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Investment Builds Alberta Presence, Speeds Customer Access to Leading Sealing Products FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Flexitallic, the global leader in specialized sealing products and solutions for the energy industry, today opened its custom-built service center in Fort McMurray, Alberta to be even more responsive to customers in the oil sands region. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130423/MM00358LOGO ) "Our new Fort McMurray service center...
MONTREAL, Feb. 1, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - With today's departures of Air Canada Express flights AC8371 from Calgary to Fort McMurray, AC8430 from Calgary to Regina and AC8586 from Calgary to Saskatoon, Air Canada introduced new Q400 service in Western Canada. Concurrent with rolling out new, state-of-the-art Bombardier Q400 Next Generation aircraft in these markets, Air Canada announced it is boosting capacity on key regional routes this spring and summer in response to demand....
New railway would provide market access, avoid B.C. oil tanker and pipeline conflicts VANCOUVER, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Leaders of the affected First Nations and Alaskan Tribes have expressed support for a new "purpose built" railway that would link Alaska, Yukon, northern British Columbia and northern Alberta to the rest of North America. The railway, being proposed by G Seven Generations Ltd. (G7G), would provide access to Pacific tidewater for the import and export...
CALGARY, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Trimac Transportation Ltd. ("Trimac") (TSX: TMA), Canada's premium provider of bulk trucking, logistics, tank repair and cleaning services, announced today that it has entered into a new contract to haul a significant volume of limestone aggregate on behalf of Hammerstone Corporation ("Hammerstone") in Fort McMurray, Alberta. "The Hammerstone contract enhances Trimac's market presence in the Fort McMurray region. As a result of this award and...
CUSIP# 678046 10 3 NYSE Amex: BQI CALGARY, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Oilsands Quest Inc. (NYSE Amex: BQI) ("Oilsands Quest," or "the Company") has secured a commitment for debtor-in-possession ("DIP") financing of CDN$3.75 million (the "DIP Facility"), for the purposes of funding operating costs and other expenses while the Company proceeds with its previously-announced solicitation process while under creditor protection. The DIP Facility is being provided by Century...
Rail investments key to economic growth in oil sands and other natural resource regions of northern Alberta EDMONTON, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer of CN (TSX: CNR)(NYSE: CNI), said today the company will have invested almost C$400 million to buy and rehabilitate four short-line railways serving resource-rich regions of northern Alberta by year-end 2011. "CN has stepped up to the plate in Alberta with sizable rail...
EDMONTON, May 10 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR)(NYSE: CNI) announced today major investments to double track key segments of its high-volume main line east of Edmonton, add capacity to its rail line to the oil sands region of northern Alberta, and improve velocity at its Walker Yard freight car classification facility in Edmonton. Keith Creel, CN executive vice-president and chief operating officer, said: "CN is experiencing continued growth in Western Canadian freight volumes. We are...
TULSA, Okla., March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Williams (NYSE: WMB) announced today that it has signed a long-term agreement to produce up to 17,000 barrels per day (bpd) of ethane and ethylene for NOVA Chemicals Corporation in Alberta, Canada. Williams plans to invest CA$311 million to expand its two primary facilities in Alberta to support the new agreement. The expansions, which are expected to begin operating in first-quarter 2013, will allow the company to produce ethane and ethylene...
(TSX - FES) CALGARY, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ - Flint Energy Services Ltd. (Flint, the Company) reported its subsidiary company, Flint Transfield Services Limited (FT Services) has negotiated an extension to its Suncor Energy maintenance agreement which will run until 2016. The maintenance agreement, which has been in place since 2007, is a five-year rolling, performance-based relationship that delivers base maintenance services to Suncor Energy's upgrading operations in Fort...
Warren Kindzierski, University of Alberta researcher in the School of Public Health, says people living in the communities of Fort McMurray, Fort Mckay and Fort Chipewyan should feel confident that the air they are breathing is safe.Kindzierski's research has found that, despite ongoing development, it's apparent that there is little or no pattern to the changes in concentrations of various air pollutants across the oil sands region over the past 10 years.This study came about when...
