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Canada’s oil sands producers launch environmental performance alliance
Canada’s oil sands producers have formed a new alliance, Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), focused on accelerating the pace of improving environmental performance in Canada’s oil sands.

Jacobs Receives Contracts for Alberta Oil Sands Projects
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received new contracts in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 from seven clients in the Alberta Oil Sands to support steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and bitumen upgrading expansion projects.

Southern Pacific Completes SAGD Drilling at STP-McKay Thermal Project and Reduces Estimate of Total Project Capital Cost
Southern Pacific Resource Corp. (“Southern Pacific” or the “Company”) (TSX:STP) is pleased to announce the successful completion of its steam-assisted gravity drainage (“SAGD”) drilling program on the STP-McKay Thermal Project.

Imperial and ExxonMobil Pursuing Additional Routes for Kearl Modules, Reducing Size
Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil are pursuing routes for the safe shipment of smaller equipment modules for the Kearl project. The companies are reducing the size and weight of the shipments and will seek permits for an additional route that will use four-lane divided highways and not require road closures or highway upgrading.

Expansion of oil sands upgrader goes on-stream
Shell today announced the successful start of production from its Scotford Upgrader Expansion project in Canada. The 100,000 barrels-per-day expansion takes upgrading capacity at Scotford to 255,000 barrels-per-day of heavy oil from the Athabasca oil sands.

Technip awarded a contract for the Horizon Oil Sands facility in Canada
Technip has been awarded by Canadian Natural Resources Limited an engineering, procurement and construction support services contract, worth approximately €100 million, for the Horizon project in Fort Mc Murray, Canada.

Total E&P Canada Ltd acknowledges favourable decision regarding its 100,000 barrel-per-day Joslyn North Mine
Total E&P Canada Ltd., a Total SA subsidiary, received notice that the Joint Review Panel (Panel) finds the Joslyn North Mine Project (JNMP or the Project) to be in the public interest and grants approval for the construction, operation, and reclamation of the Project.

Canadian Natural Resources Limited Provides Further Update
Canadian Natural Resources Limited ("Canadian Natural" or the “Company") is providing this third update regarding the fire that occurred on January 6, 2011 at its Horizon Primary Upgrader.