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Alberta is filled with luminaries and forward thinkers, several of whom took the time to respond to Alberta Oil’s Share Your Vision survey. Here are select responses to survey questions provided by prominent figures in Alberta’s government, industry and research sectors. - Read More


The question of surface rights compensation for buried lines goes to court

April 01, 2009 Category: Environment, People, Policy, Services, Technology Tags: , ,
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For years, pipeline operators in Alberta and other provinces have had to address recurrent arguments made by landowners seeking annual compensation for surface rights, citing ongoing impacts of buried pipelines. Operators have argued against these awards on grounds that the losses suffered by landowners are only temporary More →

Mel Knight looks forward in Alberta’s new energy strategy

April 01, 2009 Category: People, Policy Tags: , ,
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Energy prices have been worse, especially for natural gas in the early 1970s, Knight recalls in an Alberta Oil interview. More →

Saskatchewan by the Numbers

April 01, 2009 Category: People Tags: , ,
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Saskatchewan has long been the little brother to the energy power-house next door More →

Creativity Goes Where Certainty Does Not

April 01, 2009 Category: People Tags:
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Seismic shift? Not likely. But innovative solutions will pave the way forward. Strategy West Inc. president Bob Dunbar is a prominent oil sands consultant and industry veteran More →

Outgoing Nexen boss leaves legacy, tributes mentor

April 01, 2009 Category: People Tags: ,
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Charlie Fischer gave credit where it was due when he retired at the end of 2008 after 36 years of career successes More →

Talent Erodes Gender Barriers As Determined Women Rise To The Top Of Energy Sector

April 01, 2009 Category: People Tags: , , , , ,
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When Linda Cook pushed through the corporate glass ceiling in the summer of 2003, the sun seemed to shine on women’s possibilities More →

Peace in the Parkland

February 02, 2009 Category: People, Policy Tags: ,
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A fragile truce blooms as industry tempers generations of mistrust More →

Building on Common Ground

February 01, 2009 Category: People Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
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Trade secrets inform a breakthrough guide to industry and aboriginal relations More →

The Changing Face of Labor

December 04, 2008 Category: People, Policy Tags: , , , , ,
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To organize or not to organize? The question is no longer so simple in worker-hungry Alberta More →

Conversation on Energy – A VIDEO

December 01, 2008 Category: People Tags: , ,
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The new era of big oil’s attempt to repair its public image and its connection to communities where it operates is marked by several innovative approaches. More →

Chart of the Week

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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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