister Garneau needs to convey that the Prairie backlog at CN Rail is having a detrimental impact on northern B.C. families and businesses.” – Ralston The BC [Read more]
“Proposed expansion of Alliance Pipeline will increase access to premium markets and improve our service offering to current and potential customers.” Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced that Alliance Pipeline Ltd., of which it owns a 50 percent [Read more]
All environmental charges are currently before the Court, and have not yet been proven On March 22, Environment and Climate Change Canada laid a number of charges against Husky Energy Inc. and Husky Oil Operations Limited [Read more]
NGTL System is an extensive Canadian natural gas pipeline system with 24,320 kilometres of pipeline TransCanada Corporation announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL), has filed an application with the National Energy [Read more]
Horgan says BC referring issue of restricting dilbit shipments by pipeline to Federal Court of Appeal The provincial government will be moving forward with consultation around four bitumen spill safeguards while referring to the courts [Read more]
Forties pipeline was shut down on Wednesday due to unexpected closure of the feed control valves. Total photo. Oil prices rose about 50 cents/barrel on news of Forties pipeline shutdown The 450,000 barrels per day [Read more]
Strong commercial support advances Keystone XL pipeline project to construction preparation TransCanada Corporation announced it has successfully concluded the Keystone XL pipeline open season, securing approximately 500,000 barrels per day of firm 20-year commitments, positioning [Read more]
Hifi Engineering’s HDS technology will be new standard for Husky’s new large diameter pipelines The Husky oil spill into a major Canadian river last summer that cut off drinking water supply for two Saskatchewan cities was caused by [Read more]
Intervenors in hearing include the City of Chilliwack, WaterWealth, and S’ólh Téméxw Stewardship Alliance The National Energy Board (NEB) will hold an oral hearing beginning on Monday, Jan. 15 to consider an application from Trans Mountain [Read more]
Alberta Energy Regulator ensures damages caused by pipeline, well leaks are remediated Alberta has over 400,000 kilometres of pipelines and 180,000 active wells. Not surprisingly, they sometimes leak. What’s leaking and how are the leaks [Read more]
A social, environmental, economic rationale for approving Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline does exist With the prospect of a green light for the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline within the next month, the release this past week of [Read more]
Equalization payments for pipelines is unconstitutional, poor way to stimulate Canadian debate Mark Salkeld is basking in oil and gas industry approval for his recent media comments about linking Eastern Canada equalization payments and pipelines [Read more]
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