November 12, 2015

Canadian Oil Sands accuses Suncor of paying brokers to win takeover bid

Suncor, Canada's dominant oil sands player, telling COS shareholders the firm has a record of “underperformance, financial challenges,” and vulnerability to low oil prices.

November 6, 2015

Regulator to weigh on Suncor attempts to take over Canadian Oil Sands

Suncor steeped up its hostile Cdn$4.3bn bid for COS by asking the Alberta Securities Commission to strike down the target’s rights plan to prevent a takeover.

October 19, 2015

Canadian Oil Sands asks shareholders to reject Suncor’s $3.3 billion hostile bid

The company said Suncor Energy’s hostile takeover offer was "undervalued, opportunistic and exploitive."

October 8, 2015

Suncor calls Canadian Oil Sands’ poison pill ‘inappropriate’

"Disappointed but not surprised"

October 7, 2015

Canadian Oil Sands rejects Suncor bid; adopts poison pill

Buying time.

October 5, 2015

Suncor launches $4.3 billion bid for Canadian Oil Sands

Canadian Oil Sands has been labouring under low oil prices.

September 8, 2015

Canadian regulator lets Nexen reopen 40 utility pipelines at Long Lake

The remaining 55 pipelines affected by a suspension order must stay closed until the company can demonstrate they're safe.

September 3, 2015

Canadian Oil Sands project to operate at ‘minimal’ rates until end of the month

The largest synthetic crude oil processing facility in Canada is slowly recovering from a fire that damaged equipment and communication lines over the weekend.

August 31, 2015

Fire damages Canadian Syncrude equipment, forces firm to halt production

The incident adds to the firm's mounting challenges, including swinging to a loss, growing debt, unplanned equipment outages and Moody’s Investors Service recent cut of the company's credit rating.

April 3, 2015

Chile’s floods: What others are not telling you

While miners operating in the affected area did not reported any serious damage, blocked roads forced some to halt operations and the final costs remain to be seen.