Alberta

Canada’s oilsands sector emerged with an increased global market share during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Alberta Department of Finance. The northern bitumen belt stood out by standing firm while other supplies shrank, data compiled from the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) showed. Oilsands mines and underground extraction plants…

The Alberta government on Monday announced a C$825 million ($660 million) takeover of a 50% ownership share in Canada’s newest oilsands refinery near the provincial capital in Edmonton. North West Refining Inc. is to be paid C$425 million ($340 million) for its half-equity in the 79,000 b/d refinery north of Edmonton. North West also agreed…

Canada’s top oil- and gas-producing province is expected to score the nation’s strongest comeback this year on improved commodity prices after taking the biggest dive in 2020 driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report. As measured in 2012 dollars, the “real” trend yardstick used by the Conference Board of Canada, Alberta’s gross…

The Alberta government has won an epic court battle with its British Columbia (BC) counterpart over rights of oil- and natural gas-producing provinces to control pipeline flows. The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a BC lawsuit against a 2018 Alberta bill nicknamed the “turn-off-the-taps act,” formally titled the Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act. BC…

Liquids-rich natural gas and prolific oil properties in northwestern Alberta, known as the Charlie Lake field, inspired C$526 million (US$421 million) in deals announced this week by Calgary-based operators.  In one transaction, Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. paid C$247.5 million ($198 million) cash and traded 105.3 million shares valued at C$2.34/share ($1.87) for Anegada Oil Corp.…

The Alberta government on Monday awarded a C$408 million ($326 million) grant to Inter Pipeline Ltd. for new industrial projects that use natural gas and its liquid byproducts as raw materials. Inter Pipeline is receiving the grant through the Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program (APIP) in three annual installments after the scheduled completion of its C$3.9…

After losing nearly C$1.3 billion ($975 million) on the aborted Keystone XL (KXL) oil export pipeline project, Alberta, Canada’s top fossil fuel-producing province, also stands braced for more lean years on oversupplied North American natural gas markets. The toll taken by the Covid-19 pandemic, energy commodity surpluses and a bad bet on the U.S. presidential…

Calgary-based exploration and production (E&P) company Obsidian Energy Ltd. said Monday it would try to capitalize on higher commodity prices by spending an additional C$3.2 million ($2.5 million) in 2020 to begin drilling the first pad in its Central Alberta Willesden Green asset. Obsidian’s 2020 capital spending is set to increase to C$56 million ($43…

A C$100 million ($75 million) oil development is planned over the next two years by a new northeastern Alberta drilling partnership announced Monday between Headwater Exploration Inc. and Cenovus Energy Inc. The deal gives Headwater a working ownership from Cenovus of Marten Hills, a 295-square-mile prospect, with C$35 million ($26 million) in cash plus 50…