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Connecting the Dots
A once-small trade show has mushroomed into a national forum for oil sands suppliers in the know
by Jeff Lewis

Trailblazers
Today’s top innovators shift boundaries and move mountains (no, not literally)

Talkin’ Revolution
The oil patch depends on new technology but is often slow to implement it. Gushor Inc.’s Steve Larter is pining for change

Eureka No More
Oil sands discoveries may have lost their anecdotal cachet but they are no less groundbreaking
by Bill Sass

Outposts of Progress
Environmental Refuelling Systems Inc. tackles logistics, long distances and remote worksites to keep the fuel flowing

Environment
Whoever says minding the public interest is easy is a liar
By Cindy Chiasson

Economics
Unlimited supplies of oil and gas? A controversial Russian geologist posits that possibility
by Patrycja Romanowska

Editor’s Log
The unsung home of creative thinking is a well-kept secret
by Gordon Jaremko

Observer
Trends, news and views on the international and national energy scene

Services
Gas entrepreneurs turn to Quebec and the Maritimes

Advances
Carbon counters love their work

Policy
Nothing comes cheap in a clean energy template

Transactions
A new U.S. system tracks the price perils inherent in energy trading

Projects
A colossal storage site makes market coups possible

Champions
A lifelong oilman sees green in murky sands

Passages
Spies and secrecy color a pioneer legacy

Final Words
Alberta Enterprise Group’s Tim Shipton looks beyond the crossroads

Tanker Rush
Offshore oil traffic is igniting environmental concerns in the Maritimes
by Wes Reid

Temple of Knowledge
A renaissance spirit inspires a book store’s revival

Not Settling for Second
The next bitumen wave is poised to grab the top spot on the world’s oil ranking

The Lines Are Open Again
Alberta conservatives are taking pains to lend an ear to industry

International
As new gas supplies open, delivery services are racing to keep up
by Susan Parker

Environment
Why the time between abandonment and reclamation of well sites needs to speed up
By Jason Unger

Economics
An Edmonton author crafts a formula to walk the talk when it comes to clean air
by Patrycja Romanowska

Editor’s Log
The path to the big time starts small
by Gordon Jaremko

Observer
Trends, news and views on the international and national energy scene

Services
Automation is smoothing drilling’s dangerous edges

Advances
Regulators are borrowing military-grade technology to detect air pollution

Policy
A new consumer advocacy group is primed to become a household name

Transactions
Environmental technology will change the reputation of this province, courtesy of carbon penalties

Projects
Energy scholars are separating 90 years of bitumen genius from snake oil

Champions
A renaissance spirit inspires the revival of a technical bookstore and industry landmark

Passages
Oil was first struck in Canada more than 150 years ago; it’s been a wild ride ever since

Final Words
Laura Lochman: All in the North American Energy family

Tanker Rush
Offshore oil traffic is igniting environmental concerns in the Maritimes
by Wes Reid

Temple of Knowledge
A renaissance spirit inspires a book store’s revival

Not Settling for Second
The next bitumen wave is poised to grab the top spot on the world’s oil ranking

The Lines Are Open Again
Alberta conservatives are taking pains to lend an ear to industry

International
As new gas supplies open, delivery services are racing to keep up
by Susan Parker

Environment
Why the time between abandonment and reclamation of well sites needs to speed up
By Jason Unger

Economics
An Edmonton author crafts a formula to walk the talk when it comes to clean air
by Patrycja Romanowska

Editor’s Log
The path to the big time starts small
by Gordon Jaremko

Observer
Trends, news and views on the international and national energy scene

Services
Automation is smoothing drilling’s dangerous edges

Advances
Regulators are borrowing military-grade technology to detect air pollution

Policy
A new consumer advocacy group is primed to become a household name

Transactions
Environmental technology will change the reputation of this province, courtesy of carbon penalties

Projects
Energy scholars are separating 90 years of bitumen genius from snake oil

Champions
A renaissance spirit inspires the revival of a technical bookstore and industry landmark

Passages
Oil was first struck in Canada more than 150 years ago; it’s been a wild ride ever since

Final Words
Laura Lochman: All in the North American Energy family

Red Carpet Treatment
Politicians welcome industry with open arms and light royalties

Bigger Than Texas
B.C. shale is attracting attention and is ready to burst

Fitting In
Despite headlines, on the Peace frontier drilling is more natural than bombs

Financial Heartburn
Industry struggles to digest new disclosure rules

Communications Challenge
There is heavy lifting ahead for investor relations teams

Energy Shopping Center
Value hunters make gas change hands at a brisk pace

Wary New World
The capital market has lost its appetite for risk
by Patrycja Romanowska

Environment
Industry should look to family law to improve fairness of energy projects
By Cindy Chiasson

International
Tanker builders float mobile natural gas liquefaction concept
by Joe Fisher

Economics
Celebrity energy guru is engaging on stage, but trods on shaky economic ground
by Patrycja Romanowska

Editor’s Log
Expectations are running high on all fronts
by Gordon Jaremko

Observer
Overseas markets, green agendas and carbon cleanup

Services
Learning to see risks is magnified by a flawed oil price lens

Policy
NEB at 50: Energy watchdog is still lively after all these years

Transactions
A toll fracas has broken out since the world financial fiasco

Champions
Fossil fuel philosopher fingers environmental role of mass energy consumption

Passages
Beaver Drilling shows it can survive anything

Final Words
Pat Nelson: Defending Alberta’s resource jewel

part one
Bed & Board
Today’s work camps are fit for blue-collar kings
By Gordon Jaremko

part two
Labor Puzzle
A feast-or-famine industry tries to work out how to keep talent
By Bill Sass

part three
Top Dollar
Boom time pay gains last longer than boom times do

Black Gold Coast
Newfoundland oil and Nova Scotia gas buoyed up by big opportunity
By Wes Reid

Strategic Moves
CAPP has recruited diplomats and business big wigs to lead the battle of public opinion
By Sydney Sharpe

The Trading Game
A veteran dealer explains what inflates oil market bubbles
By Barry J. Foster

Environment
New provincial land use apparatus concentrates power in the provincial cabinet
By Cindy Chiasson

Economics
Is Alberta liable to burn itself with its carbon trading firewall?
by Patrycja Romanowska

Editor’s Log
Gloating is not on the program in energy hot spots
by Gordon Jaremko

Observer
National, international news and trends on the energy scene

Services
Contractors would rather trust markets than revive handouts

Advances
Ultrasound borrowed from medicine to prevent pipe cancer

Policy
Alberta earth sciences brain trust doesn’t keep any secrets

Projects
Ontario and U.S. gas buyers team up to build trade route

Transactions
Alberta’s money czar is braced for a long financial storm

Champions
Retired top Alberta civil servant tackles northern jumble

Passages
Bob Blair: Alberta empire builder left lasting legacy

Final Words
Richard Dunn envisions a gas supply renaissance

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

Turning the Corner
With the right message, Alberta will be heard, says Gary Mar

Growing Teeth
Provincial and federal oilfield watchdog agencies get tough, then efficient

Reality Check
Greening the supply side is only part of the battle, convincing consumers to do the same is harder

Inventing Greenumen
A technology formula for an oil sands makeover promises to turn bitumen into a beauty with the slimmest carbon emissions of any oil model

Scholars in Harness
Top scholars in an array of specialties mount a national research effort in smart, clean energy

Water Wizards
Decades of coping with southern Alberta droughts give a new research team a head start on adapting to anticipated effects of global warming

Waste to Wealth
Cleaning up after oil and gas production is big business

Practice Run
H₂S re-injection a rehearsal for CCS

Collossal Chore
Waste strains even government computers

Out of Thin Air
Carbon capture projects compete for $2 billion in Alberta treasury support

Emissions Eaters
Scientists seek a greenhouse gas breakthrough by planting algae farms

Tough Love
New cleanup rules are tough

Scare Tactics
Duck deaths put migratory bird warning systems on high alert at oil sands mines

Measured in Milliliters
Are tailings ponds leaks really seeps?

Enviro-champions
Three of Alberta’s clean energy champions detail their visions for the province’s energy direction

Carbon Conundrums
Emissions trading schemes are complex recipes with uncertain results, yet Canada must align with whatever the U.S. has in store
by Patrycja Romanowska

The Coal Fix
Grimy energy source stands out as the leading candidate for improving the environmental record of fossil fuels
by Mike Sadava

Reclaiming the North
Reclamation planning starts before the digging at modern bitumen and coal mines. Cleanups, required by Alberta legislation since the 1970s, begin during production and continue long after it ends
by Mike Sadava

Blowing in the Wind
An open electricity market, falling construction and equipment costs and expansion plans for the transmission grid favor turbine projects in breezy Alberta. But the global credit crisis poses financial obstacles
by Patrycja Romanowska

Editor’s Log
Sensible Solutions
by Gordon Jaremko

Just the Facts
Bitumen Basics

Visions of the Future
Alberta luminaries outline views for the future

Essay
Rooted in Nature
by Mary Clark Sheppard

Saskatchewan Strength
New technology and favorable policies forge a formula for durable growth
by Patrycja Romanowska

Genuine Black Gold
Bakken oil play sizzles despite oil price chill

A Clean Sweep
Estevan power plant is a breakthrough foray into clean coal

Saskatchewan by the Numbers

Second Time Around
New plans for a nuclear plant are greeted with cautious optimism

Minister’s Outlook
Full ahead on oil but nuclear power still has to earn its first spot in the West, says Saskatchewan’s Energy Minister
by Patrycja Romanowska

Seeing the Light
Contrarian Alberta strategy urges ‘looking beyond today’s market lather’ to latent energy strength
by Gordon Jaremko

Endless Vigil
Endless evolution of safety precautions and conflict resolution keeps sour gas production going
by Graham Chandler

Environment
A long-running feud over compensation between pipelines and landowners escalates into a legal duel
by Dean Watt

International
Natural gas drilling takes a dive in the United States as industry reels from the effects of glutted markets and faltering prices
by Carolyn Davis

Editor’s Log
Closing the gender gap
by Gordon Jaremko

Observer
National, international news and trends on the energy scene

Services
New northern mega-wells threaten to strain contractor resources

Advances
An internationally known master of hard rock turns scholar and trains a new generation in extracting buried treasure

Policy
Oilfield regulation stays tight; watchdog ready for next round of development

Operations
Industrial fuel conservation projected to pay at least $300 million a year

Projects
The oil sands are down but definitely not out

Transactions
Alberta’s carbon emissions regime emerges as surprisingly demanding while international cap and trade schemes come apart

Champions
Elder statesmen of natural gas make way for a new brain trust

Passages
Charlie Fischer bows out, gives credit where it is due

Final Words
Can anyone predict energy prices? Veteran oil sands specialist Bob Dunbar says no