Canada
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June 2025
As Canada’s only active offshore oil and gas province, Newfoundland & Labrador has plenty of potential for additional reserves and development. The question is how much and how fast that potential can be realized.
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July 08, 2025
The Global Energy Show Canada (GESC) concluded after three days of high impact discussions and industry innovations. Held at Calgary’s BMO Centre, the event brought together over 36,387 attendees and nearly 400 exhibitors from across the energy value chain.
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July 01, 2025
LNG Canada has successfully shipped the first export cargo from its newly-constructed facility located in British Columbia, Canada. The plant is the first-of-its-kind in Canada with an annual production capacity of up to 14 million tonnes of LNG.
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June 30, 2025
According to Alberta Energy Regulator data, Cenovus Energy Inc.’s Christina Lake oil sands site vented the most natural gas in more than four years into the atmosphere when a wildfire forced an emergency shutdown of the facility in May.
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June 20, 2025
Canadian oil producer Strathcona Resources stood by its offer for MEG Energy after having the $4.1-billion takeover bid rejected by MEG’s board. While MEG called the offer “inadequate and opportunistic,” Strathcona continues to try to win over MEG shareholders.
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June 15, 2025
During the Executive Conference of the Global Petroleum Show last week, Alberta’s premier, Danielle Smith, provided an update on the province’s energy sector and gave her assessment of the new federal administration’s policies on energy.
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June 06, 2025
The Global Energy Show Canada (GESC) takes place in Calgary this week June 10 - 12, bringing together industry leaders to tackle energy security, climate responsibilities and global demand challenges. "This year's show marks a significant evolution, both in scale and substance," said Nick Samain of dmg events.
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June 06, 2025
“This transaction, combined with the sale of our East Finn assets in 2023, completes our exit from the United States, allowing us to focus on our core gas-weighted assets in Canada and Europe,” Vermilion said in a statement.
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June 05, 2025
The Energy NL Conference & Exhibition 2025 concluded Thursday after an informative and engaging discussion on the potential of the industry, Indigenous participation in resource projects, trade and market diversification, regulations, and an update on the Bay du Nord Project.
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June 04, 2025
The Energy NL Conference & Exhibition 2025 continued in St. John’s on Wednesday, and began with an update from Jeff Murphy, Vice President Capital Projects with North Atlantic, who spoke about recently announced negotiations with ExxonMobil France.
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June 03, 2025
The Energy NL Conference & Exhibition 2025 began Tuesday in St. John’s with statements from Energy Minister Steve Crocker, who outlined his vision for the region's energy industry, and Kerry Moreland, President of ExxonMobil Canada, who detailed Exxon's discovery of 75 million barrels of oil in the last year.
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June 03, 2025
Petronas is considering options for its Canadian company formerly known as Progress Energy Resources Corp., including a sale, according to people familiar with the matter. A transaction could value the Canadian business at $6 billion to $7 billion, sources said.
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May 30, 2025
Canadian wildfires have prompted evacuations from oil sands projects in northern Alberta and forced thousands of people from their homes. A fire near Cold Lake, Alberta is bearing down on oil sands operations and curtailing production in the region as employees are told to leave.
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May 29, 2025
A total of 26 out-of-control fires are burning in the province amid hot, dry weather, bringing flames within 12 mi (20 km) of about 245,000 bopd production, according to data from Alberta’s energy regulator and wildfire department.
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May 27, 2025
Hot weather sparked a string of wildfires around Alberta over the weekend, including some near oil and gas wells operated by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. and others.
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May 26, 2025
A boom in sales of drilling rights in western Canada’s oil heartland of Alberta is fading as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and OPEC+ production increases hammer crude prices.
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May 23, 2025
Tim Hodgson, Canada’s new energy minister, has emphasized the need to build carbon-capture systems for the oil sands and identified crude and natural gas exports as a major priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government.
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May 23, 2025
Vermilion Energy has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its Saskatchewan and Manitoba assets for $302 million USD ($415 million CAD). The assets are currently producing approximately 10,500 boed (86% oil and liquids).
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May 19, 2025
TotalEnergies has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Ksi Lisims LNG for the purchase of 2 MMtpa of LNG for 20 years from the future liquefaction plant, subject to the final investment decision of the project.
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May 15, 2025
Strathcona Resources has entered into an agreement to sell its assets in the Montney shale formation in western Canada in a shift that makes it a pure heavy oil producer. Strathcona is divesting its gas-focused operations in three separate transactions worth C$2.8 billion ($2 billion USD).
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April 29, 2025
"A vibrant and supported energy industry, including offshore oil and gas, hydroelectricity and clean fuels, can move our country forward in uncertain times. Energy NL looks forward to working with Prime Minister Carney," said Energy NL's CEO Charlene Johnson.
