Settlement reached in Keystone pipeline's first eminent domain trials

Associated Press - June 9, 2008 7:05 PM ET

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Some landowners in eastern South Dakota have reached a settlement with TransCanada Keystone for the company's use of eminent domain to build an oil pipeline.

Terms of the agreement were confidential.

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.

Stop the Tar Sands Oil Rush
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Major oil companies want to use Illinois as a major artery for bringing dirty tar sands oil from Canada to the U.S. market — with enormous consequences for our local environment and our global climate.

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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.

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.

Construction Nears For Keystone Pipeline

The start of construction is getting closer for an oil pipeline that could be built just 50 miles from the Hyperion project.

Officials with the Keystone crude oil pipeline say landowners with easements will be told when construction will get underway.

Making mention of the Pew Foundation/Charitable Trusts here is ridiculously over-simplified. The groups that the Pew fund, through the money from Sunoco (who continue to refine tar sands oil and make multiple billions), are overwhelmingly among the most tame and market driven ones-- deflecting actual campaigning against the tar sands.

Sask. to go nuclear?
By NEIL WAUGH, EDMONTON SUN

Alberta NDP Leader Brian Mason went off the Richter Scale in the legislature last week. What else is new.

This time it was over Premier Ed Stelmach's nuclear energy policy.

Basically, the policy says let's study it now and come up with a position later after the premier promises to "ask Albertans for their opinions.

Ottawa fast tracks Kearl mine permit
Decision to green-light Imperial oil sands project for a second time now sits with cabinet
DAVID EBNER AND BRIAN LAGHI
Globe and Mail
May 19, 2008

May 15, 2008 - For Immediate Release
Jailed Algonquin Leader Begins Hunger Strike
Second Algonquin Chief Going to Jail - McGuinty Government Does Nothing

Eni finds oil sands deposits in Congo
By Ed Crooks in Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo

Published: May 20 2008 03:00 | Last updated: May 20 2008 03:00

Eni, the Italian oil group, has discovered a large oil sands deposit in the Republic of Congo that is expected to become Africa's first large unconventional oil development and could hold several billion barrels.

It's open season on natural gas pipeline

CONFERENCE: State's intentions don't faze competing ventures.
Petroleum News

Published: May 12th, 2008 11:07 PM

The two North Slope producers looking to build a natural gas pipeline in Alaska plan to move forward even if the state awards a license to a competing project, according to a senior executive.

Here is the intervention that was made at the United Nations by the
Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations.

INTERVENTION TO THE SEVENTH SESSION ON THE UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON
INDIGENOUS ISSUES

Read at approximately 12:00 noon, Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Cameco President Says Sask Not Quite Ready For Nuclear Plant

By Brynn Harris
Updated May 16, 2008 - 6:13am

The President of a prominent Saskatchewan uranium mining company does not think the province is ready for a nuclear power plant.

Recently, a leaked SaskPower report named Lake Diefenbaker as an ideal spot for one.