Oil & Gas and Mining News

WASHINGTON — Premier Danielle Smith says no matter the outcome of the United States election, there will be challenges for Canada and Alberta.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for the energy company Enbridge tried to persuade a federal appellate court Thursday to vacate an order that would shut down part of a pipeline running through a Wisconsin tribal reservation.

CALGARY — The company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has been cited for environmental non-compliance related to its management of recent flooding in B.C.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — ExxonMobil said it plans to explore for oil and gas in a disputed area off South America’s coast where the Venezuelan military had previously expelled two U.S. oil companies.

CALGARY — Athabasca Oil Corp. and Cenovus Energy Inc. have closed a previously announced deal creating a new joint venture stand-alone company called Duvernay Energy Corp.

CALGARY — Low natural gas prices significantly reduced North American drilling activity toward the end of 2023, but Canada's largest drilling rig contracting company remains confident the industry will ramp up later this year.

DENVER — The state of Colorado is fining Suncor Energy Inc. US$10.5 million for air pollution violations.

Alberta and two prominent business groups have released formal responses to a proposed federal emissions cap as the province's environment minister was slated to meet with her federal counterpart.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Smith in Ottawa Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will give a speech at an Economic Club of Canada event in Ottawa on Monday.

CALGARY — As Canada's energy sector ramps up for the anticipated start-up of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Imperial Oil Ltd. reported its highest production levels in over 30 years in the fourth quarter of 2023.