Calgary oil company suing UCP government over stalled development

A Calgary-based oil and gas firm took on the provincial government in court Tuesday over its lack of a decision on one of its key projects in Alberta's oil sands region. Prosper Petroleum Ltd., asked a judge to force the United Conservative Party government to make a decision on a proposal that was first submitted about seven years ago. The ‘Rigel Project’ is "a 10 000 bbl/day steam assisted gravity drainage bitumen recovery project located approximately 70 km northwest of Fort McMur