CBM, bitumen fuel Canadian license record

Canada has again toppled records for well licenses, issuing 13,837 permits in the first half of 2005, beating last year’s high by 294 wells. Accounting for the bulk of the increase were coalbed methane and crude bitumen approvals in Alberta, which raised the province’s overall count to 10,789 from 1....

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Exploratory licenses up 10%