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June 03, 2016
Penn West Petroleum Ltd. has hired Royal Bank of Canada to sell its Dodsland Viking light oil assets in Saskatchewan, according to people familiar with the process.
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November 18, 2015
OPEC took a swing at U.S. shale and knocked down Canada.
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November 10, 2015
Suncor Energy has successfully closed the previously announced purchase of an additional 10% working interest in the Fort Hills oil sands project from Total E&P Canada Ltd.
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November 09, 2015
Shell has officially launched the Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Alberta, Canada, and the start of commercial operations there.
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November 06, 2015
Ironically, the rejection of Keystone XL could lead to higher CO2 emissions via more crude-by-rail, according to energy consultant Wood Mackenzie.
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November 06, 2015
President Barack Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline solidifies what the market has been saying for months -- there’s less appetite for expensive Canadian oil sands in an era of $45 crude.
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November 06, 2015
Suncor Energy Inc. is stepping up its hostile C$4.3 billion ($3.3 billion) bid for Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. by asking Alberta regulators to strike down the target’s new shareholder rights plan aimed at preventing its takeover.
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November 05, 2015
TransCanada Corp. is removing a port in Quebec from the planned route of its Energy East oil pipeline, the company said in a statement.
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November 04, 2015
The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) has released its 2016 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast.
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November 02, 2015
TransCanada has sent a letter to Secretary John Kerry of the U.S. State Department asking the Department to pause its review of the Presidential Permit application for the Keystone XL pipeline.
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October 30, 2015
Husky Energy Inc. plans to keep cutting jobs after eliminating 1,400 positions, the most disclosed by a Canadian energy company in the oil-price slump.
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October 30, 2015
Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., the largest owner of the Syncrude venture in northern Alberta, said it’s considering alternatives to Suncor Energy Inc.’s C$4.3 billion ($3.3 billion) hostile takeover bid and has already had interest from possible suitors.
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October 28, 2015
Royal Dutch Shell Plc made its second major strategic change in as many months, saying it will take a $2 billion charge as it shelves an oil-sands project in Alberta after walking away from an Arctic drilling program.
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October 19, 2015
Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. urged shareholders to reject Suncor Energy Inc.’s C$4.3-billion ($3.3-billion) hostile takeover, accusing the larger rival of undervaluing its business and exploiting undisclosed information about a partnership in making a low-ball offer.
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October 16, 2015
Rifle Shot Oil has completed the acquisition of assets in the Redwater area of Alberta.
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October 07, 2015
Suncor Energy Inc. expects Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. to reject its C$4.3 billion ($3.3 billion) hostile takeover, so it’s striving to convince shareholders of the merits of the deal, CEO Steve Williams said.
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October 05, 2015
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland and Labrador -- The area covering the 11 parcels currently on offer in the Flemish Pass has an in-place oil and gas resource potential of 12 Bbbl of oil and 113 Tcf of gas, according to the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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October 05, 2015
Suncor Energy has made an unsolicited offer to Canadian Oil Sands (COS) shareholders to acquire all of the outstanding shares of COS for a total consideration of approximately C$4.3 billion ($3.3 billion), Calgary-based Suncor said Monday.
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October 05, 2015
As Canada’s oil patch grapples with a price shock, pipeline delays and rising tax rates, the federal election could add another barrier to recovery by reining in a key incentive for development of new wells.
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October 02, 2015
Winters Instruments, a global manufacturer of pressure and temperature instrumentation, introduces the Winters Multiport (NVA Series) and Block & Bleed (BBV Series) Needle Valves.
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October 01, 2015
A longtime Canadian advocate for the Keystone XL pipeline is blaming his former boss, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, for dropping the ball on the project and handing U.S. President Barack Obama a blank check to reject it.
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