Canada's once booming oil sands industry is cooling fast as the plunging oil price undermines investment. More than US$60 billion ($41 billion) worth of projects to extract oil from the bitumen-rich sands of northern Alberta have been delayed in the past three months, according to a study of industry figures by The Times.  permaLink:1231114000-6641

Producing crude oil from oil sands is a high cost operation. They also produce significant volumes of emissions associated with climate change. This article explores how oil prices and emission limitations might affect their future.  permaLink:1231018000-8672

One year ago, when the price of crude oil sat comfortably above $100 a barrel, the energy space was a feeding frenzy as investors tripped over each other looking for companies that were exploring new, sometimes zany sources of fuel... Today, oil is trading for about $40 a barrel, and the world th...  permaLink:1230850000-8594

Drilling operations have begun at its Hangingstone oilsands area, says Excelsior Energy Limited.  permaLink:1230750000-5703

Peak Energy Services Trust said it continues to work with Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. concerning its current service requirements and amicably resolving obligations under the terms of a two-year agreement signed in July 2008.  permaLink:1230577000-4766

They'd get off the plane from Atlantic Canada and score big money in the oil sands.  permaLink:1230544000-8164

The excavation of the tar sands projected to pump $2.4 trillion into Canada's economy between 2010 and 2030 could reduce the region's migratory-bird population by almost half, environmentalists say.  permaLink:1230446000-8730

CHICAGO -- About half of America's migratory birds fly from destinations as far-flung as Chile to nest in Canada's boreal forest. In Alberta, that forest lies above tar sands that contain oil reserves second only to Saudi Arabia's.  permaLink:1230268000-0596

The association, which represents most of Canada's big oil producers, said it expects the oil sands to produce 2.4 million barrels per day in 2015, down from the 2.8 million bpd it had forecast in Jun...  permaLink:1230209000-6406

There have been occasional claims from U.S. media sources that oil from Canada, specifically oil from the Athabasca oil sands region, can be the salvation for US oil woes in the future, assuming drilling everywhere in the US doesn't do the trick. An example of such optimism was exemplified in a 60 Minutes segment about a year ago which gave the impression that the Athabascan region could supply much of the future U.S. oil needs. read more  permaLink:1230038000-3984

The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) has issued a new directive which lays out the expectations for both the regulator and producers during inspections of oilsands mining and processing plant operations.  permaLink:1229627000-1484

Nexen Inc. said Wednesday it has struck a $735-million deal to boost its stake in the Long Lake oil sands project to 65 per cent by buying another 15 per cent of the joint venture from cash-strapped partner...  permaLink:1229537000-5703

OPTI Canada Inc. OPTI has entered into a definitive agreement to sell a 15 working interest in all its joint venture assets to Nexen Inc. for 735 million. Following the transaction OPTI will have  permaLink:1229529000-9766

CALGARY (Reuters) - Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd (CLL.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Monday it will cut bitumen production at its Alberta oil sands project as prices sink below costs, the first Canadian producer to take such action in the wake of falling oil prices. Connacher said i...  permaLink:1229474000-9219

By: 9:20 AM CALGARY - Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. says bitumen production at its Great Divide Pod One oilsands project has passed the two-million-barrel mark, but the company plans to throttle back on production...  permaLink:1229373000-9375

Some companies are delaying decisions to move forward with projects in Canada's challenging oil sands as lower oil prices threaten the profitability of high-cost production there.  permaLink:1229219000-9219