Alaska well-placed in global survey 12/23/2007
As reported in last week's issue of Petroleum News, Alaska trails Wyoming and Colorado among U.S. states, but edges out all Canadian provinces except Saskatchewan in a study of investment "friendlines...

Alberta getting nudged off center-stage as tax hikes prompt big EandP companies to shift capital spending to United States 12/23/2007
The verdicts are rolling in for Alberta's proposed new royalty regime as the leading EandP companies take the wrapping off their 2008 capital budgets. But, in the process, those companies are reinforcin...

Oil Patch Insider 10/14/2007
Danny is The Man to people of Newfoundland, Labrador
Whatever Big Oil may think of Danny Williams there's no doubt where he stands among the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. The pit-bull premier led his Conservative government in a re-election romp...

Exxon, Murphy sue Canada over NAFTA 10/07/2007
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Murphy Oil have served notice that they plan to sue Canada for breaching the North American Free Trade Agreement by permitting Newfoundland to require them to spend millions of d...

Ownership over royalties 09/23/2007
Newfoundland opts for equity ownership of up to 10%; unveils draft natural gas royalties; industry likes 'clarity, stability'
Newfoundlanders, in their own words, "will tell it to you straight, boy." That message has come across loud and clear over the past 16 months in the jarring test of wills and the high-risk gamble betw...

Newfoundland, Hebron partners cut deal 08/26/2007
Memorandum of understanding signed between province, Chevron-Canada led offshore oil consortium; details of MOU confidential
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, this is not the beginning of the beginning, or the end of the end, but it does appear to be the end of the beginning. With talk of a "spirit of cooperation and good fa...

Newfoundland heads downhill ... unless 07/22/2007
In the absence of any new discoveries or development of satellite pools, offshore Newfound and is headed for a sharp decline in production from 138 million barrels this year to 84 million barrels by 2...

Newfoundland ready for test of wills 06/17/2007
Williams: Hebron partners won't get better offer; set to demand equity stake of at least 5 percent in all new offshore projects
Premier Danny Williams is immensely popular in his home province of Newfoundland, where the polls indicate he is a prohibitive favorite for re-election in October. But he's immensely unpopular with oi...

Newfoundland: Trouble brews in stormy waters 06/03/2007
Premier tells industry act now or face higher price later; hints government demand for equity stake to exceed 4.9% sought for Hebron
There's one thing you can count on with Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams. He doesn't like still waters. In his latest attempt to stir the already storm-tossed oceans off his rocky shores, Williams...

Regulator slams Williams' government 02/11/2007
In a rare spat between an energy regulator and a Canadian government, the Newfoundland administration of Premier Danny Williams has been rebuked for blocking development of a 233-million-barrel Hibern...

Premier Williams goes to mat - again 01/28/2007
Newfoundland premier doesn't give a hoot about Big Oil as he adds Hibernia to his list of projects targeted for better returns
The huffing and puffing that characterizes Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams is reaching a point where he threatens to blow his own house down. Hell-bent on doing whatever it takes to squeeze bette...

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...

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...

Canada, U.S. assert Arctic claims 10/08/2006
Both countries push ahead with plans to deploy military icebreakers to region as melting ice sets stage for pursuit of Arctic's resources; Washington rejects Ottawa's insistence that the Northwest Passage is an internal waterway
It's not yet a Cold War between Canada and the United States in the Arctic, but a decided chill is developing as both countries assert their right to sovereignty. Both are pushing ahead with plans to...

Newfoundland in state of upheaval 07/02/2006
ExxonMobil Canada head: Atlantic Canada offshore 'at the balance point;' warning overshadowed by resignation of energy minister
The Newfoundland government has received a stern warning - either sort out the confusion surrounding its offshore regime or risk watching a fledgling industry crumble. "We are at the balance point her...

Newfoundland government hopeful 06/11/2006
Says Hebron proven, probable resources revised upward to 731 million barrels from original 414 million
The Newfoundland government thinks it has found a way to entice partners in the Hebron offshore oil project back to the bargaining table. Two months after the Chevron Canada-led partnership abandoned...