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Eight Companies That Will Benefit from Keystone Pipeline Approval (TRP, CNQ, COP, DE, XOM, LYB, PWR, VLO)

Posted: March 12, 2013 at 9:05 am

The long running saga that is the construction of TransCanada Corp. (NYSE: TRP) Keystone XL pipeline may be coming to an end. Designed to transport oil from the Athabasca oil sands ...
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Nexen, Progress Energy Sales Approved, Canada Draws a Line in the Sands

Posted: December 10, 2012 at 7:22 am

After markets closed on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that the government had approved both the $15.1 billion sale of Nexen Inc. (NYSE: NXY) to China’s Cnooc Ltd. ...
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China’s CNOOC Swallows Canadian Oil and Gas Company

Posted: July 23, 2012 at 7:42 am

China’s largest offshore oil and gas company, CNOOC Ltd. (NYSE: CEO), has agreed to acquire Canadian oil and gas firm Nexen Inc. (NYSE: NXY) for $15.1 billion in cash, or ...
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Another Oil Sands Producer Acquired by China (CEO, SNP, COP, TOT, PTR, CHK)

Posted: July 20, 2011 at 9:57 am

Another day, another energy acquisition by a Chinese firm. This time its Cnooc Ltd. (NYSE: CEO) putting out about $2.1 billion for Toronto-traded Canadian oil sands developer Opti Canada. In ...
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Media Digest (6/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 6:39 am

A Washington Post/ABC poll showed Obama's ratings on the economy hit a low. (Reuters) Steve Jobs of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced the company's new iCloud product. (Reuters) Wall St. stocks ...
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Fight Over Oil Sands Pipeline Continues to Heat Up (TRP, COP, XOM, SU, TOT, BP)

Posted: January 24, 2011 at 11:11 am

Whether or not the 1,700-mile Keystone XL that would transport crude oil from Canada's oil sands to the US Gulf coast is necessary all depends on one's point of view.  ...
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Europe Wants No Part of Canada’s Oil Sands — Or Does It?

Posted: October 5, 2010 at 11:46 am

In what many will view as another instance of the regulation-happy European Union getting smacked-down, the European Parliament's Environment Committee has delayed until December 2011 a ruling on how to ...
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