Petroleum
Economy: IPMAN asks NLC to intervene over increment in #petroleum price
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has called on the Nigeria Labour Party and the management of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation...
University of Calgary hits pause on bachelor’s program in oil and gas engineering
For more than two decades, the bachelor’s program in oil and gas engineering at the University of Calgary was popular with students seeking...
Emergency crews respond to derailed train in central Alberta
Emergency crews were working to contain a spill at the scene of a train derailment just south of Lacombe in central Alberta Friday night....
Pump prices expected to continue climb as oilpatch eyes better days ahead
With oil prices recently returning to some of their highest levels in years, experts say drivers should prepare to pay even more at the...
Canada, Alberta sign deal for $1.3B hydrogen plant in Edmonton
The federal and Alberta governments have signed an agreement with a private company that could lead to a $1.3 billion hydrogen plant being...
Canadians who rely on Line 5 on edge as Michigan’s deadline looms to shut Enbridge pipeline
Canadian workers and others who benefit from Enbridge’s Line 5 are anxiously watching what’s playing out this week in Michigan, which has given the...
Supreme Court to rule today on whether the federal carbon tax is constitutional
The Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision today on whether the federal Liberal government’s carbon pricing regime is constitutional — a ruling that...
A year of misfortune: How the global pandemic has battered N.L.’s oil and gas industry
Amanda Young had her dream job as a cook on the Terra Nova FPSO, one of four oil-producing platforms in offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. “We...
Canada’s pipeline regulator says it’s taking a stand against systemic racism
Rueben George says he’s not at all surprised that, in an era of racial reckoning, Canada’s top pipeline regulator is signalling it wants to...
How growing global electric car sales could be a boon for Alberta
It may sound paradoxical, but electric cars could soon be an economic driver for oil-rich Alberta. Global sales of electric vehicles grew by...
Natural gas vs. methane: How the name influences our view of this fossil fuel
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Ottawa to hike federal carbon tax to $170 a tonne by 2030
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today released the government’s strategy to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 — and its centrepiece is a...
Racist jokes, bullying and exclusion: Oilsands workers describe discrimination on the job
Face Racism will be an ongoing Marketplace series. We are interested in following people searching for justice in their communities, the marketplace and...
Is it possible to make a sustainable smartphone?
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Alberta unconcerned about OPEC prediction for slower growth in oil demand over next 25 years
Alberta’s energy minister is unconcerned about a new report by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that suggests demand for oil will...
What the oilpatch thinks about the financial aid offered by Ottawa
Not long after oil prices started their plunge in March, the calls for financial aid for Canada’s oilpatch began — and continued as...
