Oil

Why citizens may soon be liable for more oil and gas industry messes

Every Albertan now knows that the tar sands, the world’s largest energy project, drinks an enormous amount of water. Separating tar from sand is a messy, water-intensive business: producing just [...]

How the oil industry still runs Alberta

Just how safe are Alberta’s oil and gas pipelines?

Think oil sands companies are certain to clean up after themselves? Think again. How citizens could be stuck with the $15-billion bill.

Almost 100,000 spent oil and gas wells litter Alberta. Who will pay the clean-up cost?

When an overdeveloped sense of prosperity causes an underdeveloped sense of democracy.

Think the royalty debate started with Stelmach? Think again. Albertans have been debating (and raising) royalty rates for nearly 80 years.

Oil sands extraction makes a lot of waste. Where does it all go? Welcome to Alberta’s tailings ponds.

Lured by the promise of lucre, a writer hits the rigs.