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Manitoba premier says he’ll take the federal government to court over carbon tax
Winnipeg – Manitoba is prepared to take the federal government to court if Ottawa imposes a higher carbon tax than the province is planning, Premier Brian Pallister said Friday. “I have a simple message for Ottawa today – back off…
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Ritchie Bros. introduces Marketplace-E, a new way to buy and sell equipment
Vancouver – After a soft launch in late 2017, Marketplace-E is being introduced by Ritchie Bros. as its latest buying and selling solution. Complementing the company’s onsite unreserved auctions and online-only auctions through IronPlanet, Marketplace-E offers sellers increased control over…
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Variable speed generator powers remote northern community
Peterborough, ON – Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) went live with Innovus Power’s Variable Speed Generator (VSG) Project in Aklavik Northwest Territories, on January 28, 2018. The remote northern community’s more than 300 households are now being powered with Innovus’…
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Suncor says Syncrude maintenance turnaround planned for April to start early
Calgary – Suncor Energy Inc. says an eight-week maintenance project at Syncrude that had been scheduled to begin in April will start Thursday. The company says advancing the turnaround will permit Syncrude to deal with an unrelated issue which has…
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B.C. premier says court is the best place for pipeline debate with Alberta
Victoria – The best route for the ongoing Trans Mountain expansion pipeline dispute with Alberta is through the courts, says British Columbia Premier John Horgan. B.C. will stick to its legal plan to test its jurisdiction on environmental and economic…
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Canadian Natural Resources slows heavy oil growth as poor WCS prices persist
Calgary – Oilsands giant Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. says it is moving up planned maintenance shutdowns at its heavy oil projects in northern Alberta and will slow down production from new wells to avoid selling the product at current poor…
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Trial begins over fuel spill in English Bay, one defendant doesn’t show up
Vancouver – A port worker says he suspected large plumes of oil that were shining on the surface of the water in Vancouver’s harbour nearly three years ago was bunker fuel, based on the smell. A B.C. provincial court judge…
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Canada is falling behind in fierce global competition for oil and natural gas investment: report
Ottawa – Rising government costs, the burden of inefficient regulations, and the lack of infrastructure to move Canadian energy to growing markets are all undermining investor confidence in Canada and negatively affecting the country’s ability to attract the capital needed…
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Energy group calls for better tax and regulation to restore competitiveness
Ottawa – The head of the group that represents Canada’s oil and gas industry is calling on the federal government to cut taxes and ease regulatory burdens to restore the energy sector’s competitiveness with the United States and other global…
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Truce called, wine flows again, in B.C. Alberta trade war over pipeline
Victoria – The Alberta government accepted an olive branch from British Columbia and suspended its ban on the province’s wine Thursday in a dispute over the Trans Mountain pipeline. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley took the step after B.C.’s John Horgan…
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Jobs to blossom, production to grow under Manitoba potato plant expansion
Portage La Prairie, Man. – A major expansion project has been announced for a Manitoba potato-processing plant that’s expected to create about 90 new full-time jobs. J.R. Simplot Co. and the provincial government have outlined details of the $460-million expansion…
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Former B.C. premier Christy Clark says blocking Trans Mountain is ‘illegal’
Ottawa – British Columbia’s efforts to block the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are illegal and will hurt all of Canada, says the former B.C. premier who originally approved the interprovincial project. The way B.C.’s New Democrat government is handling Trans…
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Oil and gas price shocks make producers hedge their bets with forward contracts
Calgary – Like gamblers who have been burned too often, Canadian energy producers are lining up to “hedge their bets” on oil and gas by locking in price contracts today for deliveries to be made months or years from now.…
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Energy: Ottawa’s new rules create more uncertainty
Montreal – The new review process for industrial projects unveiled by Ottawa risks hurting the Canadian economy’s competitiveness even more by creating greater uncertainty among investors, points out the MEI, adding that the energy sector is already going through a…
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Critics of Kinder Morgan pipeline shout down Trudeau at B.C. town hall
Nanaimo, B.C. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke over jeers of “shame” at a rowdy town hall meeting in Nanaimo, B.C., on February 2, where he spent a large part of the two-hour gathering defending his government’s decision to…
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Suncor Energy says driverless trucks will eliminate a net 400 positions
Calgary – About 400 jobs are expected to disappear at Suncor Energy Inc.’s oilsands mines in northern Alberta as it deploys driverless ore-hauling trucks to replace the ones humans operate now. “We have about 500 roles that will get eliminated…
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A Perfect Analogy for Electrical Safety Principles
Davenport, IA – Driving to work last week, deep in thought, pondering the many reasons companies use Permanent Electrical Safety Devices (PESDs) in their electrical safety programs; I nearly slammed into the back of a bus stopped at the railroad…
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Different kind of tweet: Study says oilpatch causes sparrows to sing a new song
A study by a University of Manitoba researcher suggests that noisy oilpatch equipment causes songbirds to change their tune. The published paper looks at the effects of pumpjacks and compressor stations on the songs of savannah sparrows near Brooks in…
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Replacement of reheating furnaces at Quebec steel production facilities costs a pretty penny
Contrecoeur, QC – ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada announces major investments of nearly $70 million by 2020 in its Contrecoeur, Quebec steel production facilities. These sums will enable the company to maintain its leading position in steel in North America, with…
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Hydro Quebec says U.S. export deal will keep local power rates below inflation
Montreal – Quebecers won’t get a break on already low hydroelectricity rates but a massive export deal with Massachusetts will give the public utility flexibility to keep increases below inflation, Hydro-Quebec’s CEO said Friday. “It relieves some pressure,” Eric Martel…
