OPEC clinched a deal to curtail oil supply, confounding skeptics as the need to clear a record global crude glut — and prove the group’s credibility — brought its first cuts in eight years. Crude rose as much as 8.8 per cent in London. Read the full article here.
Oil Respect
The most signed e-petition ever presented in the House of Commons, since the practice began in 2013, calls on the federal government to champion the oil and gas industry.
Ms. Shannon Stubbs, Member of Parliament for Lakeland (Alberta), officially presented an e-petition in the House of Commons calling upon the federal government to vocally support the oil and gas industry, new pipelines across Canada, and hundreds of thousands of employed and unemployed oil workers. The petition was signed by 34,537 Canadians from across the country and represents one of the highest signed House of Commons e-petitions in history.
Visit the following Oil Respect links for more information and to sign new petitions as they are started.
If Only Oil Was Ketchup!
If oil was treated the same as ketchup is in Canada, pipelines would be much easier to build. Read the story here.
TransCanada asks Quebec judge to reject request for Energy East injunction
Lawyers for TransCanada are in a Quebec courtroom today asking a judge to reject an injunction related to the company’s Energy East pipeline project. Read the story here.
The Truth About Canadian Pipelines.
Facts and myths about Canadian Pipelines from the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association!