The Hook (Tyhee blog) 'Native land claims scare the hell out of investors': energy expert Fierce First Nations opposition could very well topple Enbridge's west coast pipeline proposal, a Washington-based energy expert argues. "Native land claims scare the hell out of investors," Robert Johnson told an Alberta energy conference, according to an Edmonton Journal report. […]
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Alberta Oil The case for co-operation Why Shawn Atleo and Pat Daniel should have lunch A great, though as-yet untapped, ally in the quest to deliver Alberta crude to the Far East could be Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo, who in the same Globe piece lamented the glacial pace of treaty negotiations […]
A dire warning from a broken pipe: Globe and Mail
May 19, 2011
Globe and Mail A dire warning from a broken pipe The Rainbow spill is just the latest in a series of oil leaks in North America's vast pipeline network over the past year, and comes as Canadian energy giants are pressing to win approval for some of their most ambitious projects to date. Those include […]
Timeline: Alaska's natural gas pipe dreams
May 18, 2011
Alaska Dispatch Timeline: Alaska's natural gas pipe dreams Denali -- The Alaska Gas Pipeline project is dead, which is déjà vu for many in Alaska. Talk of the gas line has been going on since workers struck oil at Prudhoe Bay in 1968. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter went so far as to sign legislation […]
Enbridge defends Northern Gateway pipeline
May 18, 2011
National Post Enbridge defends Northern Gateway pipeline Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. defended its controversial Northern Gateway oil pipeline Wednesday as an important "game changer" for Canada's economy that has been wrongly portrayed in an alarmist, inaccurate and unbalanced way. In a Calgary speech, Stephen Wuori, president of Enbridge's liquids pipeline unit, urged the audience to help […]
Bloomberg BP, ConocoPhillips Halt Proposed $35 Billion Alaska Gas-Pipeline Project BP Plc and ConocoPhillips dropped plans for a $35 billion Alaska natural-gas pipeline, once proposed to be the largest private construction project in U.S. history, because they didn't get enough customer interest. The companies will withdraw an application seeking federal approval to build a pipeline […]
First Nations stand ground
May 13, 2011
Financial Post First Nations stand ground In case their unequivocal message hasn't been received, British Columbia's First Nations are in Calgary this week to make it clear to the board of directors of Enbridge Inc., Enbridge's annual meeting of shareholders and members of the broader oil community that the proposed $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline is not […]