February 5, 2015 CALGARY — The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, will deliver a brief statement discussing the status of the European Fuel Quality Directive and Canada’s position as a secure, responsible and reliable source of energy to the world. He will respond to questions from the media. Location:Harry Hays Building —…
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Syncrude Canada contractors are being asked to engage in cost cutting measures and to work with the company in lowering costs and keeping them down. Oil prices continue to drop, creating concern for those in the oil industry, and Syncrude is looking at ways to lower operating expenses as a result of falling profits. Mark…
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Budget cuts due to the falling price of oil has cause expected Shell investment decisions to be delayed. The final decision on investing in the last two phases of the Carmon Creek project has been delayed. This was announced shortly after the Royal Dutch Shell company revealed on Thursday that the business will be cutting…
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A cash seizure at the Calgary airport occurred under the Crime and Terrorist Financing Act when border patrol agents caught a man traveling to the Middle East with a large amount of undisclosed cash. During an interview with the traveler on January 15 officials with the Canadian Border Service Agency the traveler told officials that…
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The weight limit reduction on the Fort Chip winter road is in effective, and Wood Buffalo residents need to be aware of these new weight limits. The new weight limit on the road is 5,000kg. The recent warm spell has seen temperatures higher than normal for this time of year. Protocol dictates that when the…
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TransCanada still has hope that the Keystone XL pipeline will be approved by the new Congress, and the company is calling out the legislators in the US government to overcome a threatened veto by President Obama. When Republicans in the new Congress won a majority of seats this provided hope that the long stalled project…
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