Updated Enbridge late Wednesday, March 28, 2012, issued a statement saying that a story in the National Post/Financial Post that PetroChina could bid to build the Northern Gateway pipeline is "speculation." In PetroChina bids to help build $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline columnist Claudia Cattaneo reported that: Chinese investment in Canada’s energy sector could move to […]
Category: China
Reuters and Bloomberg both report from China that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said in Guangzho that his government is "committed to ensuring" that the Northern Gateway project went ahead." Reuters Canada PM vows to ensure key oil pipeline is built. Bloomberg Harper Says Canada Committed to Selling More Oil to China The Toronto Star […]
An editorial published today by the president of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada says that the media concentrating on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's trip to Beijing has it wrong, the key to the relationship between Canada and China is in Kitimat, not Beijing. In the editorial, President's View, Future of Canada-Asia Energy Relations in […]
PetroChina has bought a 20 per cent stake in Shell Canada's Groundbirch shale-gas project in north eastern BC, leading to media reports that PetroChina is also investing in Shell's planned Kitimat liquified natural gas export terminal in Kitimat. The Groundbirch “play” in the northeastern BC shale gas fields produces 180 million cubic feet of gas […]
On the same day: In Davos, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told the World Economic Forum that his government consider it a "national priority" to ensure the country has the "capacity to export our energy products beyond the United States, and specifically to Asia...In this regard, we will soon take action to ensure that major energy […]
Blue Horizon, the company that had and lost the contract to dismantle the old Methanex site in Kitimat has obtained an injunction preventing the buyer of the equipment from removing the material from the site by the Kitimat River. Last November, Ko Yo Development of Hong Kong cancelled its contract with Blue Horizon that would […]
Links January 6, 2012
January 6, 2012
Vancouver Sun series Oil spills costly to companies and environment, yet seem inevitable despite technology Financial Post Tiny port, new energy battleground Chinese companies take the long view on Northern Gateway pipeline Georgia Straight ForestEthics responds to new poll on Northern Gateway oil pipeline Globe and Mail China’s oil-sands deal will have lasting impact Athabasca […]