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Oil peaks in 2035: solar power dominates by 2100: Shell 1 Mar 2013 | 04:08 am
Shell has released the latest of its New Lens Scenarios, part of a process the oil company uses to “challenge” business leaders on the future business environment. The scenarios are based on “plausibl...
MDA to design system for NASA asteroid mission 28 Feb 2013 | 08:59 pm
NASA will explore an asteroid and for the first time attempt to bring back a sample of its material. The Canadian Space Agency will contribute a sophisticated mapping system to the mission, designed a...
Diluted bitumen no more corrosive than conventional crude: report 28 Feb 2013 | 03:18 am
An organization that represents Canada’s transmission pipeline companies has issued a statement saying that diluted bitumen—the heavy crude oil derived from oil sands and diluted with such diluents as...
CNOOC takeover of Nexen is complete 27 Feb 2013 | 03:55 am
China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has closed its takeover of the Canada’s Nexen Inc. seven months after announcing the deal. Approval for the takeover was given by Canadian regulators ...
Study warns of looming trucking crisis in Canada 23 Feb 2013 | 02:49 am
Canada's truck drivers are aging and not being replaced fast enough. To avert a major shortage of drivers, the industry needs to improve working conditions and upgrade the occupation to "skilled" in o...
Australian energy company exploring options in Canada 22 Feb 2013 | 04:10 am
An Australian company, Woodside Petroleum, is considering partnership options in Canada’s natural gas industry. Bloomberg reported that the CEO of Woodside confirmed that his company was interested in...
Canadian manufacturing was up in 2012, but down sharply in December 16 Feb 2013 | 02:48 am
Canada’s manufacturing sector grew by 3.4 per cent in 2012 compared to 2011, but it experienced the largest decline in sales in December since May of 2009, Statistics Canada reported today. Overall, s...
Enbridge to provide crude oil pipeline access to Gulf Coast 16 Feb 2013 | 02:09 am
Enbridge Inc. announced today that it and Dallas-based Energy Transfer plan to spend up to $3.4 billion to provide crude oil pipeline access to the refinery market on the eastern Gulf Coast. It will t...
Honda 2013 Accord named Canadian Car of the Year 15 Feb 2013 | 04:38 am
Honda Canada President and CEO, Takashi Sekiguchi, accepts the Automobile Journalist Association of Canada's 'Car of the Year' award for the 2013 Honda Accord Sedan (CNW photo) The 2013 Honda Accord ...
IMF sees Canada's economy picking up steam 15 Feb 2013 | 04:01 am
Saying that its outlook for Canada is “relatively rosy,” the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its latest report on the Canadian economy today. The staff report notes that while the economy s...
