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Green-upmanship: The Red, White and Green of U.S. Politics

May 29, 2008 Category: Environment, International Tags: , , ,
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Frederick Cedoz, AO columnist and chronicler of Washington’s goings-on, shares his notes on the rising importance of environmental issues in American politics More →

Alberta Trade Mission Scales Capitol Hill

January 30, 2008 Category: People, Policy Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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The largest trade delegation in Alberta history visited Washington in mid-January, with public policy events on Capitol Hill and a business session at the historic Mayflower Hotel More →

Fallout from the royalty review’s “unintended consequences”

January 30, 2008 Category: Finance, Policy Tags: , , , ,
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The real "Alberta Advantage" was natural gas and now its slipping away More →

Royalty Review Retrospective

January 30, 2008 Category: Finance, Policy Tags: , , ,
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Birthrights Don’t Last Forever More →

Turbulence in the South American Energy Industry

April 01, 2006 Category: International Tags: , , , , , , ,
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AO reports on the region’s political instability and how it is affecting their energy industry More →

Chart of the Week

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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