Canada’s oil sands producers are deeply concerned about suggestions that we don’t take proper protective measures, or that we lack care or concern about our neighbours’ health. These suggestions are troubling to us as citizens, parents and employees. A Royal Society of Canada scientific report found no evidence linking health issues to oil sands development. […]
Train car demand
While environmentalists and others are battling new pipelines around North America – the amount of train traffic hauling Alberta crude is on the rise. This may become more of a permanent fixture. An indication of this. One company, Cenovus, has appointed its first ever vice-president of rail operations. So far the Calgary-based company has shipped […]
Comment: A renewed appeal for Keystone
What’s going on with oil and energy these days? Last week, SNL Financial noted that, “Canada’s crude oil producers are looking to markets other than the U.S. to sell increased output amid delays in pipeline expansions, according to the president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. “In terms of growth potential, Keystone is obviously […]
Comment: Are governments looking out after our best interest?
I particularly don’t like when governments work in secret. Governments feed us a lot of malarkey about why secrecy is essential. Here are some government plans developing in secret that everyone should know about. In Ottawa, 400 delegates from Pacific Rim countries spent time this month negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) – the latest […]
CAPP applauds Supreme Court decision for clearing up a muddy issue
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) is expecting greater clarity now when its members have business deals with First Nations. This is in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling 8-0 giving the Tsilhqot’in B.C. title to their land. A V.P. with CAPP, Alex Ferguson, told CBC the ruling should help project coordinators when […]