September 18, 2012

VIDEO: Keystone XL’s rivals try humour to win supporters

Opposition to TransCanada's (TSX, NYSE: TRP) Keystone XL oil pipeline has reached YouTube, where a recently posted video "We Quit You, Keystone XL (It's Not Us, It's You)" is getting…

September 14, 2012

Oil sands to exceed Alberta’s new pollution limits

Less than two weeks after Alberta enacted legally enforceable pollution limits for its oilsands region, industry figures already suggest they will soon be breached by emissions of two major gases…

September 11, 2012

Lumina Copper: good things come to those who wait

For a while, Lumina Copper (LCC) shares defied gravity. As of Mar. 28, when shares closed at $17, the stock had a one-year return of 150% — while most TSX…

August 31, 2012

Athabasca confirms oil sands venture

Athabasca Oil Corp. (TSX:ATH) confirmed Friday that it is in the preliminary stages of establishing a joint venture for two of its Alberta oil sands assets, but it declined to…

August 23, 2012

TransCanada’s Keystone XL a step closer after Texas ruling

TransCanada's Keystone XL oil pipeline won a small battle Wednesday night as a Texas judge ruled in favour of the firm passing through a farm, after the owner took the…

August 22, 2012

China’s oil giant cuts dividends to afford Nexen

Even Chinese oil giants have to pinch pennies when making a $15 billion bid

August 10, 2012

Time to pull the plug on the Enbridge Northern Gateway fiasco

Days after the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board issued a scathing report on the company’s incompetent response to a Michigan oil spill, Enbridge issued a statement saying that it is…

July 25, 2012

Suncor to delay joint venture oil sands projects

Billions of dollars in joint venture projects with partner Total E&P Canada will be delayed, said Suncor Energy’s new chief executive Steve Williams on Wednesday, as both companies are analyzing…

July 22, 2012

Alberta pipeline review to assure Canadians, minister says

A review of pipeline regulations ordered today by the Alberta government is not specifically meant to reassure critics of the Northern Gateway pipeline but if it does, all the better,…

July 6, 2012

Opec’s gift to oil sands producers: high oil prices

Canadian oil sands producers battling high development costs are getting help from an unlikely quarter: Saudi Arabia and its OPEC allies.