Services
December 01, 2008
Category: Services
Tags: cardiac, oil & gas, people power, security
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News and tidbits from the oil and gas service sector More →
December 01, 2008
Category: Services
Tags: cardiac, oil & gas, people power, security
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News and tidbits from the oil and gas service sector More →
September 16, 2008
Category: Services
Tags: Anne McLellan, boom, Edmonton Energy Services Summit, oil, oil & gas, prices
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The Energy Services Summit opened the eyes of an industry newcomer to the opportunities in the sector More →
September 16, 2008
Category: People
Tags: fossil fuels, industry image, oil & gas, Petroleum Service Association of Canada, Roger Soucy
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The PSAC represents more than 270 firms focused on oil and gas contracting with in excess of 68,000 employees More →
September 16, 2008
Category: International
Tags: Alberta, economy, globalization, multinational oil companies, oil & gas, OPEC, Saudi Arabia
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How globalization sets the current problems apart from the oil shocks of the 70s More →
September 16, 2008
Category: Finance
Tags: Economics, exchange rate, oil & gas, oil price, trading
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Canadian industry realities taught investors a hard lesson since the big bull market in commodities in general, and energy in particular, took off five years ago. More →
September 15, 2008
Category: Services
Tags: Charlie Fairbank, Fairbank, family business, history, jerker rod, oil & gas, Oil City, Petrolia
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Learn how the industry began over 150 years ago in southern Ontario More →
September 15, 2008
Category: Services
Tags: crane, Fort McMurray, oil & gas, oil sands, oilsands, Services
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NC Services Group is challenging for top spot in the heavy lifting world More →
September 15, 2008
Category: Policy
Tags: bitumen, CAPP, Environment, industry, oil & gas, oil sands, oilsands, public relations, reputation
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In the face of vociferous criticism, oil sands stakeholders and lobbyists discuss how best to remediate the industry’s reputation More →
May 29, 2008
Category: Environment
Tags: C02, Enhance Energy Inc., miscible flooding, oil & gas
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May 29, 2008
Category: Policy
Tags: Alberta Royalty Review, carbon capture and storage, climate change, Environment, gas prices, oil & gas, policies
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The subjects of discussion: the royalty review, climate change regulation, commodity prices and carbon capture and storage More →
Drilling activity on the rebound in Western Canada
Shell flips switch on oil sands cleanup plant
Seeking a third term as mayor in the oil sands capital
Alta. government seeks input on land-use plan
Shell reveals its own tailings management plan
Competition heats up for Peace River Coal
Penn West teams up with Mitsubishi
Alternatives
U.S. set to approve world’s largest solar plant
U.S. solar-thermal plant gets nod in Cali
Australia’s vast geography a ‘blessing and a curse’
In Ontario, measuring noise from turbines
Natural Gas
Rush for shale gas ups environmental ante: Rubin
U.S. EPA sets sights on hydraulic fracturing
Coal’s fall from grace a boon for natural gas
International
12 dead in China pipeline blast: reports
More Saudi oil goes to China than U.S.

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.