Okotoks council turned down a water pipeline from Calgary at its regular meeting Monday and chose instead to keep its options open and continue looking at its alternatives for a long-term water solution.
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Canada Ramps up Pipeline Plans
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CCC), the country’s largest business organization, added its voice this week to the growing national consensus over the need to build new oil and gas pipelines to connect Canadian energy infrastructure to world markets. On Tuesday it released a report to this effect, on the back of a Deloitte Touche analysis released last week by TransCanada Corp. The CCC has also launched a public campaign to back both TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline (from Alberta to the Atlantic Ocean) and Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline (to the Pacific Ocean).
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Pembina expands Peace pipeline system
EDMONTON – Pembina Pipeline Corp. said Monday it will spend $115 million to add 40,000 barrels per day of capacity to its Peace Pipeline system between Simonette and Fox Creek in northern Alberta.
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Harper offers Obama climate plan to win Keystone approval
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama formally proposing “joint action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector,” if that is what’s needed to gain approval of the Keystone XL pipeline through America’s heartland, CBC News has learned.
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Pipeline company purchases rail infrastructure
Pembina Pipeline Corporation has purchased a site in the Alberta Industrial Heartland. The purchase gives the company an existing rail system and infrastructure designed to support future rail development, as well as terminals and storage facilities.
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Keystone decision not likely until 2014; senators urge end to delays
WASHINGTON — The fate of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline isn’t likely to be determined until 2014, almost a decade after the Calgary-based energy giant first conceived of the project.
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Canada Plans Strategic Pipeline Infrastructure while US Stalls on Keystone
Canada continues to push ahead with a strategic plan for its own energy pipeline infrastructure as the United States has yet again delayed a decision on the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline designed to take the hydrocarbon product of Alberta’s oil sands to the American Gulf Coast. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. State Department has opened an investigation to look at whether contracts were wrongfully awarded in the review process for the Keystone XL and to examine whether the regulatory safeguards that were adopted are proper.
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No Keystone, No Problem! Canadian Rail Moves to Pick Up the Slack
The ongoing stalemate between Ottawa and Washington over the future of the controversial $5.3 billion Keystone XL pipeline has proven a boon to Canada’s railways, which are seeing a surge in shipments moved by rail.
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Pipeline project underway at intersection
Sturgeon County residents who live in the vicinity of the highways 37 and 44 intersection may be wondering what all the construction is about. It turns out it’s oilpatch-related.
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Inter Pipeline to spend $45M on Polaris line expansion in Alberta
CALGARY—Inter Pipeline Fund is investing approximately $45-million to more than triple the capacity of its Polaris Pipeline in northern Alberta.
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