CALGARY, Alberta, April 10- Canada's energy regulator is demanding under tighter rules released on Wednesday that pipeline operators protect employees who blow the whistle on unsafe practices that could lead to oil spills or other accidents.
CALGARY, Alberta, April 2- Two high-profile oil spills won't stem the now-record flow of Canadian oil into the United States, despite the frenzy that the spills triggered among friends and foes of the Keystone XL pipeline to the main U.S. refineries.
March 31- Exxon Mobil on Sunday continued cleanup of a pipeline spill that loosed thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude in Arkansas as opponents of oil sands development latched on to the incident to attack plans to build the Keystone XL line.
WASHINGTON, March 22- Federal regulators on Friday rejected a proposed toll plan for Enbridge Inc's $2.5 billion expansion of its Sandpiper project that would move oil from North Dakota to refineries in the Midwest.
*CNOOC finally completed deal for Nexen last month. OTTAWA, March 22- Chinese state-owned energy company CNOOC Ltd, which last month completed a $15.1 billion takeover of Canada's Nexen, has been hit by a Canadian oil glut that is depressing prices for Canadian crude, a senior executive said on Friday.
WASHINGTON, March 22- Federal regulators said on Friday they rejected an extension of Enbridge's $2.5 billion Sandpiper pipeline project that would move oil from North Dakota to Wisconsin and Minnesota.
CALGARY, Alberta, March 20- Enbridge Energy Partners LP said on Wednesday that the costs of additional cleanup from a huge Michigan oil spill three years ago may push the total bill past the limit of its insurance coverage, hampering its financial results.
OTTAWA, March 20- An alliance of Canadian and U.S. aboriginal groups vowed on Wednesday to block three multibillion-dollar oil pipelines that are planned to transport oil from the Alberta tar sands, saying they are prepared to take physical action to stop them.
OTTAWA, March 20- An alliance of Canadian and U.S. aboriginal groups vowed on Wednesday to block three multibillion-dollar oil pipelines that are planned to transport oil from the Alberta tar sands, and said they are prepared to take physical action to stop them.
The report, carried out by Navigant Consulting for the government of British Columbia, said the refinery could be built at a cost of C $13 billion, well below the C $16 billion price tag placed on the project by David Black, the press baron backing the concept.
The report, carried out by Navigant Consulting for the government of British Columbia, said the refinery could be built at a cost of C $13 billion, well below the C $16 billion price tag placed on the project by David Black, the press baron backing the concept.
CHICAGO, March 5- A top Canadian cabinet minister tried to persuade the United States on Tuesday that it should approve a controversial oil pipeline and said Canada is also looking to other markets to sell its oil.
CHICAGO, March 5- A top Canadian government minister on Tuesday tried to persuade the United States it should approve a controversial oil pipeline and said Canada was also looking to other markets for its energy.
Bank of Montreal- Canada's No. 4 lender and the first of the big five banks out of the gate this year with quarterly financial results- set the tone for the lenders early this week with a surprise dividend increase.
CALGARY, Alberta, Feb 26- Employees at Plains All American Pipeline LP's Canadian unit disregarded leak alarms and restarted a ruptured oil pipeline as they caused one of the worst oil spills in Alberta's history, a report issued by the province's pipeline regulator found.
CALGARY, Alberta, Feb 26- Alberta's Energy Resources Conservation Board, which regulates pipelines in the province, issued four "high-risk enforcement actions" on Tuesday against Plains All American Pipeline LP's Canadian unit as it wrapped up an investigation into one of the province's largest-ever oil spills.
LONDON, Feb 8- Canada badly needs to find a way to get its crude to customers in Asia and avoid the oversupplied North American market to fetch a better price for its oil.
Jan 30- The uneven impact of the shale oil boom on the U.S. refining industry was brought into stark relief this week as Midwest and Gulf Coast refiners with easy access to cheap domestic crude posted strong earnings, while weak margins spelled the death of another East Coast plant.