Technologies are supporting shale well pad advances.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway purchased a stake in Suncor Energy, sending the U.S.-listed shares of the Canadian oil and gas producer up 4% in after-market trading.
TransCanada's earnings from its liquids pipelines came in at $399.49 million compared with a loss of $699 million a year earlier.
Cenovus Energy's quarterly loss widened, but the oil sands producer said the impact of output cuts will be more than offset by an improvement in Canadian crude prices this year.
Murphy Oil said Eugene T. (Gene) Coleman, executive vice president of exploration and business development for the El Dorado, Ark.-based oil and gas company, will retire by the end of February.
Alberta in January announced a $334 million loan guarantee for a $1.5-billion partial upgrading facility planned by private company Value Creation. The Edmonton-area plant would turn 77,500 barrels per day (bbl/d) of diluted bitumen into medium crude oil and low-sulfur diesel, starting in 2022.
Canada, the world's fourth largest producer of crude oil, has suffered from a steep discount for its oil, as tight pipeline space and insufficient rail capacity pushed the differentials between Canadian oil and U.S. prices to their largest spread in years.
The Canadian province of Alberta will ease oil curtailments in February and March, earlier than expected, saying on Jan. 30 that its rare step to limit production had eased a glut of crude.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, heads of Chevron, BP, Shell, Total, Aramco and Exxon Mobil joined together to discuss two key topics—climate change and pressure from investors.
A survey by DNV GL also indicated that more energy companies were preparing for a long-term shift to cleaner energy sources.