Alberta Oil Production

• Alberta wildfires: Energy companies curtail production as thousands evacuated

  The curtailments come as several thousand people have been ordered to leave their homes as more than 100 wildfires burn across Alberta.

  Economy

  May 8, 2023
  
• Suncor provides details on worker death, says company is committed to improving workplace safety

  Suncor has released additional details about a workplace death, which occurred on Jan. 6. The company says it is committed to improving workplace safety.

  Economy

  Jan 18, 2022
  
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• Getting regulations right key to unlocking Alberta’s next energy economy

  'Alberta can be one of the largest global producers of lithium, based on the resources that we have here in the province,' said E3 Metals CEO Chris Doornbos.

  Economy

  Jan 7, 2022
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• Despite record-setting output, Alberta oilpatch keeps lid on spending

  Statistics Canada says oil and gas capital spending over the first three quarters of 2021 was 32 per cent below pre-pandemic levels.

  Economy

  Dec 2, 2021
• ATB Financial projects Alberta’s real GDP will grow by 4.1% this year

  An Alberta financial institution is projecting that the provincial economy could be in a better position by 2023 than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

  Economy

  Mar 18, 2021
• Value of Alberta’s oil production back to pre-pandemic level: economist

  A rebound in production paired with a rise in world oil prices has an economist estimating that the value of Alberta's oil production has returned to pre-pandemic levels.

  Economy

  Feb 22, 2021
• Alberta to lift oil production curtailment at the end of 2020

  The government had previously planned to exit curtailment by the end of 2020 provided export routes were in place.

  Economy

  Oct 23, 2020
• ‘No excitement at all’ as auctions for oilpatch drilling rights on track for record low

  Alberta produces about 80 per cent of Canada's oil and about 70 per cent of its natural gas.

  Economy

  Nov 24, 2019
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• Sturgeon Refinery facing more delays after tests, won’t process bitumen until early 2020

  A new refinery northeast of Edmonton is facing more delays and won't begin processing oilsands bitumen as designed until early next year.

  Canada

  Nov 5, 2019
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• Alberta premier defends oil curtailment program as maximum output inches higher

  Alberta's United Conservative government is again easing oil production limits for producers.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2019