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CAPP joins industry leaders in supporting skills development programs to address growing skilled labor shortages OTTAWA, Nov. 13, 2012 /CNW/ - Skills/Compétences Canada, a not-for-profit organization that actively promotes careers in skilled trades and technologies, today announced the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) has signed on as a Presenting Sponsor of the 2013 Skills Canada National Competition. The annual Competition tests the best and brightest...
CALGARY, Alberta, September 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Shell today announced that it will go ahead with the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for an oil sands operation in Canada. The Quest project will be built on behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project joint venture owners (Shell, Chevron and Marathon Oil[1]) and with support from the Governments of Canada and Alberta. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click:...
CALGARY, Aug. 20, 2012 /CNW/ - Shell, as operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP), today announced that its oil sands operations have achieved the production milestone of 500 million barrels since production began in 2003. "This is a tremendous achievement for Shell's oils sands business," said John Abbott, Executive Vice President, Heavy Oil. "This milestone is the result of the hard work and dedication of many thousands of employees and contractors. The oil sands are...
LEVELLAND, Texas, Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lighthouse Petroleum, Inc. (OTC Pink: LHPT) and Paradigm Oil and Gas, Inc. (OTC Pink: PDGO) is pleased to announce the first joint project with Paradigm Oil and Gas to begin oil operations in Haskell County, Texas. Management has approved a budget to begin work for "Project 1" and has scheduled operations to begin by mid-September. "Project 1" includes the following productive zones: Cook Sands, Hardy B Sands, Swastika, Cross-Cut,...
SALT LAKE CITY, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Sands Energy Corp. (OTCBB: AMSE, "AMSE" or the "Company"), an oil sands exploration and development company operating in the state of Utah, announced today the successful operation of its oil sand recovery pilot facility. The pilot facility, which is based in Phoenix, Arizona, has been operational since early July. Approximately 80 tons of the Company's oil sands were shipped to the facility, which has been able to run at its...
CALGARY, June 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Canadian crude oil production will more than double to 6.2 million barrels per day by 2030 from three million barrels per day in 2011, according to CAPP's 2012 Crude Oil Forecast, Markets and Pipelines Outlook. "Resurging growth in Western Canadian conventional oil production and new oil sands investments are driving the positive outlook," said Greg Stringham, vice-president, markets and oil sands. "Canadian oil is clearly on the global stage and...
OTTAWA AND CALGARY, June 1, 2012 /CNW/ - Canada's Building Trade Unions and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) today announced a joint agreement to advance long-term competitiveness of the oil sands industry, with particular focus on developing a stronger skilled trades workforce. "The oil sands industry is the largest employer of skilled trades workers in Canada," said Dave Collyer, CAPP President. "The oil sands industry is working closely with the Building...
HOUSTON, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NFR Energy LLC today announced it has revised its full year 2012 guidance. David Sambrooks, NFR Chief Executive Officer, commented: "In clear recognition and response to the current natural gas price environment, NFR has revised its 2012 capital budget and operational plans to further reduce capital expenditures directed towards dry gas type projects. This capital reduction allows for some re-allocation to our new liquids rich projects, while...
PASADENA, Calif., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it received a five-year contract from Shell Canada Energy to provide main mechanical maintenance services to its Canadian operations, including the Scotford Upgrader and Manufacturing facilities near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta; Corunna Refinery near Sarnia, Ontario; and Albian Jackpine and Muskeg River Mines near Fort McMurray, Alberta. Officials did not disclose the contract...
CALGARY, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Alberta's oil sands, which employed just over 20,000 workers in 2011, is projected to grow its workforce by a staggering 73 per cent by 2021, according to a new report released today by the Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada (Petroleum HR Council). The report, Oil Sands Labour Market Outlook to 2021, states that some oil sands operations and occupations are forecasted to add over 100 per cent of their current workforce by 2021. The...
