China bulks up in oil sands 05/23/2010
Forms JV with energy trust to develop Alberta lease, raising investment to C$8 billion; analyst says U.S. wrong to block Chinese
China's methodical staking out of claims in the Alberta oil sands has taken another leap forward with China Investment Corp., or CIC, offering C$817 million for a 45 percent interest in bitumen assets...

Asian dragon stirring to life on resources 09/27/2009
China takes more subtle approach in efforts to secure minerals, oil and natural gas; Canadian government rolls out welcome mat
Since 2006, Chinese investors have acquired almost 11,000 square miles of African farmland. In August, China's state-controlled Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co. made a surprise C$148.5 million unsolicit...

Oil Patch Insider 06/24/2007
Prank involving Reggie's 'remains' inflames GO-Expo organizers; Ehm named president of Fowler Oil and Gas (Alaska), moving ahead with coalbed methane in Mat-Su
It was the oil and gas show of the year in Canada. More than 600 exhibitors and 21,000 visitors from 54 countries registered for the three-day Gas and Oil Exposition 2007 (GO-Expo) in Calgary. Fertile...

Russia dumps U.S. LNG market 10/15/2006
Gazprom rejects all bids for $20B Shtokman project; gas to Europe, not U.S.
Russia has rejected assistance from some of the world's most experienced offshore players, including U.S. majors ConocoPhillips and Chevron, to help develop its giant $20 billion Shtokman gas project...

Five applicants invited to further discuss Shtokman 09/17/2006
Chevron, ConocoPhillips still in the running for Gazprom's giant Arctic natural gas project on the Russian side of the Barents Sea
Gazprom evidently has invited all five applicants, including U.S. majors Chevron and ConocoPhillips, to further discuss joint venture proposals to help the Russian gas monopoly develop its giant Shtok...

Oil Patch Insider 07/02/2006
Cantwell's lead shrinks in re-election bid; Shtokman announcement expected in July, not August
Shrinking voter support for U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., has propelled the nemesis of Arctic drilling into a statistical toss-up with Republican newcomer Mike McGavick, according to a poll annou...

Barents bargaining chip? 06/04/2006
U.S, Russia trade political shots; Gazprom again delays Shtokman gas project
Russia appears to be using its giant Shtokman gas project in the Barents Sea as a bargaining chip to gain U.S. support for its bid to become a member of the World Trade Organization. Caught in the mid...

U.S.-Canadian trade dispute notches up? 09/04/2005
Growing chorus lists U.S. investment in Canadian energy sector and Alaska gas pipeline as leverage points in timber dispute
It look a long time for an issue that has been blasted across the front of Canada's leading newspapers since mid-August to earn a place in one of the United States' most influential dailies. On Aug. 2...

Alaska natural gas pipeline caught in trade mess 03/13/2005
Canada, U.S. embroiled in missile defense, softwood lumber, cattle and wine disagreements; B.C. cabinet minister sees pipeline as chance to get U.S. attention
Canada and the United States have woven a tangled web that involves President George Bush's plan for a ballistic missile defense system, softwood lumber, cattle and wine, and threatens to ensnare the...

Backed into Kyoto corner 11/21/2004
Russia's surprise ratification of climate change accord takes away Canada's escape route; reductions will be daunting to achieve
Russia and Canada know enough about ice hockey for Canada to recognize when it's been pinned against the boards with no way to stick-handle out. That is one of the prevailing feelings since Russian P...

China confuses Canada 11/07/2004
Noranda bid prompts federal legislators to press for updated foreign investment rules as China embarks on aggressive global shopping spree for resource assets
There has not been a fuss quite like it since the turn of the century when a C$50 billion wave of takeovers pushed U.S. control of Canadian oil and gas production close to 60 percent and never such a...

Another angle: Alaska gas line provisions added to tax measure in U.S. Senate 04/11/2004
Backers of federal tax incentives for an Alaska natural gas line are trying another way to reach the Senate floor. Instead of pinning all their hopes on the stalled energy bill, they are trying to add...

U.S. to decide by June 14 whether Russia is market economy 06/02/2002
Move could boost oil imports from Russia, world's second-largest oil producer
The U.S. Commerce Department will decide within three weeks whether to declare Russia a market economy, according to a declaration May 24 that boosted Russian hopes of winning a status that would dram...

Canada ready to react if United States implements subsidies for Alaska gasline 05/12/2002
Dhaliwal warns Abraham that two-thirds of Alaska Highway route crosses Canadian territory; Abraham offers assurances that Bush remains 'route neutral'
If President George W. Bush does the unthinkable and signs into law U.S. energy legislation that puts Canadian natural gas at risk, Canada will be ready to scuttle its free-market approach to Arctic g...

Energy sector resents being used as a bargaining chip in trade dispute 04/07/2002
Canada's natural resources minister revives case for ending energy cooperation with the United States; draws wrath of industry, Alberta government
Veiled threats to end cooperation with the United States in the energy sector, including the routing of a gas pipeline from Alaska through Canada, brought a swift reaction from those opposed to linkin...

Canada's prime minister puts oil, gas on line in lumber showdown 03/31/2002
Canada's Prime Minister Jean Chretien has again made veiled threats that his government won't exclude oil and natural gas from a tit-for-tat trade war that exploded March 22 when the U.S. Commerce Dep...

Chretien rules out an energy 'war' in lumber feud with U.S. 08/28/2001
Retreats from tough talk, including warnings to U.S. to forget about cooperation on a gas pipeline route through Canada; Alberta and industry rebuke federal politicians
A blazing Canada-U.S. brawl over softwood lumber threatened to get out of control in August, possibly endangering passage through Canada of any future Arctic gas pipeline. Faced with C$2 billion a ye...

Unocal completes sale of agricultural products business to Agrium 10/28/2000
Unocal's Alaska business unit will continue to provide natural gas to the Nikiski fertilizer complex through 2009
Unocal Corp. has completed the sale of its agricultural products business to Calgary-based Agrium Inc. The price was approximately $321 million; there are possible future considerations, the company s...

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