oil sands

Another day, another delay for the tormented Trans Mountain Pipeline, The federally owned Trans Mountain Corporation (TMC) building the long overdue expansion says it has hit another snag. As TMC inches its way along the Fraser Valley, it has encountered an issue while drilling through Mountain 3 along the route. The project, which will provide […]

A new study published in the Academic Journal “Science” says air quality emissions from the oil sands are being highly underestimated by industry. The paper, funded by the National Science Foundation and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, reports aircraft measurements of emissions from the Alberta oilsands are up to 6,300 per cent […]

Pathways Alliance (Pathways) is continuing to move forward with its proposed Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project. The company, made up of Canada’s six largest oil sands producers, says they are making strides on multiple simultaneous projects. They hope to eventually capture and sequester 22 million tonnes of CO2 emissions from the oil sands every […]

Suncor is purchasing French Energy giant, TotalEnergies EP Canada Ltd. (Total) Canadian operations. The $1.468 billion acquisition means Suncor takes over Total’s 31.23 per cent working interest in the Fort Hills oil sands mining project (Fort Hills) and adds 61,000 barrels per day of net bitumen production capacity along with 75 million barrels of proved […]