Ottawa awards BP $1.2B in exploration permits in Beaufort Sea
Last Updated: Monday, June 9, 2008
CBC News

Energy giant BP came out the big winner in the federal government's latest auction for oil and gas exploration leases in the Beaufort Sea, offering to spend nearly $1.2 billion to explore on the Arctic seabed.

Special to Canadian Dimension
June 9, 2008

In 2004 when Post Carbon Toronto was initially formed the data supported scientific theories of peak oil and gas were considered by the media and most economists as only slightly less deranged than a 9/11 conspiracy theory. Today that situation has changed far more quickly than we thought possible, [...]

Oil sands demand spurs U.S. refinery boom
As refiners increase capacity to handle Alberta oil, environmental organizations ratchet up the pressure

SHAWN MCCARTHY
GLOBAL ENERGY REPORTER
June 5, 2008

Imperial's oilsands permit restored
Reuters
Published: Saturday, June 07, 2008

CALGARY - Imperial Oil Ltd. again has all the approvals it needs to go ahead with its $8-billion Kearl oilsands project after the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) reinstated its authorization, revoked in March during a legal battle.

Regulatory delay hits pipeline

Paul Bickford
Northern News Services
Published Monday, May 26, 2008

YELLOWKNIFE - The Mackenzie Gas Project is facing another regulatory delay.

A report by the Joint Review Panel (JRP) expected in mid-2008 has now been once again delayed to sometime next year.

Exxon Mobil CEO takes aim at environmentalists
Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post
Thursday, May 29, 2008

Deep Well Purchases 6 New Sections of Land in the Peace River Area

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, May 28, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) ----Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Deep Well") (PINK SHEETS: DWOG) are pleased to announce that they have purchased another 6 sections in the Peace River area.

WoodMac: US refiners, pipelines invest in Canadian tar sands

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, May 30 -- The projected growth of Alberta oil sands production, which has in place some 1.75 trillion bbl of resources, is triggering a wave of investments, said Wood Mackenzie Ltd., Edinburgh.

The Tar Sands, Downstream: Who pays price of pollution?

TheTyee.ca
May 20, 2008

When 500 ducks died earlier this month after landing on a tar sands tailings pond, Canadians got a glimpse into how unfettered tar sands development is taking its toll.

Alaska governor recommends TransCanada's pipeline bid
ANNE SUTTON
The Associated Press
May 22, 2008 at 6:39 PM EDT

JUNEAU, Alaska — — Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on Thursday recommended that state lawmakers approve a proposal from TransCanada Corp. [TRP-T] to build a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope to a hub in Alberta.

Northern Gateway Pipeline a Go
Fri, 2008-05-23 17:42.
Local News

THE ENBRIDGE NORTHERN GATEWAY PIPELINE PROJECT IS A GO AHEAD ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT'S VP OF PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS STEVE GREENAWAY. THIS ALL DESPITE THE OPPOSITION THEY'VE FACED BY ABORIGINAL GROUPS AND CONCERNED ENVIRONMENTALISTS.

Time to draw a line in the oil sands

May 01, 2008 04:30 AM
Gillian McEachern
Matt Price

Ontario is on the cusp of helping oil-sands emissions explode. Shell Canada wants permits to be granted by the end of this year for a new refinery in Sarnia to process oil from its oil-sands mines in Alberta for use in gas tanks across the GTA.