Mackenzie project gets hearing dates 01/17/2010
The Mackenzie Gas Project has been given its roadmap for the final regulatory phases. Canada's National Energy Board said it will start hearing concluding arguments April 12 in Yellowknife and wrap up...

Canada issues Mackenzie-Beaufort nominations call 01/10/2010
Whether Canada's frontier explorers see the initial round of regulatory backing for the Mackenzie Gas Project as a shot in the arm for eventual development of Arctic oil and natural gas is being put t...

Ho-ho-hold the holidays 01/10/2010
Proponents of Mackenzie gas have tight deadline to respond to 679-page report
It landed Dec. 30 with a thud on desks in the high-rise petroleum towers of downtown Calgary, spoiling whatever hopes employees working on the Mackenzie Gas Project might have had to put their feet up...

Mackenzie has liftoff; panel gives support to project 01/03/2010
The Mackenzie Gas Project has surfaced from its prolonged regulatory bog to receive strong backing from a Joint Review Panel which gave approval, along with caveats, based on its examination of the im...

Mining News: Arsenic spill dusts worker at Giant site 12/20/2009
Agency followed safety procedures; studies technology that could permanently lock up hazardous material in underground workings
An accidental discharge of deadly arsenic trioxide at the old Giant gold mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories this fall has brought into focus the potential impact of an ongoing project to recla...

Fire damages FNG Port Mackenzie plant 12/20/2009
A fire ripped through a maintenance shop adjacent the Fairbanks Natural Gas LNG plant at Port MacKenzie, north of Anchorage, early in the morning of Dec. 17. The cause of the fire has yet to be determ...

Noah: standalone line work on schedule 12/20/2009
Parks Highway route selected because it is shorter, could cost less; gas conditioning in Cook Inlet, at PBU facilities, considered
Harry Noah, special manager of the in-state gas pipeline project, told Alaska legislators Dec. 16 that the standalone or bullet line - a project which would deliver gas just within Alaska, not to outs...

Mackenzie Gas Project report on its way 12/20/2009
Backers of the Mackenzie Gas Project have a date - Dec. 31. That's when the Joint Review Panel is expected to meet its promised deadline and deliver its findings on environmental and socioeconomic iss...

Arctic future at risk; Imperial wants NEB to expedite ruling 12/13/2009
Imperial Oil and its sister company ExxonMobil Canada can't buy a break from Canadian regulators as they mull their future plans for the Arctic. And Imperial has vented its frustrations in a letter to...

Wood Mac: EandP spend to recover in 2011, flat in 2010; Conoco's Alaska budget uncertain 12/06/2009
Wood Mackenzie predicts investment in the world's upstream oil and gas sector will grow modestly in 2011, reaching around $350 billion by 2012, down from a five-year peak of $370 billion in 2008 when...

Melt could cost trillions 12/06/2009
Pipelines, roads, buildings threatened by extreme temperature swings in Arctic
A meltdown in northern Canada is endangering pipelines, roads and buildings - including C$5 trillion worth of aging infrastructure - if climate change continues unabated in the decades ahead, says a r...

Shale gas: Mirage or miracle? 11/29/2009
Euphoria over NA shale runs gauntlet of doubt; consultant - forecasts excessive
It's a roll of the dice with few parallels in the lifetime of North America's petroleum industry. In British Columbia alone, companies have plunked down billions of dollars to lock up exploration righ...

ANGDA advancing propane, gas co-op 11/22/2009
Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority asks for discussion of synergy with FNG, Alaska Gasline Port Authority LNG project
The board of directors of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority got one meeting it's been asking for - a closed-door session with Gov. Sean Parnell - and asked for another, this one with the Co...

Arctic gas on the menu 11/22/2009
TransCan execs say Alaska, Mackenzie essential for NA energy supply
Alaska and Mackenzie Delta gas, along with shale volumes from the United States and Canada, could play an essential role within the next decade if North America is to meet the "big challenge" of offse...

FNG has gas contracted through May '13 11/15/2009
Fairbanks Natural Gas LLC told the Regulatory Commission of Alaska in October that the company has contracted for a three-year supply of natural gas from a Cook Inlet supplier. The contract will prov...

Fairbanks chamber backs Mat-Su rail plan 11/15/2009
The Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce has endorsed a plan by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Alaska Railroad to extend track to industrial land near Anchorage. The Point MacKenzie site on the n...

Oil Patch Insider: TransCanada on Arctic gas; RDC conference Nov. 18-19; Buffett cash to build Alaska gas line? 11/15/2009
TransCanada, with a financial stake in the Mackenzie Gas Project and the prospect of operating the main gas pipeline to southern markets, but no ownership position, is ideally situated to tell it stra...

Mac partners battle on 11/08/2009
Positive remarks counter October gloom based on fiscal rejection speculation
The smallest interest partner in the Mackenzie Gas Project has suddenly become its biggest booster at a time when hopes are waning. ExxonMobil, whose wholly owned Canadian unit has a 5.2 percent stake...

Mining Explorers 2009: Economy dims North star in 2009 11/01/2009
Diamond, metals exploration continues, albeit at somewhat slower pace in Northwest Territories
Hampered by a recession-driven drought in capital markets, mineral explorers in the Northwest Territories met the challenges of 2009 with a variety of survival strategies. With significant diamond, pr...

Mining Explorers 2009: Canadian Zinc Corp. 11/01/2009
CZN: TSX; CZICF: OTC Chairman and President: John F. Kearney Vice President Exploration: Alan Taylor Canadian Zinc Corp. is an exploration and development company focused primarily on rapidly brin...

Mining Explorers 2009: Tamerlane Ventures Inc. 11/01/2009
TAM: TSX-V President and CEO: Ross F. Burns Chairman: Margaret M. Kent Vice President and Sr. Project Manager (Pine Point Project): David D. Swisher Formed in 2000, Tamerlane Ventures Inc. is focused...

Caught in political web 11/01/2009
Canadian cabinet committee reported to have turned down fiscal package
Backers of the Mackenzie Gas Project now seem to be getting dragged deeper into a Canadian government quagmire. Political insiders have told Petroleum News there could be growing differences over the...

Mining News: New agency for 'North' awards key grants 10/25/2009
Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory to benefit from C$2.7 million in mining research, business development grants
Canada's new economic development agency for the Far North has awarded a new round of mining research and business development grants, providing significant funding to key projects in Nunavut, Northwe...

Mackenzie Gas Project mood on upswing on all sides 10/25/2009
The key Canadian government and Imperial Oil leaders in the Mackenzie Gas Project are not even close to giving up on the scheme. Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Oct. 14 the chances of a natural...

Hope for Alberta gas? 10/18/2009
Some see gas price recovery; others believe shale gas inventories 'unsustainable'
Finding any shreds of hope in the Canadian natural gas sector - especially in Alberta - requires a large dose of belief and optimism. But hope does exist. Shares of gas-weighted energy companies sta...