The Explorers 2010: Alaska: A brave new world for explorers, producers 11/14/2010
A review of federal policy assaults on Alaska's economy and ramifications for oil and gas exploration and production
Shakespeare coined a phrase for Miranda in Act V of "The Tempest," when he wrote of a brave new world filled with good people. By Aldus Huxley's time other authors had used the term-mostly in positiv...

State vs. BPXA rages on 08/15/2010
Two sides tussle over state access to North Slope facility sharing agreements
As BP girds for what promises to be a tsunami of litigation over the Deepwater Horizon disaster, its Alaska subsidiary continues to defend itself in a major lawsuit the state of Alaska filed against t...

Oil sands could shed C$241 billion 02/15/2009
The trickle is turning into a tsunami for Canada's oil patch. Just as Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach was pledging a helping hand for the industry's most vulnerable, junior companies, the Canadian Energy...

Alberta to the rescue 02/15/2009
Government plans 'short-term' incentives for junior producers, drillers; details to come; Stelmach, Knight rule out royalty changes
The Alberta government is caving in to pressure from all sides by promising help for the small- and mid-cap oil and gas sector that it insists won't involve royalty rollbacks or direct cash subsidies....

Two-month blip an illusion 01/13/2008
Canadian well completions edge ahead of 2006 numbers in October, November, but oil and gas discoveries lag, pointing to grim 2008
Even the shreds of hope are worth clinging to in Canada these days despite what is widely expected to be the choppiest year in recent memory for the Alberta industry in 2008. Given that, there was th...

Pleading for second chance 11/12/2006
Canadian energy trusts want reprieve from federal tax plan; cite wealth, jobs created
Canada's energy trusts are trying to transform themselves into an irresistible force as they tackle what is posing as an immovable object in an effort to convince the federal government to take a seco...

State-run, national companies rule 08/20/2006
88% of proven reserves in grips of politically volatile, left-leaning regimes; Denver energy advisor says role in oil sands essential
There's 1.3 trillion barrels of proven oil reserves around the globe, enough, you might think, to ease worries of a supply crisis. But after Thomas Petrie, chairman of Denver-based energy advisor Petr...

Global trend reaches Canada High Arctic 06/04/2006
Turmoil in South America and other regions sharpens focus on remote 'discovered and secure' northern frontier resources
The tsunami washing over some of the least predictable oil and gas regions on the planet has managed to lap at the shores of Canada's Arctic Islands. The unexpected hostile run Petro-Canada is taking...