Canada

A Canadian court has ruled that Anglo-Dutch major Royal Dutch Shell can convert its Montreal East refinery into a fuels terminal.

Canadian midstream operator Enbridge has shut down its Line 10 oil pipeline, which transports crude from the giant Lakehead System network to New York State, following an oil leak.... 2010-09-14

Canadian midstream operator Enbridge has agreed to provide pipeline and terminal services to Husky Energy's Sunrise oil sands project, according to a September 7 2010 press release.... 2010-09-08

Canada's Husky Energy has announced the signing of a purchase agreement that would see it acquire natural gas properties in west-central Alberta.

Japan's Mitsubishi will pay US$237mn for a 50% stake in Penn West Energy's Cordova shale gas project in British Columbia (BC) in Canada, the companies announced in separate statements... 2010-08-25

US oil services major Baker Hughes announced the acquisition of Canadian oil field equipment supplier Tanroc in a press release on August 17 2010.

Oil and gas activity in North America's Arctic waters looks set to begin picking up for the first time since the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) oil spill caused a backlash against industry activity... 2010-08-09

Ambitious plans to bring Canadian oil sands to the US Gulf refining hubs are facing growing scrutiny from regulators in Washington. Midstream operator TransCanada was expected to open... 2010-07-22

British major BP is three quarters of the way towards its divestment target after agreeing a US$7bn asset sale with US independent Apache on July 21.

Canadian independent Cenovus Energy is hoping to open up a new oil sands region in the Grand Rapids area of north-eastern Alberta.