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APRIL 17, 2010

The Government of Canada has established a Heavy Oil Working Group. Comprising countries such as Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, the United States and Venezuela, the Heavy Oil Working Group will collaborate on clean energy research to reduce the impact of fossil fuel development. Tags: Brief.

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JUNE 1, 2010

Nissan Canada has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government of Québec, the City of Montréal, Québec City, Hydro-Québec and the Agence de l’efficacité énergétique du Québec to advance electric mobility in Québec. — Minister of Natural Resources, Nathalie Normandeau. Tags: Brief.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Canada can succeed economically while meeting targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to an economic modelling study commissioned by the Pembina Institute and the David Suzuki Foundation. The study indicates that Canada can implement much stronger climate policies than the US and still prosper economically.

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MAY 28, 2010

Shell has agreed to acquire subsidiaries which own substantially all of the business of East Resources, Inc. billion, from East Resources, its private equity investor, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. East Resources is a privately-owned business with its primary activity focused on the Marcellus shale, in the northeastern US.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

The provincial government of Alberta and the federal government of Canada will invest C$865 million (US$822 million) in a large-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in the Athabasca oil sands. Tags: Canada Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Oil sands. Quest public disclosure document. CCS Demonstration and Deployment.

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APRIL 2, 2009

The Government of Canada will introduce new regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from the automotive sector under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). Transportation accounts for approximately one quarter of Canada’s total GHG emissions. Environment Minister Jim Prentice made the announcement on Wednesday.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

The parties proposing to develop the Mackenzie Gas Project are: Imperial Oil Resources Limited (IORL); Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited (IORVL); Shell Canada Limited as managing partner of Shell Canada Energy; ConocoPhillips Canada (North) Limited and ConocoPhillips Northern Partnership; ExxonMobil Canada Properties; and.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

Canadian Natural Resources Limited, together with North West Upgrading Inc. As Canada’s largest heavy oil producer, Canadian Natural believes it is important in the mid- and long-term to ensure additional upgrading capacity is constructed to develop heavy oil demand and facilitate unlocking the heavy oil assets located in Alberta.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Environment Canada released draft regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles beginning with the 2011 model year. Canada and the US are working towards a common North American approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by introducing aligned and progressively tighter regulatory requirements over the 2011-2016 model years.

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JULY 4, 2009

Nordic is currently making preparations to submit an application to the Province of Alberta for a UCG pilot project, the second such project ever undertaken in Canada, and one of just a few in North America. Tags: Brief. Nordic Oil and Gas Ltd. and its joint venture partner, Western Warner Oils Ltd. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 10, 2009

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is joining a multi-agency joint expedition from the US and Canada to collect and share data useful to both countries in defining the full extent of the Arctic continental shelf. Tags: Brief. St-Laurent operating together to obtain a variety of data.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has awarded C$6 million (US$5.6 million) to the Petroleum Technology Research Centre ( PTRC ) in Regina, Saskatchewan and StatoilHydro Canada for a project to reduce water use and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions for in situ oil sands recovery by steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD).

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MAY 22, 2009

Organized by the California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Fuel Cell Partnership, National Hydrogen Association and US Fuel Cell Council, the tour will travel more than 1,700 miles and have 28 stops. Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols. Tags: Brief.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Shell Canada has submitted a regulatory application for its Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project located in central Alberta. Shell submitted the application on behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, a joint venture among Shell Canada Energy (60%) Chevron Canada Limited (20%) and Marathon Oil Canada Corporation (20%).

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

The Westport HD GX engine is certified and compliant to 2010 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) emission limits in North America. Robert Transport is one of Canada’s largest for-hire trucking companies with an estimated 1,100 tractors and 2,300 employees. Tags: Brief.

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AUGUST 14, 2010

Lab tests conducted by PetroChina of oil sands samples obtained in Yousha Mountains at Qaidam basin in northwest China determined that the resource is proven economically feasible for further exploration and development. Tags: Brief. at a specific gravity rate of 0.9 gram/cubic cm.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

China’s National Development and Reform Commission has approved the takeover of Australian coal company Felix Resources Ltd. Felix Resources Mine Locations. China’s sovereign wealth fund, which held almost US$300 billion in assets at the end of last year, is also seeking acquisition chances in resources firms from Indonesia to Canada.

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JULY 7, 2010

Total E&P Canada Ltd., a Total subsidiary, has signed an agreement with UTS Energy Corporation (UTS) to acquire UTS Corporation with its main asset, a 20% interest in the Fort Hills oil sands mining project in Alberta, Canada. The Fort Hills project is operated by Canada’s Suncor Energy Inc. Tags: Brief. per barrel.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) has approved an application by Total E&P Canada Ltd. Tags: Brief. to construct and operate a 300,000 barrel-per-day oil sands upgrader in the Alberta Industrial Heartland area of Strathcona County. within six months of project commencement. Decision 2010-030.

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AUGUST 14, 2010

Canadian Natural Resources (CNRL), an independent crude oil and natural gas producer, is applying a technique at its Horizon oil sands plant that uses CO 2 to change the water chemistry of the tailings, resulting in accelerated settling and greatly reduced water use. Tags: Brief. Edmonton Journal.

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APRIL 6, 2009

a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canada-based Lignol Energy Corporation, a cellulosic ethanol and biorefining company, has been awarded C$3.4 million) in funding from British Columbia to produce cellulosic ethanol and other biochemical products from under-utilized forest resources, including lodgepole pine killed by mountain pine beetle.

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APRIL 7, 2010

Additionally, millions of acres of lodgepole and ponderosa pines across the Western United States and Canada have been infested, with 40 million acres in British Columbia alone. Bioenergy options for woody feedstock: are trees killed by mountain pine beetle in British Columbia a viable bioenergy resource?

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MAY 14, 2010

These assets include approximately 237,000 net acres of oil sands leases that Penn West believes contain significant bitumen resources, and current production of approximately 2,700 barrels of oil equivalent per day of bitumen and associated gas. Tags: Brief. billion, and will retain a 55% partnership interest.

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MAY 26, 2009

Daimler’s A-Class F-CELL hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle will cap five years of road trials in the US with its participation in the California to Canada Hydrogen Road Tour 09 ( earlier post ). Tags: Fuel Cells Hybrids Hydrogen. A cutaway model of the future B-Class F-CELL. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

The agreement, which is subject to XTO stockholder approval and regulatory clearance, will enhance ExxonMobil’s position in the development of unconventional natural gas and oil resources. XTO’s resource base is the equivalent of 45 trillion cubic feet of gas and includes shale gas, tight gas, coal bed methane and shale oil.

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

Electric vehicles could contribute up to 37% of Toronto’s annual target for GHG emissions reductions by 2030, according to a new report released by Canada-based environmental NGO Pollution Probe. Tags: Brief. Higher reductions were associated with a greater proportion of commercial-duty electric vehicles within the vehicle mix.

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

British Columbia and the California Air Resources Board have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to pave the way for stringent greenhouse gas emissions standards for new light-duty vehicles. Tags: Brief. by 30% in 2016, relative to current vehicles. John Yap, Minister of State for Climate Action. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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JUNE 18, 2010

Suncor Energy has received conditional approval for its oil sands fluid tailings management plan from Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board ( ERCB ). Canadian Natural Resources Limited; Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited; and Shell Canada Inc. Tags: Oil sands. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 2, 2009

The Project is supported by Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), a not-for-profit corporation created by the Government of Canada. Blair Lekstrom, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. A crown corporation, BC Hydro reports to the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Researchers at Concordia University (Canada) have developed a new one-pot system for the catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass into alkyl levulinates and other esters and subsequent product extraction. Resources. Tags: Brief. Le Van Mao, Q. Dima and D. Catalysis Letters. doi: 10.1007/s10562-010-0493-y.

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APRIL 2, 2009

Total E&P Canada Ltd., As a consequence of the transaction, NLP will be jointly owned by Total Canada and SinoCanada, with 50% each. Total Canada acquired the remaining 60% interest when it purchased Synenco Energy Inc. A 2008 estimate of contingent resources of the Northern Lights Project published by Synenco was 1.08

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Debate about the future of oil sands development is so contentious that even the name of the resource is disputed: proponents typically use oil sands while opponents use tar sands. However, this only accounts for the processing that occurs in Canada and therefore excludes much of the refining and transport emissions.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

of Food and Resource Economics; and Milind Kandlikar of UBC’s Liu Institute for Global Issues and Institute of Asian Research. Tags: Canada Hybrids Policy. The study was written by Ambarish Chandra, a professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business; Sumeet Gulati, assistant professor in UBC’s Dept.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

National Instrument 43-101 is a mineral resource classification scheme used for the public disclosure of information relating to mineral properties in Canada. The Stage II drilling is intended to provide additional confirmation of the historical resource originally drilled by Chevron Resources in the 1980s.

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JUNE 1, 2011

Marathon Oil Corporation has reached a definitive agreement with Hilcorp Resources Holdings, LP to purchase its assets in the core of the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas in a transaction valued at $3.5 Potential opportunity to acquire approximately 14,000 additional net acres through tag-along rights and other leasing.

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

Stealth currently holds 100% of the coalbed methane rights of a 177,000 acre property in the Cumberland Basin which represents a gas resource play in Nova Scotia estimated by Sproule Associates Limited to contain net 1.183 TCF (Trillion Cubic Feet) of Discovered Coalbed Methane Resource. Tags: Brief. Derek Krivak, Stealth CEO.

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

Marcel Coutu, chief executive officer of Canadian Oil Sands Trust and Chairman of the Board of Syncrude Canada, is calling for allowing Alberta’s oil sands producers to significantly increase their greenhouse gas emissions, even if that means forcing other sectors to take on additional expensive obligations to meet Canada’s climate change targets.

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