TransCanada is not going to build an oil export facility in Québec as part of its Energy East pipeline project. “This decision is the result of the recommended change in status of the Beluga whales to endangered and ongoing discussions we have had with communities and key stakeholders,” said Russ Girling, TransCanada’s president and chief executive […]
Comment: Maude Barlow on pipelines
Your (Regina Leader-Post’s) editorial rightly highlights the danger of transporting oil by rail. But the Energy East pipeline – which would transport 1.1 million barrels of oil per day past the growing Harbour Landing subdivision – is not safer. According to U.S. data, rail incidents happened twice as often as pipeline spills from 2004 to […]
Comment: Poll results few oil execs will be pleased with
Alberta Oil magazine has published its National Survey on Energy Literacy, the culmination of 1,396 online interviews of a representative sample of Canadians conducted by Leger. The results are particularly interesting coming from Alberta Oil, a magazine destined for the desks of the energy sector’s senior executives and decision-makers. There are quite a few nuggets […]
Comment: Opposition to oilsands pipelines is having an impact
The grassroots resistance against the Alberta oil sands and its pipelines is having an impact. A recent publication by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, titled “Material Risks: How Public Accountability is Slowing Tar Sands Development,” stated production revenues from the oil sands were down $30.9 billion between 2010 to 2013. It also […]
Pipeline gets approval – with conditions attached
With Keystone XL, Northern Gateway and Energy East pipelines stalled at the gate, the Alberta Energy Regulator has given a tentative stamp of approval to the $3-billion Grand Rapids oil pipeline. Along with the “OK” comes 26 conditions. Considerably less than the more than 200 needed before the Northern Gateway can proceed. The pipeline in […]
Delays over Keystone XL leads to push for pipeline to the east-not Asia, Canada
TransCanada Corp. has been mired in political arguments in the US, stalling its proposed Keystone XL pipeline. So the Calgary company is looking at the east coast instead of going south. Canadian oil sands producers are encouraged by the route which would be another option to get their product to market. One that would not […]