Canada
Political Risk
California-based major Chevron is set to finalise a deal with the government of Newfoundland and Labrador to develop the CAD6bn (US$5.7bn) Hebron oil field.
2008-08-19Political Risk
Houston-based ConocoPhillips has said it hopes fellow US major ExxonMobil will join it and partner British major BP in their Alaskan natural gas pipeline project, Denali. The Denali...
2008-08-12Economy
The Canadian province of British Columbia has sold CAD610mn (US$609mn) worth of oil and gas rights in its July lease sale, beating records for all previous months and bringing year-to-date...
2008-07-18Industry
TransCanada and ConocoPhillips plan to extend the Keystone crude pipeline system from Canada to the US Gulf Coast, adding 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) of capacity on the route...
2008-07-17Economy
Anglo-Dutch major Royal Dutch Shell has launched an agreed bid for Canadian independent tight gas producer Duvernay Oil for CAD5.9bn (US$5.87bn), as it seeks to enhance its gas...
2008-07-15Companies
Indian oil companies may invest up to US$2.5bn to secure stakes in Canada's tar sands projects, according to India's oil secretary M. S. Srinivasan, speaking at the 19th World Petroleum...
2008-07-04Economy
US independent Occidental Petroleum announced on June 9 2008 that it has agreed to pay CAD500mn to acquire a 15% stake in the Total-operated Joslyn oil sands project in Alberta...
2008-06-24Economy
A study by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) has concluded that oil production from Canada will grow at a more tempered rate than initially projected.
2008-06-19



