Canadian Natural Resources eyes Rail Contracts
Canadian Natural Resources, the country's biggest oil and gas producer, is looking at taking on the Alberta provincial government's contracts to move crude by rail, a senior company executive said on Thursday.Shipping more crude by rail is seen as critical for Canadian oil producers due to congested pipelines that…
TC Energy: Order Blocking Keystone XL Pipeline Lifted
TC Energy Corp's long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline took a small step forward this week, after a U.S. court overturned an injunction that barred certain work on the project, the company said.The company, which also reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, has been working for more than a decade to build the controversy-ridden 830…
Canada Should Bring in Stronger Rail Cars for Crude Before 2025 - official
Canada ought to require stronger tank cars for transporting flammable liquids sooner than the current deadline in 2025, Transportation Safety Board Chair Kathy Fox said on Thursday, noting that crude-by-rail shipments are expected to rise in the country."We understand that it can't happen all at once. But we'd like to see it sooner…
Why Canada is the Next Frontier for Shale Oil
The revolution in U.S. shale oil has battered Canada's energy industry in recent years, ending two decades of rapid expansion and job creation in the nation's vast oil sands. Now Canada is looking to its own shale fields to repair the economic damage. Canadian producers and global oil majors are increasingly exploring the Duvernay and Montney formations…
Canadian City to Argue Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Route Harmful
The proposed route of Kinder Morgan Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion through the west coast Canadian city of Burnaby will damage parks, harm sensitive ecosystems and impact critical infrastructure, the city will argue on Tuesday. The Vancouver suburb will present its case over three days to the Canadian energy regulator…
Kinder Morgan Canada Shares Surge after Pipeline Permit Ruling
Shares in Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd rose as much as 9.5 percent to a four-month high early on Friday, after a favorable ruling by the country's energy regulator on its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion boosted prospects of the contentious project. Late on Thursday, Canada's National Energy Board said Kinder Morgan…
Kinder Morgan wins Trans Mountain Appeal
Canada's energy regulator ruled on Thursday in favor of Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd's appeal to sidestep some municipal permits for its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, a major victory for the C$7.4 billion ($5.8 billion) project. The ruling, which came just three days after the regulator heard the case, could offset some of the construction delays afflicting the company…
Kinder Morgan: Pipeline Expansion Delays Possible
Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd said on Monday the start-up of its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion could be delayed past September 2020 if it is unable to get more clarity around permitting and the judicial process by early next year. The company's appeal to Canada's energy regulator over municipal permits for the C$7.4 billion ($5.8 billion) expansion was heard on Monday.
Canada Supports Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Appeal
Canada's federal government said on Wednesday it supports Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd's second appeal to the country’s energy regulator over local permits for its planned Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project. Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said in a statement his government has told the National Energy…
Canada Court Throws Out Permits for Seismic Testing in North
Canada's top court handed aboriginals a partial victory on Wednesday, ruling there was not adequate consultation on plans to conduct seismic testing for oil and gas in the north of the country, but dismissing a separate attempt to quash permits for changes to an Enbridge Inc pipeline. In the two separate but related decisions…
Canada: Aboriginals Adequately Consulted on Enbridge Pipeline
Canada's top court ruled on Wednesday that aboriginals were adequately consulted on changes to an Enbridge Inc oil pipeline, dismissing an attempt to quash the national energy regulator's approval of the project. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a unanimous decision that the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation…
Canada Plans New Rules as Firms Find Bad Pipeline Parts
Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) will push for a shift in standards for pipeline parts after TransCanada Corp and Enbridge Inc discovered some that they were using had been substandard, a senior regulatory official told Reuters. The NEB's changes must pass external standards committees that include the pipeline…
Canada Mulls Single Body to Assess Pipelines
Canada needs a single federal authority to assess the potential impact of major projects such oil pipelines and mines, a move that could help quell environmental protests, an official panel said on Wednesday. Responsibility for examining the potential impact of projects on federally-regulated land in Canada is shared between three separate entities…
Shippers Take up Transcanada Offer to Move Natgas on Mainline
Shippers have taken up Transcanada Corp's new flat-toll offer to move natural gas on its Mainline pipe from western to central Canada, the company said on Monday. TransCanada's new offer for 1.5 petajoules of capacity per day on its Mainline system from western plays to southern Ontario came three months after shippers balked at the previous varied toll structure…
Canada Responds Tundra Energy Terminal Oil Spill
Canada's energy regulator on Thursday said it was responding to a crude oil release at Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd's Ingoldsby terminal southeast of Regina, Saskatchewan. The incident occurred on Jan. 31 and did not result in any fire or injuries, the National Energy Board said, adding that it would verify the company's initial report that about five cubic meters of oil was spilled.
Canada to Restart Review of Energy East Pipeline
Canada's energy regulator on Friday scrapped a partially completed hearing into TransCanada Corp's proposed Energy East pipeline and said the process would start again from the beginning. The National Energy Board said in a statement that the new panel examining the project would decide how to proceed. The previous…
Canada Indicates it Won't Demand Regulator Change Pipeline Panel
Canada on Friday indicated it would not press the country's energy regulator to remove members from a panel looking into Transcanada Corp's proposed Energy East pipeline despite protests over their actions. Energy Minister Jim Carr told reporters the National Energy Board should decide the fate of the three-person panel.
TransCanada Pipeline Approval Hearing Suspended
Canada's National Energy Board on Tuesday suspended Montreal hearings on TransCanada Corp's proposed Energy East pipeline for the rest of the week after protests disrupted the first day on Monday. The board, Canada's energy regulator, also said in a statement it would not proceed with further sessions until it had…
Enbridge's Request for Pipeline Permit Extension Suspended
The National Energy Board (NEB) said it suspended a review of Enbridge Inc's request to extend its permit for the proposed Northern Gateway crude oil pipeline project. Calgary-based Enbridge had filed a request with the Canadian energy regulator in May for a three-year extension of the permit as it sought greater legal and regulatory certainty.
Bear Head Secures Governor in Council Approval
Bear Head LNG Corporation, Inc. (Bear Head LNG) received Governor in Council approval for a licence to import natural gas from the United States and a licence to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Bear Head LNG’s project site on the Strait of Canso in Richmond County, Nova Scotia. The National Energy Board’s…
