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...

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...

Canadian natural gas exports walloped 01/03/2010
Canadian natural gas exports to the United States have gone into a nosedive, hitting their lowest point in the 24 years that volumes have been tracked by the National Energy Board. The cross-border sh...

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...

Imperial's plans put at risk 01/03/2010
NEB won't issue advance ruling on same season relief well in Beaufort
Turned down by Canada's federal energy regulator in its efforts to gain an advance ruling on its plans for an exploration well in the Canadian section of the Beaufort Sea, Imperial Oil is now taking t...

Enbridge warns of possible pipeline over-capacity 12/27/2009
Between TransCanada and Enbridge - Canada's two biggest energy pipeline companies - there's seldom a meeting of the minds. From the time they got caught up squabbling over rights to ship Alaska North...

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...

New economic age for Canada 12/13/2009
Final terms for Northern Gateway regulatory hearing coincide with Harper's declaration that Asia-Pacific supplanting US, Europe
The pieces are now in place for a Canadian regulatory hearing that carries profound overtones for Canada's economic future, now that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has rated the Asia-Pacific region ahe...

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...

Asia-bound, 'sooner rather than later' 11/29/2009
Enbridge, Kinder on verge of revealing strategies to open new markets for Alberta oil sands production, urged on by interest groups
Between now and mid-2010, the prospects of shipping bitumen from the Alberta oil sands to Asian refineries are heading toward make-or-break decisions. Enbridge anticipates submitting an application to...

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...

Canada faces gas liquids challenge 11/08/2009
Canada's National Energy Board expects rising imports of condensate to support the oil sands sector will reach 346,000 barrels per day by 2020 compared with 78,000 bpd in 2008. Diluents are needed for...

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...

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...

Canada's offshore oil patch skirts storm 10/04/2009
Newfoundland, Labrador experiencing private sector growth in economic downturn, mostly due to offshore oil and gas investment
As a perfect economic storm batters global markets one hatch of the Canadian ship of state remains wide open to boom times. Newfoundland and Labrador - known across Canada as The Rock - is experiencin...

Report: Natural gas supply to decline as market recovers 09/27/2009
The current downturn in drilling activity is expected to put a significant dent in Canadian natural gas supplies over the next two years, says the National Energy Board's report "Short-term Canadian N...

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...

Tackling a new gas equation 09/06/2009
Canadian industry lobby groups join forces to promote the use of gas for power generation and transportation across North America
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers is happy when natural gas prices are high and rising, keeping its member companies profitable and busy. The Canadian Gas Association likes to tell the w...

FERC: Infrastructure a challenge for Alaska gas pipeline project 08/30/2009
FERC tells Congress greater progress needed in improving or repairing highways, bridges, ports, airstrips prior to construction
Both Denali – The Alaska Gas Pipeline and TransCanada Alaska have pre-filed and both intend to hold open seasons in 2010, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said in its eighth report to Congress...

MAPLE LEAFS: Pipeline injuries trouble regulator 08/23/2009
The Canadian pipeline sector is becoming a more dangerous place to work, according to a National Energy Board study on worker safety, which found that close to two of every 100 workers suffered a seri...

TransCanada, Enbridge going at it again 08/23/2009
Pipeline giants lock horns over rival attempts to establish a 'bullet' crude oil pipeline from Alberta to U.S. Gulf Coast
When the National Energy Board convenes on Sept. 15 it could be adjudicating another brawl between TransCanada and Enbridge, Canada's pipeline heavyweights. They just can't seem to get along. In the...

Denali moves FERC application date back 08/16/2009
Company says '09 field work not needed for 2010 open season; TransCanada working on corridor review, limited geophysical
Denali is delaying by more than a year its submittal of a FERC application. Denali - The Alaska Gas Pipeline LLC, said in an early August monthly status report to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis...

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...