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Midwestern states comprise bulk of future demand for Canadian oil

June 10, 2009 Category: Charts Tags: ,
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Waste management in the petroleum industry is a daunting task regulated by the Energy Resources Conservation Board

May 14, 2009 Category: Environment Tags: , , , ,
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The sheer volumes of oilfield waste strain government data systems More →

Communities keep watch as industry strives to contain a deadly gas

April 01, 2009 Category: Gas, International, Policy, Services Tags: , , , , , ,
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Bill Roman learned the hard way to respect sour gas as a young engineer in the early 1950s. Half a century later, the lesson remains a vivid memory More →

“Everything Is Going To Be OK”

December 01, 2008 Category: Gas, International, Technology Tags: , , , , ,
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ConocoPhillips Looks Past Crisis Towards Market Fundamentals More →

No Need to Say Sorry

December 01, 2008 Category: Finance, International, People Tags: ,
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Shell veteran David Collyer brings industry’s perspective to the helm of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers More →

Black Clouds on Green Horizon

December 01, 2008 Category: Environment, Finance, International Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Rival emissions policies and an infant carbon market further complicate financial instability More →

Saskatchewan Gains Momentum

January 01, 2006 Category: Gas Tags: , , , ,
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Behind its plain, prairie wrapping, Saskatchewan is the second largest crude oil producer in Canada, pumping out approximately 20 per cent of national production, as well as the third largest natural gas producer in the country More →

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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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