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Canada’s oil industry is pushing back hard on proposals to impose a higher carbon tax, arguing the policy adds costs at a time when the world needs more secure and affordable sources of energy. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith agreed to a higher carbon tax for industrial emissions and a carbon storage project as part of...
Pipeline operator Enbridge Inc. hasn’t ruled out helping build a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the British Columbia coast under the right regulatory conditions, the company’s top executive said.
President Donald Trump’s push to unlock Venezuelan crude is strengthening the political case for a proposed pipeline that would allow Canada to ship more oil to China and other Asian markets. Refineries in the American Midwest are configured to process Canada’s heavy crude. But prices for the commodity slumped Monday as traders worried that the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas...
The expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline will cost about $3.1 billion more than the Canadian government-owned company running the project projected in May, another financial setback for a project beset by spiralling expenses and years of delays. Costs for the expansion — which involves twinning a pipeline stretching from Edmonton to Vancouver — will be 10 per cent...
Justin Trudeau has promised one of the largest government-led asset sales in Canadian history by divesting the Trans Mountain pipeline, a huge conduit that moves crude from the province of Alberta to the west coast. But the government faces a mounting set of challenges in unloading it — including high interest rates, a fight over costs with oil companies, and...