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		<title>How to grow your oilfield service firm in the U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CanElson, McCoy Corp. and BOS Solutions reveal their winning strategies]]></description>
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		<title>Saskatchewan leads drilling activity in Western Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bakken boom fuels an 11 per cent jump in forecast wells]]></description>
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		<title>Safety services follow industry into the wild</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How advances by rescue firms are saving lives on industrial frontiers ]]></description>
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		<title>Horizontal drilling fuels record land sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changing drilling targets spark windfall for the Alberta government]]></description>
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		<title>Oilfield contractors keep Canada humming, PSAC says</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Yager]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Petroleum Services Association of Canada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big Oil gets the ink, but small service firms make the national engine tick]]></description>
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		<title>The key to oil-patch longevity? A bit of love</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Jaremko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reflections from Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers founding member Leroy Field]]></description>
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		<title>Inclusive Energy Ltd. sees opportunity in new drilling targets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Storage of potent chemicals used to break open dense rock formations an emerging niche]]></description>
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		<title>Old oilfields getting a second lease on life</title>
		<link>http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2010/10/old-oilfields-getting-a-second-lease-on-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[horizontal wells]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New technology and old data are fueling a drilling revival in Western Canada]]></description>
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		<title>Oil patch history is writ small for a retired roughneck</title>
		<link>http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2010/09/crafting-a-legacy-one-derrick-at-a-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[rigs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vern Blinn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Models of oilfield hardware offer a close-up look at very big equipment]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta drilling revival awaits when markets rise</title>
		<link>http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2010/08/the-stage-is-set-for-a-drilling-revival-when-markets-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Impact of natural gas royalty cuts muted by glutted markets ]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta drill workers shed lowlife image with Automated Drilling Rig technology</title>
		<link>http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2009/12/goodbye-roughnecks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Jaremko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Automation is smoothing drilling’s hard edges]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors predicts drilling freefall</title>
		<link>http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2009/07/drilling-in-a-freefall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Third quarter projection for 2009 sees just 214 rigs running, similar to lows in 1993 and 1998]]></description>
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		<title>Diving to Bottom</title>
		<link>http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2009/04/diving-to-bottom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Davis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[decline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Analysts predict a steep drop in U.S. drilling]]></description>
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		<title>Vendors Find Niches in Northern Alberta for Helpful Microbes and Massive Boilers</title>
		<link>http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2008/10/northern-niches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2008/10/northern-niches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opportunity abounds in the oil sands for the smart salesman
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		<title>Albertan Natural Gas Producers Are on the March Again</title>
		<link>http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2008/09/natural-gas-producers-on-the-march-again-all-the-way-to-alaska/</link>
		<comments>http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2008/09/natural-gas-producers-on-the-march-again-all-the-way-to-alaska/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Beswick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Alaskan pipeline is back on industry agendas for the future]]></description>
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		<title>Canada’s national natural gas highway uses original pipeline to make a fresh start on an international oil sands express route</title>
		<link>http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2008/09/as-the-pipeline-turns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2008/09/as-the-pipeline-turns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The intriguing story of Canada's first national natural gas pipeline ]]></description>
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		<title>Whither Arctic oil and gas?</title>
		<link>http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2008/01/whither-arctic-oil-and-gas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leta Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the current Arctic exploration focuses on oil, but efforts are building to tap substantial stranded gas reserves]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Eyes Alberta as model for developing oil shale</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green River formation oil locked in over half of the world’s known reserves of oil shale – a sedimentary rock comprising muds and clays that yields oil when heated. ]]></description>
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