The new Alberta government likely has new ideas on how to deal with the oil patch compared to the last party in power. The Tories were friends to industry. No one is quite sure just yet just how friendly the New Democrats will turn out to be. They are saying the right things, that the […]
Reputation as challenging as costs for oil sands industry
Canada’s oil sands industry faces an equal risk from its reputation as an environmental laggard as from high operating costs, industry observers said. The failure to win approval for pipelines like TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL and Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway is tied to concerns about carbon emissions with oil production, Ed Whittingham, executive director of […]