Ex-ConocoPhillips Canada CEO quits Nexen
Marvin Romanow of Nexen Matt Fox (the civil engineer, not the guy from the TV show Lost or the guy who just signed with the Mariners or the Saskatchewan rancher with a pet food company called Farm...
View ArticleMatt Fox found; heading back to ConocoPhillips
Matt Fox Matt Fox, former Nexen vice-president international, is headed back to ConocoPhillips after a northern adventure that included serving as president of ConocoPhillips Canada for a scant nine...
View ArticleJapanese energy giants find B.C. gas appealing
The Japanese companies who are paying $700 million to earn a 40 per cent stake in Nexen Inc.’s B.C. shale gas plays are both world-class behemoths whose investments and expertise in liquefied natural...
View ArticleLNG export volumes in perspective
Another week, another JV announcement between a Canadian gas producer and an Asian partner. Last Tuesday, Nexen and Japan’s Inpex cut a deal to develop BC gas reserves and, like others before them,...
View ArticleOilsands technology defies easy comparisons
Nexen’s extensive list of operational problems with its Long Lake in situ oilsands project have caused doubts to linger about its unique technology — the hydrocracking and gasification process that...
View ArticleElectromagnetic heat passes test in oilsands
Research that could result in the ability to “plug in” the oilsands has passed a proof-of-concept test and will next go to an expanded pilot field test scheduled to begin in 2013 A consortium made up...
View ArticleNexen shale gas deal with Japanese finally done
It was initially expected to be done in the first quarter, then forecast to conclude in the second. But the $700-million partnership deal between Calgary-based Nexen Inc. and Japanese companies Inpex...
View ArticleCulture shock: Canada, China and misinterpreting “the rules”
Prime Minister Stephen Harper can say the onus is on China to prove its state-owned enterprises can play by the same rules as Canadians but a new study by the University of Calgary’s School of Public...
View ArticleOttawa extends Petronas review as the deadline for CNOOC looms
The federal government’s extension of its review of the $5.2 billion bid by Malaysian state oil company Petronas for Progress Energy paves the way for Ottawa to extend the review of a takeover of Nexen...
View ArticleThousands of cans of tuna, an Angry Bird and some unique art
This retro television set was the creation of Urban Systems Ltd. Can thousands of cans of tuna become a work of art? The answer is a resounding yes. Just stroll over to the centre court at Southcentre...
View ArticleLucy Miller: Calgary do-gooders break United Way campaign record
I continue to be awed by our city. $59.7 million dollars is the largest amount of money ever raised during a United Way of Calgary and Area annual campaign. Thank you for dreaming big, stepping up and...
View ArticleFunding remains for flagship scholarship program for Yemeni students
As Yemen descends into chaotic sectarian violence, Calgary oil producer Nexen has quietly relinquished the last of its once-significant operations and exited the beleaguered country. The Canadian arm...
View ArticleEwart: Containing Nexen's oil spill an easier task than managing the fallout
Nexen has contained the spill from a ruptured oilsands pipeline but managing the fallout will be another matter. The company is still trying to determine why a double-walled pipeline installed less...
View ArticleEwart: Communication goes off the rails at Canadian Pacific
When Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. revealed its chairman and another board member had abruptly resigned this week, it was through a terse 72-word news release. In contrast, one day earlier Nexen needed...
View ArticleEwart: AER manages the impossible with shutdown of Nexen's pipelines
The Alberta Energy Regulator has managed the seemingly impossible by ordering the shutdown of almost 100 pipelines at Nexen Energy’s oilsands operations while it investigates an earlier spill....
View Article'Darkest day' for Nexen after fatal oilsands explosion
Calling it “one of the darkest days in Nexen’s history,” chief executive Fang Zhi confirmed Saturday an explosion at the company’s Long Lake oilsands plant killed one maintenance worker and seriously...
View ArticleEwart: Fatal Nexen explosion puts focus on oilpatch safety
There’s a universal pledge from companies across the oilpatch that everyone goes home safely every day. The message — fundamental to the idea that safety is essential to workplace culture — is...
View ArticleNexen moving into Bow Tower, subleasing eight floors from Cenovus
Oil and gas company Nexen will move its operations to the Bow Tower after a deal was struck to sublease space from Cenovus Energy. Nexen is currently headquartered at the corner of 7 Avenue and 8...
View ArticleOlympian Beckie Scott among six southern Albertans appointed to Order of Canada
Six southern Albertans, including Olympic gold-medallist Beckie Scott and Alberta Ballet artistic director Jean Grand-Maître, have been appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest...
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