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Irving Oil has laid off 60 workers from its Saint John refinery, saying the pandemic has had an "extreme and serious'' impact on its business and industry.

Oil and gas giant Shell is buying ubitricity, a major provider of electric vehicle charging points in Europe.Shell said Monday that it would buy a 100% stake in the Berlin-based startup, without disclosing the price."The move represents a further step in Shell's efforts to support drivers as they switch to lower-carbon transport,'' the company said.The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, will give Shell ownership of the biggest public EV charging network in Britain with more than 2,700 charge points.Ubitricity also has smaller public networks in Germany and France, and has installed over 1,500 charge points for fleet customers across Europe.The company's focus has been to integrate charge points into existing street infrastructure such as lamp posts, to reduce the cost of laying new power lines down streets.Experts say easier access to charging facilities is key to the successful rollout of electric vehicles.Shell has said it wants to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner. 

Goal is to enhance customer offerings.

Job losses and massive refinery shortages could result Michigan continues to increase the heat on the Canadian refining sector with its push to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline by May 2021.

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), in consultation with Indigenous leaders and communities across Western Canada, has developed a new, exclusive Western Nations gas bar brand.

OPW Vehicle Wash Solutions grows technology portfolio with ICS addition Dover, and its OPW business unit, have announced that it has acquired Innovative Control Systems, Inc.

The market for battery-powered delivery vehicles and equipment has so much potential that General Motors is forming a new business unit to serve it, a move that lifted the automaker's stock to a multiyear high.

Canada's Imperial Oil says it will update its carbon pollution disclosure “in the coming months,” after parent company Exxon Mobil pulled back the curtain for the first time on emissions from the use of its own products.