COST pays the cost 02/07/2010
Oil sands trust writes down C$148M of High Arctic gas purchase, conceding it's been overtaken by shale gas, delays in other Arctic projects
A long-shot bet by one of Alberta's biggest oil sands producers to lock up natural gas resources in the farthest reaches of the Canadian Arctic has turned sour. In 2006, Canadian Oil Sands Trust emerg...

Decade older; what have we got? 09/20/2009
Mackenzie Gas Project faces being overtaken by Alaska line, shale gas; Ziff Energy analyst - pipeline dead without government money
In more than a decade since visionaries unveiled the second serious attempt in 30 years to develop Canada's Arctic natural gas resources - call it Mackenzie Mark II - time has been wasted; costs have...

Oil will hit $150 again 08/23/2009
Herrera, Simmons: The question is when, not if, but too many variables in play to predict
Hoping for higher oil prices? Be careful what you wish for. Longtime oil industry observer Roger Herrera is convinced that high oil prices, though often omitted in current economic and political deba...

Arctic Ocean ice melting in summer heat 08/16/2009
The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles of ice on Aug. 9 in a relentless summer of melt, with scientists watching through satellite eyes for a possible record low polar ice c...

MGP in choppy waters 12/14/2008
2010 may be earliest Mackenzie gas line co-venturers could give project go ahead
No-one ever said it was going to be a cruise. The question now is whether the co-venturers would have remained aboard had they known nine years ago about the storm-tossed voyage that lay ahead. When...

'We all live in a yellow submarine...' 11/16/2008
The Canadian government is rolling memories back to the Beatles' heyday in its pursuit of control over Arctic natural resources. It plans to launch two yellow submersibles in 2010 to embark on 250-mil...

Fastest ever rate of Arctic sea ice loss 09/14/2008
According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the rate of Arctic sea ice loss in August was the fastest on record for that month. "The Arctic sea ice extent on Sept. 3 was 4.85 million square k...

Canada, U.S. share Arctic expertise 08/24/2008
Canada, United States set aside differences to conduct Beaufort Sea seismic survey for purpose of defining continental shelf; Danish admiral agrees with need for tougher controls over Arctic shipping; Canadian researcher worries about foot-dragging
Canada has found allies in the United States and Denmark on a couple of issues as the Arctic sovereignty debate heats up. Canada and the U.S. have teamed up to conduct a seismic survey of the Beauf...

U.S. energy buys stoke Canadian economy 05/25/2008
Energy exports in 2007 valued at C$90 billion, almost 1/5 of Canadian exports; U.S. shipments account for 66% of oil, 54% of gas
The extent to which energy is powering the Canadian economy - and contributing to security of supply in the United States - has been brought even more sharply into focus with the latest set of statist...

Been there, seen it, says geologist 04/06/2008
Robert Meneley's account of petroleum exploration in Canada's Arctic Islands provides a salutary reminder of exploration risk
Exploring for oil and gas on paper can be an entertaining exercise. But until someone augurs a drill bit into the ground, it is impossible to say with any confidence whether a promising looking prospe...

Conoco strong in Arctic 04/06/2008
Strategy involves low-risk and frontier drilling, includes Chukchi Sea, Sverdrup
A combination of relatively low-risk drilling with bold moves into new frontiers would seem to characterize ConocoPhillips' current exploration strategy, according to a presentation at the company's 2...

High on the High Arctic 03/23/2008
Canada's Arctic Islands come into sharper focus as southern prospects fade
At a time when the Mackenzie Gas Project is bogged down in government and industry indecision, it might seem to be a case of overreaching to talk about development of gas resources in Canada's High Ar...

Arctic claims chillier than free trade tiffs 10/07/2007
More than free trade irritants, the greatest likelihood of a rift in Canada-U.S. relations over the next few years involves sovereignty over Arctic waterways. Regardless of Russian incursions, includ...

Milestone or a millstone? 10/07/2007
North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, shakes off final tariffs in 2008; Canada, unwilling to play the energy card in trade disputes, frets it 'can't get no respect'
The North American Free Trade Agreement reaches a milestone in 2008. That's when the pact will be fully implemented with the phasing out of final tariffs which were kept in place to allow an orderly a...

Polar bear population seen declining 09/16/2007
Two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be killed off by 2050 - and the entire population gone from Alaska - because of thinning sea ice from global warming in the Arctic, government scientists for...

Nunavut wants to control destiny 07/29/2007
Paul Okalik, premier of Nunavut, the territory created out of an aboriginal land claim, said he is gaining support from southern provincial governments for a so-called devolution agreement. He said Nu...