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Jul 11, 2013 A Quebec train disaster that killed at least five people and left about 40 missing promises to touch off debate over the safety of shipping crude oil by rail or pipelines such as TransCanada Corp. (TRP)

Jul 01, 2013 Companies operating major crude oil pipelines in Canada will be required to have $1-billion available to fund clean ups from any spills, the Canadian government said on Wednesday. Joe Oliver, Canada

June 28, 2013 The developers of a major natural gas field in Azerbaijan have decided that the western end of their export pipeline to Europe should take a shorter, southern route ending in Italy rather than a northern one to Austria, one of the companies competing for the pipeline business said Wednesday. The Austrian energy company OMV, the lead shareholder in the company vying for the northern route, said it had been informed it would not win the ...

Jun 27, 2013 A pipeline operated by Pennwest Exploration has leaked more than 5000 litres of oil in northern Alberta and co-ordination of clean-up efforts is being hampered by flooding at the company

June 25, 2013 The diluted form of heavy crude from Canadian oil sands fields is no more likely to leak from a pipeline than other forms of oil, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences reported Tuesday. The finding, after an extensive study by the National Research Council, refutes a claim by opponents of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline extension, who contend that the