Exploration activities on Mackenzie Delta heighten gas pipeline optimism

Companies roll out winter plans as freeze-up opens door to drilling; Aboriginal Pipeline Group fuels hopes by hinting a financing deal is in the works

Gary Park

PNA Canadian Correspondent

A surge of exploration activity on the Mackenzie Delta by companies intent on proving up northern gas reserves is bolstering optimism that a deal involving a pipeline along the Mackenzie Valley is drawing closer. Now that a freeze-up has finally cleared the way to move rigs, Petro-Canada, Devon Can....

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