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By Chris Purdy |
October 16, 2008
The premiers of oil-rich Alberta and Saskatchewan say they want more information about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plan to restrict oilsands exports.
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By Lauren Krugel |
October 10, 2008
Shrivelling oil prices will continue to knock down the price of fuel, while the oilpatch is bracing for rocky imes as profit margins narrow and credit becomes tougher to come by.
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By Canadian Press |
October 1, 2008
Alberta's energy minister says the province hasn't ruled out challenging the constitutionality of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's election campaign promise to ban bitumen shipments to countries that have weak environmental regulations.
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By Canadian Press |
September 30, 2008
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach says he's not about to tangle with the prime minister during a federal election campaign over who controls bitumen exports.
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By Lauren Krugel |
September 30, 2008
No matter which of the top three national parties emerges victorious in the federal election Oct. 14, oilsands output will likely keep on rising - at least in the near term, a political economist says.
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By John Cotter |
September 29, 2008
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's election promise to restrict the export of bitumen outside of Canada could affect investment in the oilsands and infringe on Alberta's jurisdiction over the resource, says deputy premier Ron Stevens.
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By Canadian Press |
September 26, 2008
Work on the Heartland oilsands upgrader northeast of Edmonton has been put on hold, a Strathcona County official said Thursday.
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By Lauren Krugel |
September 11, 2008
Producers in Alberta's oilsands have reason to be nervous if the price of crude oil continues on its downward path, an energy analyst said Thursday.
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By Tim Naumetz |
August 25, 2008
The Canadian corporate giants dominating Alberta oil sands extraction and refining lobbied the federal government intensively this summer, federal records show.
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By Canadian Press |
August 15, 2008
Access Energy Inc. says it's disappointed that the Saskatchewan government has decided none of the bids for oil sands exploratory permits in the province were acceptable.
