Shale gas fallout chilly 10/24/2010
Leading companies postpone plans in Quebec, citing costs, lack of service support
Fending off a public backlash, the Quebec government has rejected demands for a moratorium on development of its shale gas resource, staking its future on the prospects of gas self-sufficiency that th...

LNG hopes evaporate 09/05/2010
One of 10 proposed Canadian import terminals is working; one to be export project
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall ..." goes the old song for children. Let's make that "ten LNG projects" that once dangled the prospect of LNG imports to Canada for regasification into billions of...

Mining News: REEs become rarer on China export cuts 07/25/2010
The Far East country chokes global supply of the high-technology metals prompting the U.S. to stimulate domestic production
China, which mines the majority of the global supply of rare earth elements within its borders, has, over recent years, increasingly restricted its exports of the unique minerals to non-China-based pr...

Canada good on gas for a century 05/23/2010
CSUG: Low and high case projections are two to four times greater than previous estimates; include shale gas but not hydrates
Canada could be sitting on 4,000 trillion cubic feet of natural gas – a motherlode that has been "dramatically" changed by the emergence of shale and tight gas and would be sufficient to meet domestic...

From the NEB: Canada's new gas reality 04/11/2010
Canadian natural gas production will decline 14 percent over the next two years to 13 billion cubic feet per day, down a dramatic 14 percent from this year's expected volumes and a dramatic slide of a...

Canadian outpost stirs into action 04/11/2010
New Brunswick draws interest from two US-based gas producers; LNG import terminal delivers first gas; refinery upgrade completed
New Brunswick sits on the doorstep of New England and New York, one of the world's largest natural gas consuming regions. Until now, the Canadian province has been little more than a long-shot prospec...

Shale gas spreads wings beyond BC 03/07/2010
Alberta anticipates land sales bonanza, possibly topping C$1B; Quebec test results could unlock new play, fuel junior share surge
Canadian shale gas development is set to breaks out of its British Columbia confines, propelled by expectations of blockbuster March land sales in Alberta and initial success from a test well in Quebe...

Apache applies brakes on Kitimat 02/28/2010
Barely a month after taking a controlling interest in Canada's first proposed LNG export venture, Apache has cooled expectations for the project. But the big U.S. independent has given a hefty boost t...

Tales of woe on North America's refinery row 01/17/2010
The trail of wreckage on North America's Refinery Row gained another victim Jan. 7 with Royal Dutch Shell's decision to turn its Montreal facility into a fuel terminal after failing to find a buyer fo...

Mining News: Junior seeks flavor of Coffee prospect 11/22/2009
Kaminak Gold gets promising start on exploration of its claims in the historically gold-rich White District south of Dawson City
Kaminak Gold Corp. is one of the frontrunners in the exploration rush sparked by Underworld Resources Inc.'s recent gold discovery in the White District of Yukon Territory. In less than six months, th...

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...

BP, Irving scuttle plans 08/02/2009
Sweeping changes in refining sector rule out need for New Brunswick plant; North America awash with surplus capacity
Given a bulging list of North American refineries up for sale, it was no surprise that BP and Irving Oil bailed out on plans to proceed with North America's first greenfield oil refinery in more than...

Canada makes LNG debut at Canaport 06/28/2009
Canada has entered the liquefied natural gas age with the Canaport LNG terminal at Saint John, New Brunswick, receiving its first shipment. The joint venture by privately held Irving Oil and Spain's R...

Spanish make landfall in Atlantic Canada 03/01/2009
It's not quite a Spanish Armada, but there's no longer any doubt that the Spaniards have made landfall in Atlantic Canada's oil and natural gas plays. Five days after EnCana reported its long-delayed...

Atlantic Canada refinery plans stalled 12/07/2008
Irving Oil now estimates 8 years to build C$8 billion greenfield refinery; Harvest Energy Trust defers US$2 billion expansion
Atlantic Canada hopes of becoming a larger part of the North American refinery network are crumbling and may never recover. Privately held Irving Oil says it will now take eight years to build an C$8...

The Rock turns into a brick 11/30/2008
Newfoundland recovers from setbacks; Spain's Repsol latest entry; Husky, Statoil drill early well; full steam ahead for Hebron
Occupying a lonely spot in the storm-battered North Atlantic, Newfoundland often feels left out of the loop. Right now that might be a blessing. If there's a worldwide recession brewing, someone may h...

A sea change in North America 06/29/2008
Shale revives dreams of energy self-sufficiency extending over hundreds of years, driven by technological gains, oil prices
Whimsical or not, more commentators are suggesting that North America is on the verge of pushing back the "peak oil" threshold by hundreds of years. That was reminiscent of the loose talk in the 1960s...

High on the High Arctic 03/23/2008
Canada's Arctic Islands come into sharper focus as southern prospects fade
At a time when the Mackenzie Gas Project is bogged down in government and industry indecision, it might seem to be a case of overreaching to talk about development of gas resources in Canada's High Ar...

Canada LNG: In with a whimper 03/16/2008
Two federal project approvals raise barely a ripple as proponents continue search for supplies, face competition from Europe, Asia
Two of Canada's proposed liquefied natural gas projects have received regulatory green lights, but they were accompanied by barely lukewarm enthusiasm from the federal government, reflecting the troub...

Canada posts dismal well-license year 01/20/2008
The verdicts keep rolling in and they're not pleasant: Canada's natural gas sector is in a hole that continues to deepen. In the latest evidence of the sector's plight, regulators issued 12,740 licens...

Petro-Canada weighs Arctic LNG 12/09/2007
Petro-Canada is not ready to forsake the frontier mindset that was part of its birthright when it was created as a state-owned company in 1975. Chief Executive Officer Ron Brenneman told a company-spo...

LNG a continental wild card 11/25/2007
North America could benefit from tapping into global resource; greater LNG volumes could displace higher-cost conventional, unconventional, frontier supplies
Liquefied natural gas could play a key role in ensuring supply-and-demand balance and steady prices in North American markets over at least the next seven years, offsetting declines in Canadian export...

LNG application temporarily withdrawn 09/23/2007
A company seeking to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Maine - a proposal that would see supertankers entering a sensitive New Brunswick, Canada, waterway - has temporarily withdrawn its permi...