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Energy Minister’s Outlook on Saskatchewan

April 01, 2009 Category: Alternative Energy, Policy Tags: ,
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Saskatchewan Energy Minister Bill Boyd declares full ahead on oil, but leaves many questions about atomic power unanswerred More →

Second Time Around

April 01, 2009 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: ,
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More than 20 years after fierce public opposition shut down plans for a nuclear refinery near Warman, talk of upgrading Saskatchewan’s vast stores of uranium has resurfaced. This time, it sounds like more than just talk More →

Saskatchewan by the Numbers

April 01, 2009 Category: People Tags: , ,
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Saskatchewan has long been the little brother to the energy power-house next door More →

A Clean Sweep

April 01, 2009 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: , , ,
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The words clean and coal used to be considered opposites. The original, dirt cheap fossil fuel has a grimy history. But Saskatchewan is not in bondage to the past. The province is out to become a showcase of clean – even green – coal More →

Genuine Black Gold

April 01, 2009 Category: Technology Tags: , ,
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Bakken oil play sizzles despite oil price chill More →

Saskatchewan Strength

April 01, 2009 Category: Finance Tags: ,
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The prairie resource boom has long legs More →

Cold Western Canada a hotbed of climate change

December 19, 2008 Category: Editor's Blog Tags: , , , , , , , ,
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Ethanol

October 01, 2006 Category: Alternative Energy, Environment Tags: , , , ,
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Will cellulose slake the growing thirst for renewables? After decades of hype and hyperventilating by both critics and champions, where is ethanol headed? Alberta Oil looks at some of the myths and mysteries surrounding this perpetually promising biofuel 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 →

Chart of the Week

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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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