Oil Sands
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Imperial Oil’s Kearl oil sands tailings plan wins conditional AER approval
Has concerns with Imperial Oil’s assumptions about its treatment technology performance will match actual results.
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Syncrude outage expected to ease pipeline congestion, boost heavy oil prices
Production of upgraded bitumen could remain offline at its works north of Fort McMurray through July.
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Nexen Energy announces $400M expansion of its Alberta oil sands project
Will add three steam-driven well-pads that will send bitumen to its existing facilities.
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Syncrude oil sands tailings plan approved by regulator despite deficiencies
Water-capping technology has been tested on site since 2012 and will be ready for a 10-year assessment in 2023.
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CAPP predicts Canadian oil production to rise 1.4M bpd by 2035
Increase to 5.6 million bpd in the next 17 years mainly due to a rise in oil sands production to 4.2 million bpd.
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Trans Mountain deal fails to change Suncor position on Canadian competitiveness
Energy company is ramping up production of its Fort Hills oil sands mine, but has approved no other major growth projects in northern Alberta.
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Oil sands tailings pond approval terms shortened for former Shell facilities
Plans beyond the next few years do not meet the AER’s requirements and government policy.
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NAFTA body calls for investigation into oil sands tailings enforcement
Environmental watchdog questions how the federal government enforces the Fisheries Act in relation to the giant ponds.
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Study finds oil sands is hard on forest community
Some species were winners and some were losers, but all were affected.
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Environment groups pan Liberals for fossil fuels, parks management
Government has kept promises in principle, but not in execution.
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Royal Dutch Shell to sell stake in Canadian Natural Resources
Joins other energy players that have reduced their exposure in the oil sands.
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Metals miner has developed oil sands partial upgrading technology
Sherritt’s process creates a lighter barrel of oil that will flow in a pipeline without being diluted.
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Oil sands emissions over cap by 2030 unless GHG intensity falls: report
CERI scenario envisions production rising from 2.8 million bpd in 2017 to 4.1 million bpd in 2030.
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Suncor Energy reports lower net earnings in Q1
Weather outage cuts into oil sands output; operations returned to normal by the end of February.
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Cenovus posts $914M net loss amid challenging pricing conditions
74 cent per share loss compared with a year earlier profit of $211 million or 25 cents per share.
