At first, Nielle and Howard Hawkwood, who have ranched in Alberta’s foothills for 40 years, couldn’t believe the ”in-your-face industrialization” that accompanied the horizontal drilling and fracking of tight oil Continue Reading
A new wildfire has prompted Canadian oil producers Cenovus Energy Inc. and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. to shut production just as output was being restored in other parts of Alberta Continue Reading
Alberta Pipeline Canadian energy regulators handed a win to Alberta’s oil sands producers last week, recommending approval for a major oil pipeline expansion to the Pacific Coast. Canada’s National Energy Continue Reading
Alberta Wildfires A massive wildfire raging through the northern part of Alberta has swelled in size and surged north of Fort McMurray, destroying an evacuated oil sands camp on Tuesday Continue Reading
The highest oil price in six months is offering hope to the beleaguered energy industry, but it may be coming too late for some of Canada’s most indebted companies. On Continue Reading
Even as the situation becomes less severe, it may be the third quarter of 2016 before Canadian oil sands operations return to normal, a government report shows. Fires in the Continue Reading
Oversize transport trailers typically barrel dangerously along Highway 63 as they deliver heavy loads of equipment and even prefabricated metal buildings to the multibillion-dollar oil sands projects that dominate this Continue Reading
A bad start to the year for Canadian natural gas producers is getting worse after wildfires in northern Alberta knocked out oil-sands operations that represent a key source of demand. Continue Reading
Oil producers and refiners braced on Monday for a prolonged shutdown and possible supply constraints from Canada’s vast oil sands region as a destructive wildfire raged for a second week. Continue Reading
As the Keystone XL saga made clear, Alberta has had trouble getting its oil and gas to markets outside of the province. That trouble continues for Canada’s oil industry. The Continue Reading
