Oil & Gas and Mining News

COCHRANE, Alta. — A fire at a gas well north of Calgary that injured five workers earlier this week has been extinguished. HWN Energy Ltd. says it consulted with industry experts and implemented a well control plan that was reviewed by regulators.

COCHRANE, Alta. — An energy company that runs a natural gas well north of Calgary says a roughly 24-hour fire that injured five workers has finally been snuffed out.

CALGARY — Tourmaline Oil Corp. says it has signed a $278.2-million deal with Topaz Energy Corp. giving Topaz a gross overriding royalty interest in recently acquired lands in Alberta and B.C.

CALGARY — Worries over escalating tensions in the Middle East and their potential to cause oil price disruptions hung over day one of a major energy sector conference in Calgary.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. has completed its spinoff of South Bow Corp., its crude oil pipelines business, as an independent company.

COCHRANE, Alta. — An explosion at an energy site northwest of Calgary has injured five workers, and RCMP say the resulting fire could burn for days. Cpl.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Montreal port The union representing longshore workers at the Port of Montreal are set to go on strike at two terminals on Monday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Suncor Energy has been fined $90,000 after pleading guilty to two charges stemming from a worker injury in 2019 aboard its production vessel in an oilfield off the coast of Newfoundland.

BANFF, ALTA. — Some Canadian CEOs say the hundreds of billions of dollars the United States is offering in subsidies for the energy transition is causing a worrisome brain drain of some of this country's top talent.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is extending the provincial fuel-tax holiday until the end of the year. It's the second time the government has extended the temporary tax break since introducing it in January.