Canada $1B upgrader plan aimed at getting Alberta off boom-bust rollercoaster. CBC.ca.  The province says the move away from using diluent, which has to be shipped back from the refineries once the bitumen is upgraded, is also expected to free up 30 per cent more pipeline capacity at a time when bottlenecks are causing Alberta crude to sell at a steep discount on the North American ... Oilpatch investment lured south as US overhauls tax and regulatory regime, industry group says.  CBC.ca.  Canada's energy industry — struggling with pipeline constraints and a costly oil glut — says new American tax [...]

Notley unveils high-profile task force to counter BC 'attack' Calgary Herald.  The move is seen as an attempt by British Columbia to delay and hamper building of the $7.4-billion pipelineexpansion to triple its Alberta oil shipments to the West Coast, even ... The premier unveiled the initiative on a tour of a steel plant in south Calgary that makes steel tubing for oil and gas wells.