Industry has lobbied for months asking for help Lobbying cries boomed from the front steps of Confederation Building Wednesday afternoon as hundreds of oil and gas workers and their supporters rallied to escalate their demand for all levels of government to take action and help the struggling industry. “What do we want? Political support. When […]
There’s no way the Newfoundland and Labrador government can afford Husky Energy’s request for a massive oil project buy-in, Premier Andrew Furey said Monday.“It’s time to start being honest,” he told reporters following the reopening of the provincial legislature. The legislature resumed so the minority Liberal government could introduce a supply bill to keep operatio
Unifor Local 2121, which represents workers in the offshore oil & gas industry, is organizing a rally to support the offshore. Scheduled for Wednesday, September 16 from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. at Confederation Building, the rally will start in the west parking lot (closest to the College of the North Atlantic). Unifor is asking people […]
Meanwhile, Placentia reeling from uncertainty over West White Rose future Newfoundland and Labrador’s finance minister says there is no way the government can prop up an oil company threatening to pull the plug on a $2.2-billion project. Siobhan Coady told reporters Thursday that Husky Energy has come looking for further investment in the West White […]
Billions of dollars in economic benefits tied to a major offshore oil project are in limbo as its main proponent mulls over how to best proceed in financially uncertain times. Husky Energy announced Wednesday it will review its West White Rose project in Newfoundland and Labrador. Located in the Jeanne d’Arc Basin approximately 350 kilometres […]
Construction on concrete gravity structure at Argentia suspended in March due to COVID-19 Another shock wave has hit the Newfoundland and Labrador oil industry, with Husky Energy announcing Wednesday that it will carry out a review of the massive White Rose extension project, which was suspended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision […]
Banks and creditors are running out of patience with a now six-year downturn in the Canadian oil industry Small- and mid-sized oil and gas companies in Canada are going the way of the dodo bird. “The 20,000-barrel-per-day producer in Western Canada is an endangered species. We don’t see that changing for some time,” said Adam […]
The Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industries Association (Noia) is frustrated with a lack of a commitment from the federal government to support to the province’s offshore oil and gas industry. Noia issued a news release Thursday responding to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s answers to questions about the industry posed by VOCM “Open Line” […]
(St. John’s – September 3, 2020) Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with VOCM Open Line host Paddy Daly who asked pointed questions about supporting the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore oil and gas industry. The responses of the prime minister did not provide any commitment or clarity, despite months of a crisis in the offshore, […]
The CEO of Noia says time is of the essence if the federal government is going to come up with an incentive plan to help encourage continued development in the offshore. Charlene Johnson says the provincial government expects to lose $11-billion in revenue and 90,000 person-years of employment over the next ten years due to […]
