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ConocoPhillips is in no rush to sell oil sands assets

May 21, 2013 at 12:25 pm in Business, News by Ferne Wynnyk

One oil sands company has decided not to sell off its oil sands assets, right now. ConocoPhillips was looking to raise about $10-billion in capital by finding buyers or partners for 50% of its mostly undeveloped Read more >

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Survey: About half of AB knows and respects energy companies

May 17, 2013 at 6:34 am in Business, News by Ferne Wynnyk

ATCO, Suncor, Shell….according to a new survey, almost half of the province knows and respects energy companies. Insights West measured the perceptions and familiarity of 21 different energy companies. The survey showed residents are most familiar Read more >

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Harper in New York, promoting energy prospects

May 16, 2013 at 7:43 am in Business, News by Ferne Wynnyk

The Prime Minister is in the ‘Big Apple’ today promoting Canada’s energy prospects to a leading U.S think tank. Stephen Harper is expected to stress to the Council on Foreign Relations that Canada is halfway towards Read more >

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Syncrude emits most GHGs in AB; in-situ project emissions nearly double

May 14, 2013 at 6:11 pm in Business, News by tyler.king

Syncrude has been named the biggest greenhouse gas emitter in Alberta. It ranked first out of 160 industrial sites in a survey by the provincial government. Two coal-fired electricity plants came in second and third place, Read more >

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Northwest Territories pushing for northbound oil sands pipeline

May 14, 2013 at 1:29 pm in Business, News by tyler.king

The Northwest Territories wants an oil sands pipeline running north. The Canadian Press reports that the territories’ industry minister David Ramsay wants a line to run through their land, into the Yukon and eventually to Alaska Read more >

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