EnergyNow News and Press Releases
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July 31, 2019
HOUSTON — An explosion and fire at an Exxon Mobil oil refinery in Texas on Wednesday left 37 people with minor injuries, in the latest of a series of petrochemical industry blazes this year in the Houston area. The fire began after an explosion at app… Read More ➝
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July 31, 2019
CALGARY — Oilsands producer MEG Energy Corp. says it bought unused production quota room from other producers to increase its bitumen output to near maximum capacity in the second quarter despite the ongoing Alberta government oil curtailment program…. Read More ➝
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July 31, 2019
CALGARY — Growth in oilsands production over the next 20 years is expected to be slower than previously forecast, despite falling project construction costs, according to a study update by the Canadian Energy Research Institute. Total oilsands output … Read More ➝
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July 30, 2019
SASKATOON — The Saskatchewan government is applying to have its Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of the federal carbon tax pushed back. An email from the Ministry of Justice says a delay would help Saskatchewan co-ordinate its legal chal… Read More ➝
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July 30, 2019
CALGARY — B.C. environmental activist Mike Sawyer says it’s “highly probable” he will appeal a National Energy Board ruling that a pipeline designed to deliver natural gas to the $40-billion LNG Canada project falls under provincial, not federal, juri… Read More ➝
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July 29, 2019
CALGARY — Vermilion Energy Inc. says a refinery outage in France led to a second-quarter oil and gas production decline from the prior quarter, offset by gains in its operations in the United States and Australia. CEO Tony Marino says the Calgary-base… Read More ➝
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July 28, 2019
CALGARY — The Alberta government says it will again ease its crude oil curtailment program for September. In a news release, it says it will allow the maximum amount to be produced by the province’s senior oil companies to rise to 3.76 million barrels… Read More ➝
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July 26, 2019
CALGARY — A federal-provincial panel says a proposed northeastern Alberta oilsands mine would be in the public interest, even though it would likely significantly harm the environment and Indigenous people. Vancouver-based Teck Resources Ltd. aims to … Read More ➝
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