The United States is poised to be the world's largest oil producer by 2015, says the IEA. Yet, with the U.S. swiftly moving from oil importing to exporting for the first time in forty years, the oil ...

The Trans Mountain Expansion Project, now finally completed and operational after years of delays, is changing the fortunes of the oil sands. Canada's oil sands producers have started ramping up ...

Explore the differences between shale oil and conventional oil, including extraction costs and methods, and how these impact ...

BEIJING/HONG KONG, Aug 22 (Reuters) - CNOOC's planned $15 billion purchase of Canada's Nexen will make the Chinese state energy giant the operator of a major oil sands project for the first time, ...

Canada's oil patch is undergoing significant consolidation, with companies preferring to acquire existing operations rather than invest in new, expensive oil sands production. The acquisition battle ...

Unconventional oil refers to crude oil extracted through new methods like hydraulic fracturing and oil sands mining. Explore ...

Cenovus Energy CVE1.02%increase; green up pointing triangle said its proposed 7.9 billion Canadian dollar ($5.68 billion) buyout of rival MEG Energy will unlock hundreds of millions of dollars in ...

BDR's reputation and capability in the in-situ segment of the market is complementary to AMEC's existing position and expertise in oil sands. AMEC plc, the international engineering and project ...