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LNG application temporarily withdrawn 09/23/2007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Maine - a proposal that would see supertankers entering a sensitive New Brunswick, Canada, waterway - has temporarily withdrawn its permi...

Natural gas faces NAFTA test 09/23/2007
'Proportionality' clause will determine how much gas Lower 48 gets
The periodic spats that have threatened over the years to fray landmark North American free-trade deals that have created the world's largest trading bloc, could pale into insignificance if Canadian n...

Regulators clear Quebec LNG plans 07/08/2007
The Canadian and Quebec governments have approved plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, improving the partners' prospects of securing supplies from Russia...

New Brunswick joins production ranks 07/08/2007
New Brunswick has revived commercial oil production after a lapse of 30 years and made its inaugural natural gas shipments to New England. In the process, the Maritime province has received a shot of...

FERC moves on LNG over Canadian opposition 03/18/2007
Federal regulators plan to press ahead with their review of two proposed liquefied natural gas terminals on the Maine side of Passamaquoddy Bay despite Canadian objections. Joseph Kelliher, chairman...

Oil Patch Insider 03/04/2007
Anadarko orders new rig for Foothills gas drilling; Canada on guard against LNG tankers; Popp takes Poe's spot at AEDC
Partners Anadarko Petroleum, BG Group and Petro-Canada have ordered a new rig and remote camp from Nabors Alaska Drilling for a multi-year drilling program on shared acreage in the gas-prone Brooks Ra...

One shelved, seven still standing 02/18/2007
Unable to solve supply problems, Anadarko mothballs Nova Scotia LNG plans; only Irving-Repsol project has certain supplies, leaving seven Canadian projects in various stages of development; Kitimat only fully permitted terminal for the West Coast
Once on the leading edge of Canada's ambitions to enter the liquefied natural gas age, the Bear Head project in Nova Scotia has been mothballed. After an apparent losing struggle to arrange LNG suppli...

St. John refinery plans collide with Bush 02/11/2007
There might have been a better week for privately held Irving Oil to set the regulatory ball rolling on its plans to double refinery capacity at its Saint John, New Brunswick, complex. It announced Ja...

Oil Patch Insider 02/04/2007
'Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes ...'
And the pipes were calling when Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams made a three-day visit to the Alberta oil sands. He and the three other provincial leaders from Atlantic Canada got led into one mee...

Utah company in Canada refinery mix 01/14/2007
A Utah-based resource conglomerate has emerged as yet another candidate to establish Atlantic Canada as a new North American refining center. Headwaters has confirmed it is in preliminary discussions...

New Canadian refinery hub for northeast United States in works 01/14/2007
Atlantic Canada has taken another step towards becoming a key source of refined petroleum products for the northeastern United States, with plans for a possible 300,000 barrel per day facility in Newf...

Maine-New Brunswick on collision course 12/31/2006
Quoddy Bay project would be on Passamaquoddy reservation; issue LNG tankers negotiating passage off New Brunswick
Plans for two liquefied natural gas terminals in Maine have entered the regulatory process, setting the stage for a showdown with opponents in Canada. Quoddy Bay LNG, an independent Oklahoma-based en...

LNG threatens costly gas 12/17/2006
EIA expects liquefied natural gas imports to Lower 48 will climb to 4.5 tcf by 2030
Not only might imports of liquefied natural gas to North America offset the anticipated loss of Canadian supplies over the next decade, they could also spell trouble for the more expensive plays that...

It's no longer a gas in Western Canada 11/05/2006
Costs, productivity, prices suggest 'cozy' days disappearing, consultant says; warns gas-weighted producers 'have no place to hide'
The natural gas world of Western Canada is one of ups and downs these days, but the end result is down. Well productivity is down, well costs are up and commodity prices are down, all the elements to...

It's Saint John and don't forget it 10/15/2006
Small Atlantic Canada city bids to become a N.A. energy hub, with plans for a 2nd refinery, work under way on LNG terminal
From the beginning of time it's been confused with St. John's, Newfoundland. But there could be a role reversal in the making for Saint John, New Brunswick. It's being touted by its own economic promo...

Setting a new oil sands Horizon 07/30/2006
Canadian Natural Resources is setting a new standard for its oil sands peers by beating both its timetable and budget for the first C$6.8 billion phase of the Horizon project. The Calgary-based indepe...

Canadian LNG projects still alive 04/09/2006
Seven liquefied natural gas projects are in various stages of development, dealing with regulatory applications, negotiating for supplies, shipping contracts and markets
The future of seven liquefied natural gas projects in the works for the Canadian east and west coasts is a hodgepodge of hope and uncertainty, but none has yet hit a wall. The dominant issues still t...

Canaport LNG project in full swing 06/04/2006
More pieces have fallen into place for the Atlantic Canada liquefied natural gas project, with momentum on its side. Canaport owners, Irving Oil of New Brunswick and Repsol of Spain, have awarded the...