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Showing posts with label oil industry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oil industry. Show all posts
29 October 2013

Oil and Gas Update: 2013 edition #nlpoli

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First, the oil. Regular readers will recall the Article 82 issue that will affect how much money the provincial government collects from ...
25 April 2012

Oil and Democracy #nlpoli #cdnpoli

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Michael Ross contends there is a relationship between oil revenues and democracy.  Crudely put:  oil hinders democracy . First, the oil...
15 March 2011

No more give-aways indeed: Big Oil’s L’il Buddy considering cash breaks for major oil companies

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According to the cover story in the latest issue of Natural Resources magazine, the provincial government and representatives of the major ...
22 June 2010

Brazil to expand oil production

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From UPI: RIO DE JANEIRO, June 22 (UPI) -- Brazil will spend $224 billion in five years on doubling its capacity for oil production and...
05 May 2010

Big Oil has L’il Buddy available for offshore fight #cdnpoli #oilspill

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If the oil companies operating offshore don’t like environment minister Jim Prentice’s plans to toughen up environmental and safety rules o...
19 March 2010

Old Harry: Gulf prospect bigger than Hibernia

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Old Harry is an oil and natural gas deposit in the Gulf of St. Lawrence that could be twice the size of Hibernia. As it is the current estim...
28 June 2009

Manitoba tops for oil/gas investment in Canada

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A Fraser Institute survey of 577 senior executives in the oil and gas industry shows Manitoba as the preferred Canadian jurisdiction for oi...
18 June 2009

Lack of royalty regime hampers further oil development

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Not surprisingly, some people attending the NOIA conference in St. John’s are wondering what is next on the horizon. As CBC reports , ther...
13 June 2009

Global oil round-up

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Some randomly selected articles from around the world on the current state of the oil industry. 1.  Omani oil revenues in the first four ...
02 August 2008

The market for oil and gas support industries

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The real key to long-term economic benefit from oil and gas is not in revenues flowing to a state-owned oil company, but from the developmen...
09 September 2007

Welcome to Energyville!

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Energyville is an online game that illustrates the challenges and complexities of meeting energy needs in a modern society. The game was d...