Mackenzie project gets hearing dates 01/17/2010
The Mackenzie Gas Project has been given its roadmap for the final regulatory phases. Canada's National Energy Board said it will start hearing concluding arguments April 12 in Yellowknife and wrap up...

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...

Arctic future at risk; Imperial wants NEB to expedite ruling 12/13/2009
Imperial Oil and its sister company ExxonMobil Canada can't buy a break from Canadian regulators as they mull their future plans for the Arctic. And Imperial has vented its frustrations in a letter to...

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...

Oil Patch Insider: TransCanada on Arctic gas; RDC conference Nov. 18-19; Buffett cash to build Alaska gas line? 11/15/2009
TransCanada, with a financial stake in the Mackenzie Gas Project and the prospect of operating the main gas pipeline to southern markets, but no ownership position, is ideally situated to tell it stra...

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...

Caught in political web 11/01/2009
Canadian cabinet committee reported to have turned down fiscal package
Backers of the Mackenzie Gas Project now seem to be getting dragged deeper into a Canadian government quagmire. Political insiders have told Petroleum News there could be growing differences over the...

Mackenzie Gas Project mood on upswing on all sides 10/25/2009
The key Canadian government and Imperial Oil leaders in the Mackenzie Gas Project are not even close to giving up on the scheme. Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Oct. 14 the chances of a natural...

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...

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...

Grabbing Arctic controls 08/30/2009
Harper showers north with development dollars; no mention of MGP
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has just spent a week traversing the Canadian Arctic, seizing every chance he could for photo-ops as he took the controls of a Canadian Armed Forces helicopter, submarine...

Canada's multitrillion-dollar engine 08/16/2009
Study forecasts petroleum industry could pump incremental C$3.6 trillion into GDP over next 25 years, spreading jobs, tax benefits
The anti-petroleum faction in Canada has been given something to ponder, if it has an open mind. Whatever the industry's failings - and even the strongest defenders concede there are many - the flip s...

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...

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...

Oil disperses gas clouds 06/28/2009
Imperial, BP, gear up for Canadian Beaufort exploration; despair over Mackenzie
The Inuvik Petroleum Show wrapped up its ninth annual gathering June 19 with some misgiving about whether there will be a 10th celebration. The plodding progress - some may even say that "progress" is...

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...

An Arctic windfall 06/14/2009
If the Mackenzie Gas Project goes ahead it could pump C$27 billion in direct and spin-off benefits into the Canadian economy over the next 25 years - a small fraction of the projected C$3.1 trillion t...

Canada wants faster approvals 05/31/2009
A new voice delivered a familiar message May 19 when Canada's Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt said a drastic overhaul of the regulatory regime is needed to accelerate approvals for new oil and n...