Irving Oil Ltd.’s venture to use tankers to ship Western Canadian crude from B.C., through the Panama Canal, and up to its New Brunswick refinery is a return to the purpose of the failed Energy East pipeline project, former premier and Canadian ambassador Frank McKenna says. “It’s a spectacular thing,” said Mr. McKenna, an early […]
Canadian liquefaction player gets deadline extensions for commercial deliveries, FIDs Canadian liquefaction player Pieridae Energy is getting more time to deliver volumes to German customer Uniper from the planned Goldboro LNG export project in Nova Scotia, which has been delayed amid weak demand driven by the Covid-19 pandemic. The company said Tuesday it had negotiated […]
Irving’s circuitous route is seen as a novel way to get around regulatory logjams in Canada that have stalled a number of pipelines CALGARY – After failing to secure Western Canadian oil via the scrapped West-to-East Energy East pipeline back in 2017, Irving Oil Ltd.’s finally been able to get federal approval for a new […]
The provincial government is looking to spur offshore exploration even though global oil markets have collapsed. Premier Dwight Ball says exploration is the key in being competitive on an international scale. The province has what he calls tremendous reserves in the offshore, and if you are able to find it, it will provide economic benefits […]
The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has revised its 2020 Canadian drilling forecast to an almost 50-year record low of 3,100 oil and gas wells, a level not seen since 2,900 wells were drilled in 1972. PSAC interim CEO Elizabeth Aquin says more than $7 billion of capital investment in the energy sector has been […]
Company eyes foreign tankers for domestic oil, including deliveries from B.C. through the Panama Canal Irving Oil, the operator of the country’s largest refinery, says it wants to use more Canadian crude during the current economic crisis and has applied to use foreign tanker ships in order to get the oil to its operations in […]
View Noia’s April 29, 2020 submission.
Introduction Noia would like to once again thank the Regional Assessment Committee (the Committee) for the work they have undertaken to complete the Regional Assessment of Offshore Oil and Gas Exploratory Drilling East of Newfoundland and Labrador. Extensive consultation and diligent work were completed by the Committee and its support staff and that must be […]
The province’s offshore industry is reeling as oil prices plummet due to COVID-19, so the families and businesses most affected are hoping to get the attention of provincial and federal officials. The chair of Noia’s Board of Directors and Chief Operating Officer of Atlantic XL, Karen Winsor, says a recent survey showed 52 per cent […]
Noia, CAPP seek federal incentives for offshore amid plummeting oil prices, pandemic “We are in crisis mode, and we need help yesterday.” That’s what Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industries Association (NOIA) CEO Charlene Johnson said when asked what she’s hearing from the association’s over 500 member companies. In a survey of NOIA members […]
