CDN and International News
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December 28, 2017
EDMONTON — Nexen Energy is facing workplace charges following the deaths of two oilsands workers in northern Alberta. The men had been doing maintenance work in a hydrogen compressor building at the company’s Long Lake upgrader near Anzac on Jan. 15, … Read More ➝
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December 22, 2017
CALGARY — In a rare sign of optimism for the future of the oilsands, South Korea-owned Harvest Operations Corp. says it has decided to complete and begin producing from a 10,000-barrel-per-day project it halted more than two years ago due to low oil p… Read More ➝
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December 22, 2017
MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway is testing the commercial viability of shipping dry pellets of heavy crude by rail, a process it says lessens environmental risk and could unlock offshore markets for the country’s energy producers. Earlier this ye… Read More ➝
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December 22, 2017
VICTORIA — Salmon migrating through rivers and streams in British Columbia use all their strength, but new research says even tiny amounts of diluted bitumen weakens their chances of making it back to spawn. Exposure to diluted bitumen hinders the swi… Read More ➝
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December 22, 2017
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The winds of change are pushing Mark Kokas in a new career direction. Nearly two years after being laid off as an electrician in Alberta’s flailing oil and gas sector, the 42-year-old is training to become a wind turbine technician… Read More ➝
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