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7 October 2023

Imperial, Alberta’s energy regulator knew about Kearl’s tailings seepage for years

6 October 2023

Imperial Oil and the Alberta Energy Regulator knew for years about the Kearl oilsands tailings seepage, documents reported by Canadian Press show.

Flaring increases in Permian

6 October 2023

Flaring is increasing again in the Permian basin, with enough gas flared in one year to meet the US’s domestic gas needs for an average day.

Oil, gas emissions undercut Canada’s climate progress, says estimate

6 October 2023

Emissions from oil and gas – as well as from buildings – continued to rise in 2022, undercutting Canada’s climate progress, according to a new independent estimate from 440 Megatonnes, a project of the Canadian Climate Institute.

TotalEnergies exits oil sands

6 October 2023

Suncor Energy is to acquire TotalEnergies’ outstanding Canadian operations for CAD1.47 68bn ($1.1bn).

Civitas to buy $2.1bn of oil assets in Permian

6 October 2023

Civitas Resources is to buy $2.1bn of oil assets in the Permian Basin. The company will acquire the oil producing assets in the Midland Basin of west Texas from Vencer Energy, the US upstream venture of global energy trader Vitol.

TotalEnergies, Borealis start up $1.4bn polyethylene unit

5 October 2023

TotalEnergies and Borealis have started up their Baystar 50:50 joint venture’s new 625,000 tpy polyethylene unit.

Freeport LNG requests permission for restart of more of its export plant

4 October 2023

US LNG exporter Freeport LNG has asked federal regulators for permission to restart more of its export plant in Texas as it seeks to return the US’s second-biggest LNG terminal to full commercial operation.

US Gulf Coast to get first dedicated LNG bunkering facility

4 October 2023

The first dedicated LNG bunkering facility in the US Gulf Coast will be developed following an announcement made by a joint venture on September 28.