Husky Energy adds bite to bark 12/12/2010
New CEO targets 50% production growth over next decade, using oil sands, Canada's East Coast, Asia as pillars; Greenland possible
Over 17 years under the leadership of John Lau, Husky Energy absorbed the first lesson of canine obedience - "sit, stay." Over the past six months under Asim Ghosh it's working on a second trick - "fe...

Standalone regulator urged after crash 11/28/2010
Former supreme court justice urges 'separate and independent' agency to control safety in Newfoundland's offshore oil industry
An inquiry into a helicopter crash last year off Newfoundland-Labrador that killed 17 of 18 people on board has called for an independent regulator to oversee safety in the province's offshore oil ind...

2010 Mining Explorers: Ucore Rare Metals Inc. 10/31/2010
UCU: TSX-V President and CEO: James Mackenzie Vice President, Project Development: Harmen Keyser Vice President and CFO: Peter Manuel At the behest of lawmakers at both the state and federal levels,...

Mining News: B.C. workshop focuses on rare metals geology 10/31/2010
British Columbia's Ministry of Energy, Mines and Resources and Geological Survey are sponsoring an international workshop on the geology of rare metals Nov. 9-10, 2010 at the Harbour Towers Hotel in Vic...

Mining News: REE staking rush yields early promise 10/31/2010
More explorers seek economic concentrations of strategic minerals in British Columbia's emerging Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt
More and more explorers are buying up and/or staking claims in an elongated area of central British Columbia that is emerging as a significant rare earth metals play, while juniors line up to mobilize...

Alberta rejects national strategies 09/26/2010
The Alberta government is not prepared to wrap itself in the Maple Leaf when it comes to endorsing a national energy strategy and the push for a single national securities regulator. The mere mention...

Mackenzie a 'must' 09/26/2010
NWT cabinet minister pressures government to invest in Mackenzie Gas Project
The Mackenzie Gas project "must be built" to support Canada's shift to a low-carbon future and to enable the Northwest Territories to realize its energy development potential, NWT Industry Minister Bo...

Arctic Directory: PND Engineers, efficient designs saving time and money for clients 09/19/2010
Striving to provide innovative solutions in the Arctic sets PND apart from the rest
Q. What do you most want people to know about your company? A. Clients look to PND for our innovation and out-of-the-box thinking. PND prides itself in being at the forefront of technology and we ar...

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...

Canada's offshore in melting pot 08/29/2010
Drilling winds down at only well in Canadian waters as demands increase for tougher offshore and unconventional rules, more research and development spending, review of operator liability
The only deepwater well currently being drilled in Canadian waters is nearing completion in Newfoundland's Orphan Basin just ahead of what shapes up as a full-scale national debate on the future of...

Canadian Senate opposes offshore ban 08/22/2010
There is no need to ban drilling in Canadian coastal waters, given that current legislation and the regulatory regime is "among the most stringent and innovative in the world," the Canadian Senate's e...

Regulatory board says censorship a 'mistake' 08/01/2010
Newfoundland regulator concedes it blundered in limiting information made public on emergency response plan for deepwater well
The public may never have felt more certain about its right to know the details of blowout response plans by offshore explorers. Amid the fallout from the Gulf of Mexico catastrophe, it would seem, at...

Pushing Arctic sovereignty 08/01/2010
NWT premier urges Canadian government to be more vocal about northern claims; Coast Guard icebreaker sets out on 4-month mission
The Canadian government needs to be more assertive in advancing its Arctic sovereignty claims, using the Mackenzie Gas Project as a key element of that strategy, Northwest Territories Premier Floyd Ro...

Calls for bids in Flemish Pass area 07/11/2010
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board has issued two calls for bids in the Flemish Pass-Central Ridge region. The July 6 call includes three parcels; sealed bids are due Nov....

Mining News: Explorers descend on Kahiltna Terrane 06/27/2010
Geologists scour this rugged, mineral-rich, but underexplored Alaska region known to produce huge porphyry copper-gold deposits
From the enormous Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project to grassroots gold and copper discoveries, the Kahiltna Terrane of Southwest Alaska is becoming a hot destination for mining companies seeking t...