Federal move revokes world oil price guarantees for sands plants
Ottawa invoked force majeure to suspend world price guarantees for Syncrude Canada Ltd and Suncor Ltd as global oil prices surged. The decision aims to negotiate new pricing and keep two northern Alberta oil sands plants on world pricing temporarily, while Alberta officials call the move unnecessary and risk talks on energy policy.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Marc Lalonde
Force Majeure
Lalonde
Merv Leitch
Edmonton
Liberal
Nick Taylor
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Suncor
Canada
North Sea disaster tests survival odds in Kielland incident
Dawn search resumes for eight missing oil workers after the Kielland platform capsized in gale seas off Norway. Officials say survival chances are slim after 36 hours in freezing water. toll rises to 39 dead 85 missing 89 survivors, as divers probe possible leg leak and stability issues.
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Stavanger
Norway
North Sea
Per Bjorklund
Phillips Petroleum Co
Royal Air Force
Bill Harrold
Associated Press
RAF
Flotel
Kielland
Nuclear protesters mark TMI anniversary with arrests
Anti-nuclear demonstrations across several states marked the 1979 Three Mile Island accident anniversary. About 200 gathered near the Middletown plant for a candlelight vigil while 67 of 200 protesters outside Parsippany were arrested on trespassing charges.
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Associated Press
Three Mile Islands
New Jersey
Arizona
U.S
Three Mile Island
Middletown
Connecticut
Nebraska
Texas
New York
Michigan
Ohio
Missouri
Tennessee
Parsippany
N.J
General Public Utilities Corp
Pennsylvania
Fifth Avenue
Statehouse
Providence
R.I
Seabrook
N.H
Yukon leader wary Alaska Highway gas line may fail
Yukon Premier Chris Pearson says the 15 billion Alaska Highway gas pipeline may not be built as Foothills Pipe Lines owes 5 million in 1980 property taxes. He cites budget deficits and asks Ottawa minister John Munro for assurances of ongoing commitment amid constitutional talks.
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Whitehorse
Yukon
Chris Pearson
Alaska Highway
Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd
Pearson
Tf Foothills
John Munro
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Munro
Clark
Ottawa
U S bans exports to Moscow for Summer Olympics
President Carter imposes an export ban on U S goods and technology to the Soviet Union for the Moscow Games. The move blocks more than 13 million in items and affects NBC rights payments, with officials citing national policy and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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Washington
Carter
U.S
Moscow
United States
Commerce
Philip Klutznick
Homer Moyer
NBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Canada
CBC
Cecil Smith
Toronto
White House
Afghanistan
Warren Christopher
Jody Powell
Powell
Monique Berlioux
The
Jail term proposed for driving conviction in Alberta
Alberta moves to tougher penalties for repeat offences under the Motor Vehicle Administration Act. Second offenders driving with suspended licences or without insurance could face up to six months in jail with fines up to 2000 dollars. About 5000 cases involved uninsured driving and 12000 licence suspensions last year. The plan also shortens newcomer vehicle registration to three months.
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Edmonton
Bill Samis
Graham Harle
Alberta
Society blamed for bears deaths in Arctic oil study
Norwegian scientist Dr. Nils Orisland says Western society’s oil hunger caused polar bear deaths in a study involving oil exposure. Three bears were dunked in oil slick water. one died, another was killed for humane reasons, the third near death, as researchers note potential Arctic spill risks.
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Winnipeg
Nils Orisland
Norway
the Tribune
Arctic
Oritsland
Orisland
Alberta Ottawa face constitutional showdown over oil sales
Liberal leader Nick Taylor warns Alberta's plan by the Petroleum Marketing Commission to take over all Crown lease oil sales could spark a federation crisis as Premier Peter Lougheed pushes control over oil use. The commission says it will begin operations April 1 buying oil and selling to 11 Alberta producers.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ottawa
Petroleum Marketing Commission
Nick Taylor
Peter Lougheed
Taylor
Lougheed
D.W. Minion
Commission
Minion
Canada
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