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Provincial cabinet charts new direction for land-use planning with Alberta Land Stewardship Act

Legislation seeks to manage Alberta’s land base on a regional basis to address the cumulative effects of industrial activity More →

Combat Ready

Afghanistan hero refines war arts into business survival skills More →

Barbecued Bitumen

Fallen oil prices light fire under trials of hot production method More →

Observer

Provincially, Alberta businesses invested the most in facilities and equipment to protect the environment – surpassing Ontario, the largest spender up until 2002. – Statistics Canada More →

Great Leap of Change

Murray Smith, former Alberta energy minister and provincial representative in Washington, D.C., talks about what to expect from the new U.S. administration More →

No More Oil Bubbles

New U.S. regime committed to taming commodity markets More →

An Oil Shock Stockpile

Is it time for Canada to adopt a U.S.-style emergency petroleum reserve? More →

Water Warnings

New research centre anticipates Alberta’s next drought More →

Retired Syncrude president Jim Carter Wasn’t Exactly Welcomed Into the Calgary Petroleum Club

"At the next meeting of the club he was definitely going to move a resolution to see that I, ‘and none of your kind,’ would ever enjoy privileges in the Calgary Petroleum Club.” More →

Welcome to the New Alberta Oil

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Chart of the Week

Alberta Oil Magazine chart of the week

Alberta land sales trend downward to start 2012

Land sales for drilling rights in Alberta netted the province an average of $206.20 per hectare on April 4, 2012. It’s the lowest result since an average of $196.96 per hectare was earned from an auction on October 28, 2009 – right in the middle of the economic meltdown. More →

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