“If MFSP assets are overstated, operators might not pay the necessary security, leaving Albertans at risk of bearing the financial costs of oil sands mine reclamation or the mines being unreclaimed,” ...

Surface water across Alberta’s oil sands contains high levels of dissolved metals such as arsenic, cadmium, iron and aluminum ...

Carbon capture and storage facility at Shell Oil site in Alberta that has operated since 2015, has “safely captured and stored 8 million tonnes of CO 2,” says a company spokesperson. Image courtesy of ...

Feb 14 (Reuters) - The province of Alberta will toughen its greenhouse gas emissions standards for oil sands mines, closing a loophole that rewarded some of Canada’s highest-emitting facilities with ...

A new Memorandum of Understanding between the government of Canada and Alberta advances plans for a bitumen pipeline and ...

Northland companies have played a role in the recent development of Alberta's oil fields. Industrial Rubber Products of Hibbing signed a $63.5 million contract last year to produce 123,500 feet of ...

Phillips 66 is Closing its LA Refinery this Month. Neighbors Still Don’t Know if the Company Will Pay for the Cleanup. Arizona Launches Investigation into Proposed Critical Mineral Mine’s Contaminated ...

Wildfires in Canada flared up this week amid rising temperatures. Early last week, the wildfires in Canada resulted in the shut-in of 319,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Wildfires are now ...

Extracting oil from Alberta's tar sands resembles open-pit strip mining more than traditional oil production. Instead of drilling rigs, stems, and bits, producing oil here often requires giant shovels ...

CALGARY, Alberta, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Shell Canada has fitted the final module at the first carbon capture and storage project in Alberta's oil sands, the company said on Wednesday, putting start-up on ...

Canada’s oil-sands companies are taking action to reduce emissions from their operations (“One of Dirtiest Oil Patches Is Pumping More Than Ever,” Page One, Jan. 14). The energy transition is a move ...