The federal cabinet’s long-awaited decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is due Tuesday. Here are five things to know about the project. Continue reading →

Genscape says crude-by-rail shipments from Western Canada continued to rise in May after falling in February to a nine-month low. Continue reading →

Crude-by-rail shipments from Western Canada staged a minor recovery in March after falling in February to their lowest level in nine months, but oil storage levels remain stubbornly high. Continue reading →

The National Energy Board says crude-by-rail exports in January fell compared with December, but remained more than twice as high as 12 months earlier. Continue reading →

The CEO of MEG Energy Corp. says a one-year delay in Enbridge Inc.’s Line 3 pipeline replacement project makes it highly unlikely it will approve an option to spend about $75 million to complete an expansion of its Christina Lake oilsands project in northern Alberta. Continue reading →

MEG Energy says it has doubled its crude-by-rail shipments and will double them again to maximize prices in view of insufficient pipeline export capacity from Western Canada. Continue reading →

The first increase was on Jan. 30 when Notley announced the province would allow increased production by 75,000 barrels per day. Continue reading →

The Alberta government’s decision to spend $3.7 billion to move more crude by rail was made necessary by its poorly considered move to impose production curtailments, executives with Husky Energy charged on Tuesday. Continue reading →

Canadian Pacific Railway CEO Keith Creel said his company “didn’t like it at all” when Premier Rachel Notley stepped in to work out a plan on shipping more crude oil via rail. Continue reading →

The Alberta government says it’s investing $3.7 billion to move the province’s land-locked oil to market by rail, and shipments are expected to begin as early as July. Continue reading →