Fluor Corporation declared that it was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract for infrastructure and offlease facilities for the first phase of Imperial Oil’s Kearl oil sands project, a surface mining and bitumen extraction operation located 70 kilometers northeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta. For full story, click here
Canada-based Vangold Resources has sought oil and gas exploration rights for Rwanda’s Lake Kivu following successful air and satellite surveys. For full story, click here
SONIC Technology Solutions Inc. declared that the Company and Shell Canada Energy have jointly filed a patent application for the recovery of bitumen from oil sands. For full story, click here
An environmental group has asked U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to deny permits for pipelines that would bring oil from Canada’s oil sands to the United States. For full story, click here
An environmental group on Wednesday asked U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to deny permits for pipelines that would bring oil from Canada’s tar sands to the United States. For full story, click here
Exxon Mobil Corp., the world’s leading oil refiner, boosted its capacity to transport crude from Canada’s oil sands to refineries in Texas and Louisiana. For full story, click here
UTS Energy Corp. declared that it has begun to plot out new ways to develop the delayed Fort Hills oil sands project but decisions must wait until Suncor Energy Inc. has closed its takeover of the operator, Petro-Canada. For full story, click here
Prudent greenhouse gas regulations can safely limit emissions in Canada’s oil sands while allowing robust development, according to a new report from the Council on Foreign Relations. For full story, click here
Total SA, Europe’s third-leading oil company, declared heavy oil from Canada and Venezuela will make up about 10 percent of its output and 15 percent of reserves within 15 years. For full story, click here
Opti Canada Inc, a partner with Nexen Inc. in an oil-sands project, gained 11 percent after Total SA declared that it will seek acquisitions to replace its failed bid for tar-sands developer UTS Energy Corp. For full story, click here
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