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Enbridge 9B Pipeline Reversal Plan Approved in Quebec
Posted by Montreal Gazette: Kevin Dougherty on December 9th, 2013
Montreal Gazette: A Quebec National Assembly committee has given unanimous approval to the controversial plan by Enbridge Inc. to reverse its 9B Pipeline to bring western Canadian crude to Quebec oil refineries, but with conditions.
Fearing the pipeline would be used to export western crude through the province, the first recommendation of the committee is that Enbridge agree to transport oil only to Quebec refineries.
Quebec has two refineries, Suncor Inc. in Montreal and Valero Inc., formerly called Ultramar,...
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Canada: Quebec will no longer authorize fracking for oil, gas
Posted by Montreal Gazette: Kevin Dougherty on March 18th, 2011
Montreal Gazette: Nathalie Normandeau, Quebec’s natural resources minister, announced Wednesday that the Quebec government would no longer authorize any hydraulic fracturing operations in the province.
Normandeau said the ban will apply to fracking both for gas and oil, but that fracking could be done for scientific purposes.
A panel of independent experts, which the government has yet to name, will determine whether an individual fracking operation will add to scientific knowledge about the impact of the controversial...