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Arctic pipeline schemes are as bold as the aurora borealis that dances across the northern sky. But there is a difference. The northern lights are pure inspiration. Arctic pipelines alternately tempt and then torment those they once beguiled.
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Tomorrow’s taxis could be fueled by natural gas

September 01, 2010 Category: Gas Tags: , , , , ,
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So says a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative More →

Natural gas firms adopt a conservation creed

August 03, 2010 Category: Gas Tags: , ,
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Top producers and processors spent more than $22 million on efficiency measures in 2008 More →

First Nations decry self-serving southerners in Mackenzie Gas debate

June 01, 2010 Category: Gas Tags: , , , ,
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'We have become dependent on a southern industrial way of life, but with no industry' More →

The U.S. EPA could work wonders for natural gas

May 01, 2010 Category: Gas Tags: , ,
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The cleanest fossil fuel holds promise in a carbon-constrained world More →

Alberta oil deposits could top famed Saudi reserves

December 01, 2009 Category: Gas, International Tags: , ,
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The amount of untapped oil in Alberta is enough to make the Middle East jealous. Just give it 25 years More →

Devon Canada Corp. has high hopes for shale gas in northeastern British Columbia

October 01, 2009 Category: Gas, International Tags: , , ,
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Gas megaproject methods are migrating into B.C. shale, setting the stage for the next big boom More →

British Columbia borrows from Alberta’s royalty framework for energy development

October 01, 2009 Category: Gas, Policy Tags: , ,
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On the left coast, the gas industry is greeted by a co-operative regime and light royalties adapted from B.C.’s neighbor More →

Alberta natural gas changes hands at a fast clip

October 01, 2009 Category: Gas Tags:
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Gas trading has evolved into digital forms, leaving behind the noisy exchange pits where brokers used to haggle in person More →

Liquified natural gas gains currency

October 01, 2009 Category: Gas Tags: ,
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Tanker builders float the idea More →

Newfoundland and Nova Scotia benefit from oil and natural gas

August 01, 2009 Category: Gas Tags: , ,
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The Maritime provinces are increasingly a black gold coast More →

Chart of the Week

Alberta Oil Magazine chart of the week

Offshore drilling moves to the deep end

The proportion of deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico first began to outpace drilling at shallower depths in the early 1980s, figures from the U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service show. The gap grew steadily until the late-1990s, when production from deepwater plays rose dramatically. The sudden increase in deepwater activity lends credence to the argument that oil is increasingly harder and more expensive to access.

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