Oil Sands News in Canada
| 1/9/2013 - Paramount Resources Ltd. (Paramount) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary Cavalier Energy Inc. ("Cavalier") has received an updated independent evaluation of the Grand Rapids format... |
| 12/17/2012 - Paramount Resources Ltd. (Paramount) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary Cavalier Energy Inc. (“Cavalier”) filed a regulatory application for the Hoole Grand Rapids Project (“Hoole... |
| 12/14/2012 - Japan Petroleum Exploration Co, Ltd. (Japex) has made the Final Investment Decision (FID) on an oil sands project in the Hangingstone area in the Province of Alberta, Canada (Hangingstone Project) at ... |
| 12/12/2012 - Cenovus Energy Inc. plans to make a significant investment in its oil assets next year as it continues to focus on growing production. The company expects to invest between $3.2 billion and $3.6 billi... |
| 12/10/2012 - Inter Pipeline Fund (Inter Pipeline) is pleased to announce it has entered into a binding agreement to transport diluent to Suncor Energy Inc.'s oil sands operations. Under the terms of this 5-year sh... |
| 12/5/2012 - As previously announced, a minority shareholder of Mercom, has set up a company, Nordic acquisition Company Limited (NAC) to make an offer for control of Nordic Petroleum ASA, the current holder of th... |
| 11/28/2012 - Athabasca Oil Corporation announces the sanction of its Hangingstone 1 SAGD Project and reaffirms that its Light Oil Division is on track to meet its year-end production target of 10,000 to 11,000 bar... |
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11/20/2012 - KBR announced that it was awarded two contracts for Syncrude Canada Ltd. (Syncrude) to execute module fabrication and field construction for its Fluid Fine Tailings – Centrifuging Full Scale Plant (FF... |
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11/15/2012 - Foster Wheeler AG announced that a joint venture of a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group (Foster Wheeler Canada Ltd.) and Three Streams Engineering Ltd. has been awarded the f... |
| 10/31/2012 - Southern Pacific Resource Corp. (“STP” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that sales of diluted bitumen (“dilbit”) have commenced from its STP-McKay Thermal Project near Fort McMurray, Alberta. ... |
| 10/29/2012 - Fluor Corporation (FLR) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Suncor Energy to provide front-end project management and engineering services on the energy company’s MacKay River Phase 2 oil... |
| 10/22/2012 - PETRONAS Carigali Canada Ltd (PETRONAS Canada) and Progress Energy Resources Corp. (PRQ) announced that they will be meeting with officials from Industry Canada in Ottawa to better understand Industry... |
| 10/11/2012 - Southern Pacific (“STP” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an operational update on its STP-McKay and STP-Senlac Thermal Projects in Alberta and Saskatchewan. ... |
| 10/10/2012 - Fluor Corporation announced that Shell selected the firm as its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for Shell’s carbon capture facility for its flagship Carbon Capture and Stora... |
| 10/3/2012 - Canadian Natural Resources Limited (Canadian Natural) updates certain environmental initiatives and the plans for
its previously announced scheduled planned maintenance at its Horizon Oil Sands Proje... |
| 10/2/2012 - An agreement by Cenovus Energy Inc. to purchase the remaining assets of Oilsands Quest for $10 million received
approval from the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench. The majority of the assets are locate... |
| 9/27/2012 - Enbridge Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Suncor Energy Oil Sands Limited Partnership (Suncor) to expand the existing infrastructure at the Enbridge Athabasca Terminal to acco... |
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9/5/2012 - Shell announced that it will go ahead with the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for an oil sands operation in Canada. The Quest project will be built on behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands... |
| 9/4/2012 - Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE) is producing oil from phase D at its Christina Lake oil sands operation approximately three months ahead of schedule and within budget. The company began injecting steam in t... |
| 9/1/2012 - Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said it had not signed a deal in Canada after reports it had completed a preliminary agreement with Athabasca Oil Corp to develop the Alberta oil sands. ... |
