Ottawa

The Liberal government in Ottawa has inserted a global native rights ideal into the approval process for C$3.4 billion ($2.6 billion) in projects by TransCanada Corp.’s western pipeline grid, Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL).

An efficiency overhaul of the Canadian energy and environment regulatory apparatus, by legislation currently before Parliament in Ottawa, is coming just in time for the country’s chief oil, gas and power watchdog.

An efficiency overhaul of Canada’s energy and environment regulatory apparatus, by legislation currently before Parliament in Ottawa, is coming just in time for the country’s chief oil, gas and power watchdog.

Canadian and industry officials met in Ottawa earlier this month to launch a road map to expand the use of natural gas as a transportation fuel across the country.

In the latest move to build demand for North America’s burgeoning natural gas supplies, industry and government officials met in Ottawa, Canada last Friday to launch what they are calling a roadmap for market development of natural gas as a transportation fuel throughout the nation.

Southern California Gas did not extend a new high-linepack OFO beyond Tuesday.

The provincial government of Quebec and the Canadian government reached an accord on offshore oil and gas resources on Thursday, creating a joint Quebec-Ottawa oversight board and granting the province all revenues from development in its territorial waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

The provincial government of Quebec and the Canadian government reached an accord on offshore oil and gas resources Thursday, creating a joint Quebec-Ottawa oversight board and granting the province all revenues from development in its territorial waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Canada’s arctic natural gas development scheme has advanced a step by receiving final regulatory approval, after the federal cabinet in Ottawa ratified the favorable decision in December by the National Energy Board (NEB) (see Daily GPI, Dec. 20, 2010).