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Connacher Oil and Gas says it is on schedule to complete its second 10,000 boe/day in situ oilsands facility in April, and is open to joint venture prospects.
Many residents of Fort McMurray are actually happy about the economic downturn, as it has restored some normalcy to a "crazy" city. And as new oilsands projects begin to ramp up again, many are calling for changes to avoid a repeat of what happened in the last oilsands boom.  
Lawyer Ronald Kruhlak, team leader of Energy, Environmental and Regulatory Law Practice Group at McLennan Ross LLP, explains the growing regulatory challenges that oilsands producers and contractors are facing and how they must meet those challenges.
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, many junior oilsands companies are working to dispel investor scepticism, reassessing everything from financing and strategic partnerships, to technologies and project timelines.
Talk over how to turn the tide against negative oilsands publicity dominates the annual trade show and conference in Edmonton, as many industry officials acknowledge they are losing the communications battle.
Syncrude and Albian Sands Energy show off their environmental initiatives in response to criticism that they are doing little to mitigate the impacts of oilsands surface mining.
CAPP launches new communications approach after survey shows most Canadians don't have much faith in what oilsands producers are saying and doing about the environment, but it also faces a more immediate challenge in communicating with a new American administration in Washington.
ConocoPhillips shows off Phase I of its new SAGD facility and discusses its ambitious plans for Phase II.
Oilsands companies are increasingly engaging the public in a dialogue over the environmental impact of their operations as new environmental movements gain momentum in Alberta.
Alberta Energy Minister Mel Knight tells The Energy Roundtable conference that he isn't overly concerned about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's election promise to restrict bitumen exports to countries that don't match Canada's greenhouse gas standards.
Devon Canada Corporation's new 35,000 bbls per day Jackfish in situ oilsands plant is up and running and the company just recently received approval for its $1 billion phase two expansion.
Editor’s Blog
Apparently the good folks at “Corporate Ethics” would like to destroy as many Alberta industries as they can. Now they want not only the hundreds of thousands of people employed by the energy industry to lose their jobs, but those who support the tourism industry as well. That’ll learn those Albertans. How dare they produce [...]
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