Enbridge warns of possible pipeline over-capacity 12/27/2009
Between TransCanada and Enbridge - Canada's two biggest energy pipeline companies - there's seldom a meeting of the minds. From the time they got caught up squabbling over rights to ship Alaska North...

New economic age for Canada 12/13/2009
Final terms for Northern Gateway regulatory hearing coincide with Harper's declaration that Asia-Pacific supplanting US, Europe
The pieces are now in place for a Canadian regulatory hearing that carries profound overtones for Canada's economic future, now that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has rated the Asia-Pacific region ahe...

Asia-bound, 'sooner rather than later' 11/29/2009
Enbridge, Kinder on verge of revealing strategies to open new markets for Alberta oil sands production, urged on by interest groups
Between now and mid-2010, the prospects of shipping bitumen from the Alberta oil sands to Asian refineries are heading toward make-or-break decisions. Enbridge anticipates submitting an application to...

Canada faces gas liquids challenge 11/08/2009
Canada's National Energy Board expects rising imports of condensate to support the oil sands sector will reach 346,000 barrels per day by 2020 compared with 78,000 bpd in 2008. Diluents are needed for...

Koreans stun Canadian oil patch 11/01/2009
State-run KNOC offers premium for Harvest Energy Trust holdings in search for energy security; bolsters chances of new sands market
South Korea's state-run Korea National Oil Corp. has taken a headlong plunge into Canada's energy sector in a highly complex move that is causing widespread head scratching within the industry. The mo...

New pipelines to move heavy oil markets 11/01/2009
Canada could soon remove 9 million barrels of crude from the heavy oil market, followed next year by another 5 million barrels. The 9 million barrels is what it will take later this quarter when Tran...

Canada backs carbon capture 10/25/2009
Governments commit C$1.65B to 2 projects, claim they lead world in developing technology; others say industry should do cleanup
Canadian and Alberta taxpayers are starting to feel a rather large hand in their pockets as the two governments roll out plans for carbon capture and storage projects - their key technological initiat...

Activists seize oil sands spotlight 10/18/2009
That rumbling sound in northern Alberta comes from the oil sands, where even a lull in the once-frenetic rate of growth does not mean a total time out. Far from it. Greenpeace activists invaded Sunco...

Letting the good times roll 10/18/2009
Gains in drilling, completion technology improve economics of B.C.'s Horn River, Montney plays; province hopes for strong winter
The revving up of activity in British Columbia Horn River and Montney-Doig gas formations, which the provincial government is hoping will result in a benchmark winter drilling season, has seized the a...

U.S. oil imports from Canada rise 10/04/2009
Although U.S. oil imports were down 8.9 percent in July from a year earlier, to 9.227 million barrels per day, oil supplies from Canada to the United States hit new records, picking up the slack as OP...

Judge dismisses Keystone pipeline lawsuit 10/04/2009
Says environmental group did not have authority to challenge TransCanada permit; base line to be complete by late November
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by an environmental group that claimed a permit that allows the construction of an oil pipeline between the United States and Canada violated federal law. U.S....

China tests investment, security laws 09/27/2009
Whatever U.S. politicians might think about the "dirty" nature of the Alberta oil sands they show signs of even greater concern as the Canadian government embarks on a review of PetroChina's planned G...

Asian dragon stirring to life on resources 09/27/2009
China takes more subtle approach in efforts to secure minerals, oil and natural gas; Canadian government rolls out welcome mat
Since 2006, Chinese investors have acquired almost 11,000 square miles of African farmland. In August, China's state-controlled Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co. made a surprise C$148.5 million unsolicit...

China in major Canadian oil sands deal 09/06/2009
PetroChina puts up C$1.9 billion for 60% stake in two Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. projects, MacKay River and Christina Lake
China is back in the Alberta oil sands, in a big way. PetroChina is spending C$1.9 billion for a 60 percent stake in two projects being developed by privately held Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. If the de...

Two views of US national interest 08/30/2009
State Department issues permit for pipeline from Alberta oil sands, citing 'strategic' interests; environmentalists file challenges
The ingredients are there for what could be one of the pivotal test cases involving the future of exports from the Alberta oil sands to the United States. No sooner had the U.S. State Department issue...

TransCanada, Enbridge going at it again 08/23/2009
Pipeline giants lock horns over rival attempts to establish a 'bullet' crude oil pipeline from Alberta to U.S. Gulf Coast
When the National Energy Board convenes on Sept. 15 it could be adjudicating another brawl between TransCanada and Enbridge, Canada's pipeline heavyweights. They just can't seem to get along. In the...

Canada's multitrillion-dollar engine 08/16/2009
Study forecasts petroleum industry could pump incremental C$3.6 trillion into GDP over next 25 years, spreading jobs, tax benefits
The anti-petroleum faction in Canada has been given something to ponder, if it has an open mind. Whatever the industry's failings - and even the strongest defenders concede there are many - the flip s...

Damper on Asian link 07/19/2009
Kinder Morgan, TransCanada and Canadian Natural Resources cool to idea that new markets for Canadian crude is an early option
Any thoughts that record shipments of Canadian crude oil from the Port of Vancouver might speed up the introduction of tanker traffic on a large scale to Asia have been downplayed by Kinder Morgan Can...

Denali has spent $100 million to date 07/05/2009
TransCanada ups Valdez line to 3 bcf due to LNG interest; BP, Conoco tell legislators numerous risks remain for potential shippers
Spending to date by the BP-ConocoPhillips Denali gas pipeline project totals $100 million, Denali President Bud Fackrell told Alaska legislators at back-to-back House and Senate hearings June 23 in An...

Canada to match US climate-change rules 07/05/2009
Canada will play ball with the United States on climate-change regulations to avoid crippling tariffs on its oil exports, but will continue to press its case in Washington for other clean-energy alter...

Key players in MGP 06/21/2009
It's straightforward enough figuring out who owns what in the three anchor gas fields underpinning the Mackenzie Gas Project. From there, the lines can get a bit tangled. The Mackenzie Producers Group...

Who's on first? 06/21/2009
Exxon-TransCan Alaska gas line push sends tremor through Mackenzie ranks
So ExxonMobil hitches up with TransCanada to build an Alaska natural gas pipeline. Does that spell the end of the current road for Canada's Mackenzie Gas Project: yes or no? Make that a definite maybe...

No easy route to Asia for oil sands 05/17/2009
Enbridge Northern Gateway project from northern Alberta to Kitimat, B.C., draws opposition from First Nations, conservationists
The closer Enbridge moves to placing an application for an Alberta-to-Asia link for oil sands production before Canadian regulators, the more resistance to the project seems to build. Its Northern Gat...

Winning the war is next 05/17/2009
Canada's industry turns to next growth cycle; CNQ calls for unified approach
A concerted push-back by Canada's petroleum industry against out-of-control costs from contractors, suppliers and labor is starting to yield results, along with a warning that the gains could easily b...

'I think I can, I know I can ...' 04/26/2009
Canada's largest railroad promotes oil sands' express to US Gulf, B.C. coasts; says it can provide cheaper, faster transportation than pipelines
Consigned to the outbox four years ago, the idea of shipping oil sands production from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast is again doing the rounds, as Canadian National Railways touts an initiative calle...