International Business News - TRP http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The government has not allowed enough time for public comment on a proposed oil pipeline that would stretch from Alberta to the Gulf Coast, and a new comment period of 90 days should be designated, several groups concerned about the project wrote the U.S. State Department. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/groups-want-longer-period-for-pipeline-comment.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:56:43 EST TransCanada Corp. said Tuesday it had completed its offering of 30.5 million common shares for total proceeds of about 1 billion Canadian dollars ($792.9 million). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/transcanada-completes-share-offering-for-792-9m.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:25:10 EST A joint pipeline venture featuring oil giants BP PLC and ConocoPhillips turned in a federal right of way application for a 2,000-mile proposed gas line project. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/pipeline-venture-files-fed-application-for-project.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:13:13 EST TransCanada Corp. said Monday it will issue 30.5 million common shares in a bid to raise about $1 billion Canadian dollars ($809 million) to partly fund capital projects and pay down short-term debt. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/transcanada-to-raise-809m-in-stock-offering.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:54:15 EST The U.S. boosted its proved oil reserves last year for the first time since 2007, in part thanks to new discoveries in Alaska. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says domestic proved oil reserves grew by 2 percent while natural gas reserves increased 13 percent over the previous year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/energy-report-alaska-helps-us-boost-reserves.htm Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:07:35 EST TransCanada Corp. says it has enough contracts with oil shippers to proceed with a second Keystone pipeline that would move crude oil from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast, though it is mum on the possibility of a spur into western North Dakota. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/transcanada-mum-on-keystone-xl-spur-into-bakken.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:22:33 EDT Gov. Sarah Palin's signature accomplishment--a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48--emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an Associated Press investigation shows. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/159925-palin-pipeline.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081026/ap-investigation-palin-pipeline-terms-curbed-bids.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081026/ap-investigation-palin-pipeline-terms-curbed-bids.htm Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:43:45 EDT Contrary to Gov. Sarah Palin's campaign promises to "build a pipeline quickly," the massive project to send natural gas south is still no sure thing. TransCanada Corp. has been awarded a state license, but still needs approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which is years away. Canadian regulators must sign off on their portion. First Nation tribes in Canada are objecting to the proposed route. And even if it sails through financial and regulatory hurdles, TransCanada still has no obligation to build the pipeline. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081025/no-guarantee-gas-pipeline-will-be-built.htm Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:27:56 EDT Gov. Sarah Palin's signature accomplishment--a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48--emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an Associated Press investigation shows. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/159735-palin-pipeline.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081025/ap-investigation-palin-pipeline-terms-curbed-bids.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081025/ap-investigation-palin-pipeline-terms-curbed-bids.htm Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:20:56 EDT Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark says heavy rain in eastern North Dakota has delayed some work on the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, but it still appears "pretty close to on track." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/nd-official-pipeline-delay-from-rain-not-major.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:59:45 EDT Exxon Mobil Corp. and Alaska officials are trying to settle a complex lawsuit over a North Slope natural gas field deemed essential to a successful 1,170-mile pipeline project. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081021/alaska-exxon-mobil-work-to-resolve-lease-dispute.htm Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:13:46 EDT Republican Sarah Palin criticized a version of a Barack Obama health care plan that doesn't exist and Democrat Joe Biden clung to a misleading charge about Republicans and big oil when the two clashed in the vice presidential debate Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/144576-vice-presidential-debate.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/some-facts-adrift-in-veep-debate.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/some-facts-adrift-in-veep-debate.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:58:07 EDT Facts went adrift on taxes, deregulation and more Thursday when Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden clashed in the vice presidential debate. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/144271-vice-presidential-debate.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/some-facts-adrift-in-veep-debate.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/some-facts-adrift-in-veep-debate.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:34:20 EDT South Dakota likely would run into constitutional problems if it tried to put a state fee on interstate underground pipelines to pay for cleaning up spills and leaks, a state lawyer told a task force Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/sd-official-pipeline-fee-likely-unconstitutional.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:54:34 EDT Full exploitation of the oil-rich Bakken shale formation in western North Dakota will require extensive infrastructure expansion so oilmen do not idle rigs, government and industry officials say. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/nd-bakken-potential-stunted-by-infrastructure.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:04:24 EDT TransCanada Corp. said Wednesday it has bought Bison Pipeline LLC from Northern Border Pipeline Co., giving it access to a large pipeline project in the northern U.S. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/transcanada-buys-bison-pipeline-llc.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:10:04 EDT Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's reputation as a crusading reformer after pushing through higher taxes on oil companies has been tarnished by revelations that members of her staff tried to have her former brother-in-law fired from his job as an Alaska state trooper. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/118667-mccain-veepstakes-palin.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/palin-views-on-oil-polar-bears-may-be-liabilities.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/palin-views-on-oil-polar-bears-may-be-liabilities.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:54:18 EDT BP PLC is on target to finish replacing and fixing miles of pipeline on Alaska's North Slope, about two years after corrosion-induced leaks crimped the nation's oil supply and prompted harsh criticism of the company, the chief of the oil giant's American division said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/bp-exec-says-alaskan-pipeline-fixes-on-target.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:53:27 EDT Preliminary work has started in northern South Dakota on the Keystone Pipeline that will carry crude oil through the state's eastern tier of counties. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/transcanada-starts-keystone-pipeline-work-in-s-d.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:06:49 EDT A published comment from TransCanada Corp. Chief Executive Hal Kvisle sent a chill through the Capitol halls just days after the Legislature awarded the Canadian company an exclusive license toward a pipeline project. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/transcanada-ceo-comment-unnerves-lawmakers.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:57:55 EDT