CALGARY — Tourmaline Oil Corp. says it has signed a $278.2-million deal with Topaz Energy Corp. giving Topaz a gross overriding royalty interest in recently acquired lands in Alberta and B.C. The deal will see Topaz acquire royalty interests over approximately three...
COCHRANE, Alta. — An explosion at an energy site northwest of Calgary has injured five workers, and RCMP say the resulting fire could burn for days. Cpl. Gina Slaney said the five were part of a crew that was drilling on a lease site at a field north of Cochrane,...
LLOYDMINSTER, WEYBURN – An oil show isn’t a typical place for a book launch, but for Stacey Grimes-Wempe, it was fitting. After all, her book was sitting close to the model pumpjack sitting on the counter of her display. After all, Stacey and her husband Keith are the...
A fire occurred at Saskarc’s campus in Oxbow on Sunday, Sept. 29. Saskarc Inc. posted the following on its LinkIn page that evening: “On September 29th, we experienced a fire in one of our production buildings. Thanks to the swift response from the fire...
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the Trans Mountain Expansion Pipeline. There are some things it clearly gets wrong, even in the first 10 seconds. It says 98 per cent of our crude oil is shipped to the U.S. That is patently false. Until the opening of the...
The Manitoba government is extending the provincial fuel-tax holiday until the end of the year. It’s the second time the government has extended the temporary tax break since introducing it in January. The suspension of the 14-cents-a-litre tax was set to...
