Is Alberta Innovates working?

February 08, 2012 Category: Policy Tags: Alberta Innovates, AOSTRA, Eddy Isaacs, in situ, oil sands, SAGD
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By Richard Cantwell

A bureaucratic shuffle leaves some grasping for a bygone era of innovation More →

First round settled in legal tiff over coalbed methane rights

December 21, 2011 Category: Policy Tags: Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, ARC Resources, coal, coalbed methane, Dan Allan, Encana Corp., natural gas
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Decision gives natural gas producers rights to CBM on freehold land More →

Opinion: A cultural deficit hinders pipeline expansions

December 15, 2011 Category: Policy Tags: Keystone XL, Mackenzie Gas Project, Northern Gateway
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By Doug Matthews

Gas and oil lines must be viewed as more than ribbons of steel More →

Uncertainty and ‘high risk’ dog proponents of Arctic drilling

December 07, 2011 Category: Policy Tags: Arctic drilling, Beaufort Sea, Inuvialuit, National Energy Board, Nellie Cournoyea, Shell
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By Darren Campbell

Canadian plans stall while American exploration slowly advances More →

Opinion: Job growth triumphs over conservation

November 28, 2011 Category: Policy Tags: conservation, species protection, U.S. economy, woodland caribou
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By Doug Matthews

Today's endangered species is the worker More →

In the Arctic, disaster prevention via behavioral science

November 07, 2011 Category: Policy Tags: Arctic, Beaufort Sea, ConocoPhillips Canada, Imperial Oil, offshore drilling
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Understanding management systems takes on new significance after Macondo More →

National roots entangle Quebec’s shale gas ambitions

November 01, 2011 Category: Policy Tags: Junex Inc., Quebec, Quebec Oil and Gas Assoc., Questerre Energy Corp., shale gas, Utica shale
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By Jeff Lewis

Opposition is more "nationalistic" than environmental, former association head says More →

Why a national energy strategy is easier said than implemented

October 21, 2011 Category: Policy Tags: Alberta, Alykhan Velshi, ethical oil, greenhouse gas emissions, oil sands
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By Doug Matthews

Canada's energy policies remain firmly tethered to U.S. More →

Analysis: Oil sands royalty fix proves elusive

October 10, 2011 Category: Policy Tags: Alberta, auditor general, oil sands, royalty regime
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Performance measures needed to gauge regime's effectiveness More →

Canada’s transmission infrastructure is showing its age

October 07, 2011 Category: Policy Tags: BC Hydro, Dalton McGuinty, electricity, electricity transmission, feed-in tariff, Ontario, Tim Hudak
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By Cooper Langford Jr.

Expect higher electricity rates, observers warn, as a half-century-old bill comes due More →