Canada issues Mackenzie-Beaufort nominations call 01/10/2010
Whether Canada's frontier explorers see the initial round of regulatory backing for the Mackenzie Gas Project as a shot in the arm for eventual development of Arctic oil and natural gas is being put t...

Ho-ho-hold the holidays 01/10/2010
Proponents of Mackenzie gas have tight deadline to respond to 679-page report
It landed Dec. 30 with a thud on desks in the high-rise petroleum towers of downtown Calgary, spoiling whatever hopes employees working on the Mackenzie Gas Project might have had to put their feet up...

Mackenzie has liftoff; panel gives support to project 01/03/2010
The Mackenzie Gas Project has surfaced from its prolonged regulatory bog to receive strong backing from a Joint Review Panel which gave approval, along with caveats, based on its examination of the im...

Mackenzie Gas Project report on its way 12/20/2009
Backers of the Mackenzie Gas Project have a date - Dec. 31. That's when the Joint Review Panel is expected to meet its promised deadline and deliver its findings on environmental and socioeconomic iss...

Shale gas: Mirage or miracle? 11/29/2009
Euphoria over NA shale runs gauntlet of doubt; consultant - forecasts excessive
It's a roll of the dice with few parallels in the lifetime of North America's petroleum industry. In British Columbia alone, companies have plunked down billions of dollars to lock up exploration righ...

Arctic gas on the menu 11/22/2009
TransCan execs say Alaska, Mackenzie essential for NA energy supply
Alaska and Mackenzie Delta gas, along with shale volumes from the United States and Canada, could play an essential role within the next decade if North America is to meet the "big challenge" of offse...

Mac partners battle on 11/08/2009
Positive remarks counter October gloom based on fiscal rejection speculation
The smallest interest partner in the Mackenzie Gas Project has suddenly become its biggest booster at a time when hopes are waning. ExxonMobil, whose wholly owned Canadian unit has a 5.2 percent stake...

Final arguments on Mackenzie gas pipeline set for April 10/11/2009
Canada's National Energy Board said Oct. 7 that it expects to hear final arguments on the proposed C$16 billion Mackenzie pipeline in April, concluding a process that began in 2006, following the 2004...

Arctic Directory: Investing in the Arctic 09/20/2009
Big resource, big opportunity, big challenge in Far North outrank many hot spots
The Arctic is said to outrank many of the globe's current exploration hot spots, including Brazil and West Africa. But don't expect companies to flock to the Far North anytime soon, especially at a ti...

MGM kills Arctic gas drilling program 09/20/2009
Area's only recent explorer blames Mackenzie line delay; might shoot seismic this winter in central Mackenzie Valley, oil the target
On May 5, MGM Energy said it was, at best, paring down its natural gas exploration program in Canada's Northwest Territories or, at worst, canceling it altogether. On Sept. 14, the Calgary junior said...

Decade older; what have we got? 09/20/2009
Mackenzie Gas Project faces being overtaken by Alaska line, shale gas; Ziff Energy analyst - pipeline dead without government money
In more than a decade since visionaries unveiled the second serious attempt in 30 years to develop Canada's Arctic natural gas resources - call it Mackenzie Mark II - time has been wasted; costs have...

MGM Energy enters Mac deepfreeze 08/09/2009
MGM Energy, the solitary company exploring in recent winters for natural gas to help strengthen the Mackenzie Gas Project, will not make "any large capital" investments in the Mackenzie Delta this win...

2 into 1 - a nonstarter; Kvisle scuttles idea of combined line 08/09/2009
It's a bit like the unwelcome party guest who just won't go home, no matter how direct the hints. Whenever the daunting costs of getting gas from the Arctic to southern markets surface, it doesn't tak...

Yukon watches, waits, hopes for pipeline 08/02/2009
Canadian territory has potential onshore, offshore natural gas; development dependent on connection to larger line, or to mines
Caught between two spluttering, multibillion-dollar natural gas pipeline projects out of Alaska and the Mackenzie Delta, Canada's Yukon Territory's hopes of becoming energy self-sufficient and also sh...

Indecision hobbles Arctic natural gas 08/02/2009
Canada issues new strategy to strengthen Arctic sovereignty claims, develop region's resources; NEB lists Mackenzie project barriers
The Canadian government repeatedly makes the right noises about claiming sovereignty over a vast chunk of the Arctic and developing the region's resource potential. But its own energy regulator, the N...

Canada coy on guarantees 07/05/2009
Northwest Territories stepping up request for Mackenzie project loan assistance
The Canadian government is keeping tight-lipped about whether it will ever provide loan guarantees for the Mackenzie Gas Project. Jim Prentice, the cabinet minister overseeing the project, told report...

Key players in MGP 06/21/2009
It's straightforward enough figuring out who owns what in the three anchor gas fields underpinning the Mackenzie Gas Project. From there, the lines can get a bit tangled. The Mackenzie Producers Group...

Who's on first? 06/21/2009
Exxon-TransCan Alaska gas line push sends tremor through Mackenzie ranks
So ExxonMobil hitches up with TransCanada to build an Alaska natural gas pipeline. Does that spell the end of the current road for Canada's Mackenzie Gas Project: yes or no? Make that a definite maybe...

Investing in the Arctic 06/14/2009
Big resource, big opportunity, big challenge in Far North outrank many hot spots
The Arctic is said to outrank many of the globe's current exploration hot spots, including Brazil and West Africa. But don't expect companies to flock to the Far North anytime soon, especially at a...

Arctic oil, gas riches 06/07/2009
USGS: 30 percent of undiscovered gas and 12 percent of oil in the Arctic
The U.S. Geological Survey has published the detailed results of its recent Arctic oil and gas assessment. The agency had issued the general conclusions of its assessment in the summer of 2008, as rep...

Consortium locates gas hydrates in GOM 05/24/2009
Government and industry project finds saturated deposits in reservoir sands at two out of three sites drilled in offshore expedition
In another key step towards the possible future development of gas hydrates, a potential major source of natural gas, a research team has found highly saturated deposits of the material in reservoir-q...

MGM defers Arctic programs 05/10/2009
MGM Energy, the last active explorer in Canada's Mackenzie Delta, has vented its feelings about the drawn-out regulatory phase of the Mackenzie Gas Project in the most telling way. The Calgary-based j...

Gloom over Mackenzie line 05/10/2009
Kvisle: project 'may well not proceed,' partly because of gas drilling in Alaska
Faltering progress through the regulatory thicket that has entangled the Mackenzie Gas Project is generating a grim message from Hal Kvisle, chief executive officer of TransCanada. Frustrated by the d...

Backing for Mac project 04/05/2009
Conoco sees gas recovery; Canada supports APG stake; Deh Cho may be in
From the industry, government and First Nations fronts, the Mackenzie Gas Project got a boost in the last month. Kevin Meyers, president of ConocoPhillips' Canadian division, told a news briefing Marc...

MGM posts Mackenzie natural gas numbers 03/29/2009
Canadian Arctic explorer MGM Energy has wrapped up its three-well winter drilling program disappointed, but not deterred given the resource estimates it has attached to its western Mackenzie Delta exp...