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When joint venture deals go wrong
National oil companies won't always be content as the silent partner >
Report on Ontario: The Podcast
From feed-in tariffs to metal fabrication, we explore Ontario’s Green Energy Act and a new connection to Alberta’s oil sands >
The scramble to save the Mainline
As volumes drop on the system, TransCanada adjusts tolls and looks for new supplies >
Oil sands fortunes run through Asia
A proposed pipeline to the Pacific has drawn suitors from South Korea to Singapore >
Oil sands ambition shows staying power
By early 2009, setbacks dealt out to Alberta’s oil sands looked crushing. Project delays became routine >
Retired Syncrude president Jim Carter Wasn’t Exactly Welcomed Into the Calgary Petroleum Club
"At the next meeting of the club he was definitely going to move a resolution to see that I, ‘and none of your kind,’ would ever enjoy privileges in the Calgary Petroleum Club.” >
Reality check: Oil sands projects in Alberta have a history of disappointing openings
A humbling heritage of setbacks taught leaders in the early oil sands developments not to be cocky and to avoid rash promises >
How Air Standards for Power Generation Could be an Omen for the Oil Sands
Strict new green standards for power stations are on the horizon >

Alberta Venture Podcast: Fearing Foreign Investment?

Our editors Max Fawcett and Paul Marck discuss the fears and fallacies surrounding foreign investment in Canada >

Mired in fixed price contractsm oilsand businesses are confronting runaway cost inflation

Scott Balfour's resignation as Aecon Group President followed by large operating loss but long-term promise >

Will Alberta’s all-stars come through?

Premier's Council for Economic Strategy needs to perform like Canada's Olympic team >

China wants Alberta to buy in

'World's biggest factory' seeks Alberta's investment in its future >

The Oilsands’ Quiet Revival

Overshadowed by the malaise in Alberta’s natural gas industry in recent months has been a quiet revival in the oilsands. >

Be Prepared to Change

Justin Robinson brings branding to the oilsands business >

Imperial Oil’s greenlighting of the Kearl oilsands project on May 25 should not be viewed as an inflection point for oil and gas investment. It’s a huge project and a welcome chunk of work for northern construction hands and contractors, but we’re not about to see the energy industry and investors pile back into the oilsands. As usual, Imperial is running against the herd. >

Sand Branding

They’re not tarsands; they’re oilsands. At least that’s what the energy sector and the Alberta government want – nay, need – the world to understand. Will the message make it through the muddle? >

The Race to the Gulf

Oilsands producers don’t just need more pipeline capacity to crude oil markets; they want it to the right markets. The prize: access to North America’s refining hotbed in Texas and Louisiana. Trouble is, it’s not easy getting there from here >