Dan Healing
Reporter for The Canadian Press
About Dan Healing
Following a budget slash in 2020, Canada's oil and gas industry forecasts slight spending growth
CALGARY — A forecast calling for a modest increase in capital spending in the Canadian oilpatch this year after a tumultuous 2020 of budget slashing is being hailed as a sign of better times ahead for the industry.
WestJet places 1,000 workers on leave, citing 'incoherent' COVID-19 testing rules as reason
The CEO of WestJet Airlines Ltd. is laying the blame squarely on "incoherent" policy from Ottawa as his carrier cuts staff and flights in response to new COVID−19 testing requirements for passengers returning to Canada.
Heating with hydrogen a challenge, projects in Alberta and Ontario show
It seems like a no-brainer to use clean-burning hydrogen to offset the environmental negatives of natural gas for warming homes, but pilot projects to do just that starting next year illustrate nothing is simple about this trendy new energy source.
Nutrien calls on other fertilizer companies to support its agriculture climate change drive
Nutrien Ltd. is calling on other members of the fertilizer industry to join its fight against climate change as it launches an agriculture carbon program to drive improved environmental sustainability and boost profits for farmers.
Survey shows two-thirds of energy companies cut labour costs due to COVID-19
A survey by energy labour market organization PetroLMI shows that more than two-thirds of the employers in Canada's oil and gas sector imposed labour cost reduction measures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, including 37 per cent who enacted permanent layoffs.
Keystone XL fits Biden agenda thanks to union jobs, Indigenous support, TC Energy exec says
The creation of union jobs and support by Indigenous investors will help convince U.S. president-elect Joe Biden that the Keystone XL pipeline fits into his "Build Back Better" agenda, an executive with proponent TC Energy Corp. said Tuesday.
TC Energy inks deal for Indigenous ownership interest in Keystone XL pipeline
Indigenous communities are being given a chance to pursue an ownership interest in the Keystone XL pipeline project, builder TC Energy Corp. announced on Tuesday, September 29, 2020.
2020's crude price crash offers good news for natural gas producers
Veteran oilman Mike Rose says he doesn't want to "jinx it," but he admits it's not so bad heading the company that last year became the biggest producer of natural gas in Canada.
Canadian Natural to take over Painted Pony Energy in $461-million deal
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has struck a $461-million deal to buy Painted Pony Energy Ltd. as it looks to grow its position in the liquids-rich Montney natural gas region of northeastern B.C.
New U.S. permit to boost Keystone pipeline oil exports by next year
The CEO of TC Energy Corp. says the company will begin moving more oil from Western Canada into the United States by next year under a new U.S. presidential permit for the existing Keystone pipeline system.