Energy Shortage
Project delays caused by the current economic slump sow seeds of future energy supply shortages and price hikes

Iraq Beckons
An Alberta firm revives exploration in the Kurdish cradle of Middle East oil

International Player
From China to Mexico, Alberta manufacturers and contractors are in demand

Charting a New Course
Pipeline, tanker and port schemes open new global markets for Canadian resources

Salvaged Treasure
Sulphur doctors rove the planet, replacing hazardous emissions with a mineral product

Environment
Emerging limits on water supplies call into question the legal line drawn between saline and pure sources
by Jason Unger

The Roving Economist
Developed countries suffer from energy obesity and only a return of high prices can likely stop over-indulgence in fossil fuels
by Patrycja Romanowska

Editor’s Log
Recovery hope shines through the wreckage of the oil price bubble
by Gordon Jaremko

Observer
National, international news and trends on the energy scene

Services
Paying attention to workplace and environmental details comes naturally to an award-winning employer

Advances
Green science raises plants that will start putting life into the bleak remains of oil sands tailings ponds this spring

Policy
A new public registry brings an end to hiding contamination skeletons in Alberta bureaucratic closets

Operations
Bomb attacks lose battle to halt B.C. sour gas development

Projects
An Alaska pipeline team calls for a break from the regulatory woes that froze the Mackenzie project

Transactions
Quebec and Ontario pin high hopes on hooking up to Alberta’s economic locomotive

Champions
A passionate leader breaks the energy boom-bust cycle by putting an Edmonton industrial satellite on international business maps

Passages
June 1 deserves to be called Canadian Oil Freedom Day despite the absence of parades and parties for good reasons

Final Words
Veteran project leader Bob Reid is starting to wonder if delayed approval made the northern pipeline miss its chance to be built