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Byline: EMMA GRANEY, Staff Lead Canada's oil and gas producers say a series of federal liquidity support programs designed to help the sector through a pandemic-caused crisis are ineffective and [...]

Introduction In the previous two parts to this series, I considered 'A (Nearly) New Approach' to interventions and 'Interventions in the 'Public Interest' at the Federal Court and Federal Court [...]

Byline: CALGARY, ALBERTA, Apr 21, 2016 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Alberta's new royalty system brings greater clarity for producers and investors, and more work is needed to attract new investment [...]

Byline: CALGARY, ALBERTA, Jun 26, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- The Alberta government should consider four principles to make the province more competitive for of oil and gas investment as [...]

This is the second of two articles on aboriginal land rights in Canada. The first appeared in The Oil Daily on Monday. In Canada's traditional oil and gas regions of [...]

OTTAWA -- Both the Alberta oil industry and environmentalists have slammed a preliminary Alberta plan to restrict drilling activity in ecologically sensitive areas in the province. The Canadian Association of [...]

The Canadian Assn of Petroleum Producers is asking British Columbia to remove the requirement for oil and gas firms to consult with environmental groups before approval is given for exploration. The regulations were introduced in Apr 1994, and have delayed the sale of 18 land parcels in northeast British Columbia. The environmental groups have stated that they wish to ensure that drilling does minimal harm to the environment, but that they do not oppose exploration., OTTAWA -- Already deep in battle with environmentalists in Alberta, the Canadian oil and gas industry now finds it faces tough new exploration restrictions in neighboring British Columbia. The Canadian [...]

Representatives of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers came to Washington, DC on Sep 21, 1993, to lobby on issues concerning Canadian oil and gas exports to the US. At the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), they lobbied for the traditional rolled-in rates for the Pacific Gas Transmission Co's expansion in the Pacific Northwest, which they argue are less financially risky that FERC's ratemaking plan. They also objected to FERC's proposed regulations on oil pipelines and price indexing mechanisms. Oil and gas drilling has increased in western Canada, and more pipelines for export to the US will be needed., WASHINGTON -- Canadian producers came to town Tuesday seeking 'fair treatment' from U.S. energy officials on issues affecting Canadian oil and gas exports to the United States. Representatives of the [...]

The Independent Petroleum Association of Canada, the Alberta Gas Producers Group and the Canadian Petroleum Association have asked Alberta's Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) to look into the swiftly-expanded, exhorbitantly-profitable monopoly Nova Corporation of Alberta holds on the natural gas market in Alberta, Canada. After an extensive audit of Nova the ERCB uncovered several deficiencies in pipeline design and management. The National Energy Board of Canada may take jurisdiction of Nova, based on its planned White Horse pipeline connection with US company Altamont Gas Transmission Co.

OTTAWA -- The Canadian Petroleum Association says it will appeal a decision by the California Public Utilities Commission that would open up natural gas pipelines to more direct competition. The [...]

CALGARY -- Warning that 'California may find itself without gas,' the Canadian Petroleum Association has asked the National Energy Board to review two big export licenses serving the state. CPA [...]

CALGARY -- Canada's largest oil lobby is gearing up a North American public information campaign to combat environmentalists' tales of how land and water may be hurt by the hunt [...]

ACanadian Senate committee has issued a report that says the government must achieve a balance between environmental protection measures and economic factors. The Senate committee also reported that any carbon tax would need to be high in order to change the behavior of industrial polluters and would have to be used toward greenhouse gas reduction. If other countries do not support these environmental efforts, Canada may damage itself economically. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has proposed formation of a 'multi-stakeholder committee' to determine environmental issues and define solutions.