Oil Sands

31 Mar 2013

Exxon shut the Pegasus pipeline, which can carry more than 90,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil from Pakota, Illinois, to Nederland, Texas, after the leak was discovered on Friday afternoon,...

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Canada 'open to FDI and keen to export to Asia' says minister

14 Mar 2013

Canada is still open to investments from foreign state-owned firms in its energy sector, and it is keen to diversify its export markets to Asia to reduce its reliance on the United States, the...

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Canadian oil sands lure Chinese investors (video)

12 Nov 2012

In 1778 when Alexander MacKenzie first sighted a sticky black substance in Canada, he wrote in his journal that the locals mixed it with spruce gum to waterproof their canoes.

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Oil-sands firm plans HK listing

1 Feb 2012

Sunshine Oilsands, a developer of oil-sands energy projects in Canada backed by two mainland financial institutions, is aiming to raise up to US$700 million from a listing this month in Hong Kong...

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PetroChina in full control of oil sands

5 Jan 2012

State-backed PetroChina, the nation's largest oil and gas producer, will buy 40 per cent of an oil sands project in western Canada for C$680 million (HK$5,213 million), making it the first Chinese...

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US oil price warning but there's some hope

16 Jul 2006

Producers are not in control now, says energy secretary

Oil's rise to a record high of US$78.40 a barrel, pushed up by Israel's attack on Lebanon, shows that producers have lost...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

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Canada's oil sands draw new interest

Price surges, supply uncertainty spur investment in Alberta's huge reserves

Rising oil prices and increasing uncertainty about world supplies have sparked investment interest in the...

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Housing booms in Canada's red-hot oil town

As Canada's real estate boom continues unabated, Fort McMurray, the epicentre of Alberta's oil boom, has become the hottest housing market in the country.

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Oil surge fires up Calgary's property market

If growth potential is important when buying commercial real estate it is hard to beat the pitch of one Canadian city landlocked in the middle of the prairie: Calgary is the commercial capital of...

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Husky dives despite surging oil prices

Despite a surge in oil prices, Husky Energy posted a 38.9 per cent decline in first-half profit after locking in sales contracts at much lower prices last year.

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PetroChina output belies profit result

PetroChina produced slightly more oil and gas in the first nine months than in the same period last year but will have earned a smaller profit due to lower oil prices.

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