Alberta
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September 15, 2015
Penn West Petroleum has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its properties in the Greater Mitsue area of Central Alberta for a cash consideration of C$192.5 million.
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September 01, 2015
ConocoPhillips has delivered first oil at its Surmont 2 in-situ oil sands facility in Canada, the company said Tuesday.
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September 01, 2015
Cenovus Energy has closed its purchase of Canexus Corporation's North American Terminal Operations (NATO), a crude-by-rail trans-loading facility in central Alberta.
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August 31, 2015
The Alberta royalty review panel should propose new rules by the end of this year to help restore investor confidence, and should consider how to make the province more attractive and competitive for the oil and natural gas investment that generates jobs and government revenues, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said Monday.
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August 17, 2015
Alberta’s energy regulator restricted applications by oil and natural gas operators to withdraw water from the Athabasca River amid dry conditions in the province.
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July 31, 2015
TransCanada Corp. is slowing work on two pipelines in Alberta because of reduced demand tied to lower crude prices and setbacks to its major oil export projects.
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July 30, 2015
Black Stallion Oil & Gas, Inc. confirms that it will start to execute a detailed exploration program on the 12,233-acre Woodrow Prospect in Teton county, northwest Montana, within the Alberta Basin Bakken fairway.
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July 28, 2015
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to get oil-sands pipeline projects off the ground, and Alberta’s worst spill since 1980 will probably make it tougher.
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July 23, 2015
CB&I has been awarded a contract for approximately $60 million by a major energy company to provide maintenance services for three separate oil sands facilities in Alberta, Canada.
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July 16, 2015
Nexen Energy ULC is responding to an incident at its Long Lake oil sands facility south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, the company announced Thursday.
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July 14, 2015
Quebec will only support TransCanada Corp.’s Energy East pipeline if it generates jobs for the province and if Alberta does more to protect the environment, Premier Rachel Notley said.
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July 09, 2015
Despite lower oil prices and other challenges, growth in Canadian oil sands will continue and remain one of the top sources of global supply growth in coming years, according to a new report by IHS.
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July 08, 2015
Suncor Energy has reached an agreement with TransAlta Corporation to exchange Suncor's Kent Breeze and its share of the Wintering Hills wind power facilities for TransAlta's Poplar Creek cogeneration facilities. The Poplar Creek facilities provide steam and power for Suncor's oil sands base site in Fort McMurray Alberta.
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June 29, 2015
Canada’s oil sands producers are prepared to take a greater leadership role on climate action as part of the growing global intention to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) said.
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June 29, 2015
The Alberta government should consider four principles to make the province more competitive for of oil and gas investment as it proceeds with its royalty review, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said Friday.
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June 18, 2015
Canadian Natural Resources, the nation’s largest heavy oil producer, is considering a shift in investment away from Alberta as the province plans to increase corporate taxes and review royalties.
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June 16, 2015
Exxon Mobil Corp. announced Tuesday that production at its Kearl oil sands expansion project in Alberta, Canada, started ahead of schedule and is expected to double overall capacity to 220,000 bpd of bitumen.
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June 16, 2015
Maxxam Analytics and Analysts, Inc. are jointly opening a new testing facility in Edmonton, Alberta which provides lubricant and oil analysis services commencing a global expansion of oil condition monitoring (OCM) services for parent company, Bureau Veritas.
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June 11, 2015
Caterpillar Oil & Gas has outfitted a well stimulation trailer for Propell Oilfield Equipment with all Cat components for the first time in its noted history.
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June 10, 2015
Recognizing that evolution in the oil and gas industry, especially during times of low oil prices, is driven by technology innovation and leadership, the Global Petroleum Show (GPS) has embarked on a new effort to recognize these achievements. Accordingly, the first-ever GPS Awards event was held on Tuesday at the Stampede show grounds in Calgary.
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June 2015
UK, Alberta elections generate very different results
