Oil and Gas News

• Foes Of $5.5B Oil Sands Deal Brace For Scrutiny

  Law360 - 5 hours ago

  pro-oil-sands government accuses them of using foreign money to sabotage plans for Enbridge Inc.'s $5.5 billion oil sands pipeline, which has just begun a 16-month public review.Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government says the review process has been hijacked by environmentalists who oppose the oil...

• Statoil signs up for CH2M’s Leismer oil sands development

  Upstreamonline.com - 9 hours ago

  a C$400 million (US$397 million) deal with CH2M Hill Canada for engineering, procurement and construction at its Leismer oil sands project in north Alberta, Canada.

• Canada's Oil Sands Pipeline Foes Can Legally Use US Funds

  Law360 - 9 hours ago

  country's pro-oil-sands government accuses them of using foreign money to sabotage Enbridge Inc.'s $5.5 billion oil sands pipeline, which has just begun a 16-month public review.Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government says the review process has been hijacked by environmentalists who oppose the oil...

• OIL SANDS: Canada denies labeling aboriginal groups, environmentalists as 'adversaries'

  Greenwire - 12 hours ago

  The Canadian government denied it is treating aboriginal groups and environmentalists as "adversaries" in a fight over a pipeline that would carry oil-sands crude to the western shore for transport…

• Canadian Oil Sands Trust Up 17.5% Since SmarTrend Uptrend Call (COSWF)

  Individual.com - 15 hours ago

  (Comtex SmarTrend(R)) SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Canadian Oil Sands Trust (NASDAQ:COSWF) on December 5th, 2011 at $21.15. In approximately 2 months, Canadian Oil Sands Trust has returned 17.45% as of today's recent price of $24...

• CANADA: SLIMY! Harper government plays down oil sands document

  Care2 - 16 hours ago
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  Canada committed to oil sands

  UPI - 16 hours ago

  "unwavering" commitment to protect the country's environment in a way that also supports economic growth. Critics of oil sands characterize it as the dirtiest type of oil because it is energy-intensive to produce and it lingers in the environment if spilled. Kent said the government was looking was...

• Harper government draws up list of oilsands enemies

  Sympatico - 16 hours ago

  The public relations campaign to push oilsands development has just begun, and the Conservatives appear ready to attack anyone who disagrees with their policies. Greenpeace released some ugly news about the oilsands on Thursday, sharing federal documents...

• Feds downplay oilsands lobbying

  Winnipeg Free Press - 21 hours ago

  government is distancing itself from its own lobbying and public-relations campaign to polish the image of Alberta's oilsands, following revelations that an internal strategy document labelled First Nations and environmentalists as "adversaries," while describing the National Energy Board, an independent...

• EQUITIES: Sunshine Oilsands to start premarketing HK IPO next week

  IFR Asia - Jan 26, 2012

  Sunshine Oilsands is set to be the first sizable Hong Kong IPO to hit the market this year. The early-stage Canadian oil-sands company plans to start premarketing its proposed IPO of US$500m–$700m...

• Federal documents spark outcry by oil sands critics

  Globe and Mail - Jan 26, 2012

  Draft strategy papers describe National Energy Board as government ally and aboriginal groups as adversaries

• Canada's Sunshine Oilsands Plans to Seek Hong Kong Listing

  Energy Intelligence Group - Jan 26, 2012

  earlier this month when it became the first Chinese state firm to take full control of an Alberta oil sands play, the MacKay River project, in a deal with Athabasca Oil Sands.

• Oilsands 'allies' and 'adversaries' named in federal documents Jan 26, 2012 6:56 PM ET The federal government considers the media, aboriginal and environmental groups 'adversaries' when it comes to the debate on Canada's oilsan

  CBC - Jan 26, 2012

  media, the biodiesel industry and environmental and aboriginal groups "adversaries" in its attempt to advocate for Alberta's oilsands, according to documents obtained under access to information legislation. Energy companies, the National Energy Board, Environment Canada, business and industry associations...

• Oilsands 'allies' and 'adversaries' in federal documents

  CBC - Jan 26, 2012

  media, the biodiesel industry and environmental and aboriginal groups "adversaries" in its attempt to advocate for Alberta's oilsands, according to documents obtained under access to information legislation. Energy companies, the National Energy Board, Environment Canada, business and industry associations...

• Canadian Feds List Aboriginal Peoples as 'Adversaries' in Oil Sands PR Strategy

  Nasdaq - Jan 26, 2012

  s oil industry. The document was uncovered in Canada thanks to information requests, and is titled " pan-European Oilsands Advocacy Strategy ." Acquired by the International Business Times from a Canadian advocacy group that published the document, the e-mail was circulated in April 2011 and appears...

• Exchange Traded Concepts Eyes Oil Sands ETF

  Index Universe.com - Jan 26, 2012

  with U.S. regulators to launch the U.S. market’s first ETF to tap into North American oil sands companies. The Oklahoma City-based company, which rose from the ashes of the now-defunct ETF firm FaithShares last summer, pairs up with money managers to launch their own ETFs, much...

• New Oilsands Monitoring Coming: Environment Minister

  Daily Oil Bulletin - Jan 26, 2012

• Canadian Govt Plans Down Embarrassing Oil Sands Document: report

  Nasdaq - Jan 26, 2012

  The federal government disassociated itself on Thursday from an embarrassing official policy paper that said the country's independent energy regulator, now studying a controversial oil

• Harper government plays down oil sands document

  Globe and Mail - Jan 26, 2012

  Energy Board (NEB) – to approve Enbridge Inc.’s ENB-T plan to build a pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific Coast. More related to this story The NEB this month started hearings into the $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline, which the government says is needed to...

• Murmurs: Casino Battle Royale and OPE Oil Sands - Where the slogan “just right” always applies.

  WWeek - Jan 26, 2012

  The two guys from Lake Oswego who want Oregonians to approve a giant casino in east Multnomah County are back again. Last week, Matt Rossman and Bruce Studer got approval to begin gathering signatures for a constitutional amendment that would allow for...

• Government plays down oil sands document

  Globe and Mail - Jan 26, 2012

  Native protestors demonstrate in December, 2010, at Enbridge headquarters in Vancouver against the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. For The Globe and Mail

• Canada plays down embarrassing oil sands document (Reuters)

  Yahoo! News - Jan 26, 2012

  of the government's allies. The paper was part of a campaign to counter widespread criticism of the oil sands in the European Union. The paper - written by bureaucrats at the international trade ministry - also said that among the government's adversaries on the file were aboriginal...

• Ottawa plays down oil sands document

  Globe and Mail - Jan 26, 2012

  one of the governments allies. The paper was part of a campaign to counter widespread criticism of the oil sands in the European Union. The paper written by bureaucrats at the International Trade Ministry also said that among the governments adversaries on the file were aboriginal groups, also known...

• Canada plays down embarrassing oil sands document

  Reuters Africa - Jan 26, 2012

  of the government's allies. The paper was part of a campaign to counter widespread criticism of the oil sands in the European Union. The paper - written by bureaucrats at the international trade ministry - also said that among the government's adversaries on the file were aboriginal...

• Gov't calls green, native groups oilsands 'adversaries'

  CTV News - Jan 26, 2012