CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Enbridge Inc,
Canada’s No. 2 pipeline company, said on Wednesday a planned
expansion of its eastern Canada oil pipeline network will be
able to supply Quebec refineries, but admitted there may be room
for a rival project.

The company also reported a 13 percent rise in adjusted
third-quarter profit on higher crude oil shipments.

CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Suncor Energy Inc
said on Thursday that rising light oil production
threatens the profitability of a massive new upgrading facility
planned by Canada’s dominant oil sands producer as it delayed
plans to expand output from the world’s third-largest oil
reserve.

The company. Canada’s No. 1 integrated oil producer and
refiner, backed away from what had been a C$20.6 billion ($20.65
billion) plan to boost production from its oil sands operations,
delaying a new mining project for at least one year and putting
a target date to build North America’s largest upgrading
facility on hold while it works to squeeze costs from the
project.

CALGARY, Alberta, Oct 30 (Reuters) – TransCanada Corp
said on Tuesday it will decide early next year on
whether to go ahead with a pipeline carrying up to one million
barrels of crude oil from Alberta’s oil sands to refineries in
Eastern Canada and the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.

The company, which earlier reported a 4 percent drop in
quarterly profit, also said that its power plants in the U.S.
Northeast, including the 2,480 megawatt Ravenswood plant in the
New York borough of Queens, were undamaged by Hurricane Sandy.

OTTAWA/CALGARY (Reuters) – Malaysian state-owned oil company Petronas was so confident last Friday that its purchase of Progress Energy Resources Corp would be approved by Canada that company officials had drafted a press release to announce the news.

At midnight Kuala Lumpur time, they were flabbergasted to learn that Ottawa wanted more time to make a decision.

OTTAWA/CALGARY, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Malaysian state-owned oil
company Petronas was so confident last Friday that its
purchase of Progress Energy Resources Corp would be
approved by Canada that company officials had drafted a press
release to announce the news.

At midnight Kuala Lumpur time, they were flabbergasted to
learn that Ottawa wanted more time to make a decision.

CALGARY/TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian markets could face a bloody opening on Monday after the government blocked the C$5.17 billion ($5.22 billion) acquisition of Progress Energy Resources Corp (PRQ.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) by Malaysian state oil company Petronas PETR.UL, raising questions about other, bigger bids and about Canada’s willingness to let foreign investors in.

Canadian Industry Minister Christian Paradis said late Friday night that Petronas’ bid for Progress — one of the largest owners of exploration lands in the gas-rich Montney shale region in northeastern British Columbia — would not provide the “net benefit” for the country required by Canada’s foreign investment laws.

CALGARY/TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada could still approve the C$5.17 billion ($5.22 billion) acquisition of Progress Energy Resources Corp (PRQ.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) by Malaysian state oil company Petronas PETR.UL, the country’s finance minister said on Sunday, despite blocking the bid late last week.

While observers predict a chaotic market reaction following the federal government’s statement late on Friday that the deal did not provide the “net benefit” required from foreign buyers under the Investment Canada Act, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Canadian television that negotiations continue.

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp agreed on Wednesday to buy Celtic Exploration Ltd for C$2.6 billion ($2.64 billion), as the world’s largest publicly traded energy company looks to raise its presence in some of Western Canada’s most promising shale oil and gas regions.

The deal, announced Wednesday, will give Exxon vast tracts in the liquids-rich Montney shale gas region in northeastern British Columbia, joining other world-scale energy companies looking to tap Montney’s massive reserves to feed planned liquefied natural gas plants planned for province’s Pacific coast.

CALGARY, Alberta, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Bank of Canada Governor
Mark Carney on Friday said high commodity prices were
unambiguously good for the economy and he made clear the central
bank would not counter commodity-driven increases in the value
of the Canadian dollar.

In a speech in Calgary, Carney dismissed the idea that the
economy was suffering from so-called Dutch disease, whereby high
commodity prices increase the value of the currency and help
hollow out the manufacturing sector.

CALGARY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Enbridge Inc said on Monday that repairs to a ruptured Wisconsin pipeline could be complete as early as tomorrow, though regulators have not yet said when they will allow the company to restart the line.

U.S. pipeline regulators said no decision had been made on whether Enbridge will have to take any corrective measures before restarting a pipeline shuttered after spilling more 1,000 barrels of crude oil in Wisconsin.