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The oil market will be transformed: International Energy Agency
Margin pressure at refineries.
Contractor fatally injured at BHP Billiton's shale operations
Circumstances leading to the injury not released.
China ousts the US as the world’s main oil importer
Since the mid-1970s and until today the US held the world’s largest net oil importer position.
California braces for black gold rush
Companies trying to secure a price on the 15.4 billion barrels of crude oil underneath the Monterey Shale.
The end game for oil and gas juniors: Interview with Chris Cooper
The oil and gas game can be a tricky one for junior companies, but if played right the pay-off can be massive.
West Texas Intermediate oil is in surplus but don't expect low gas prices
Gasoline is currently underpriced by 20 cents.
A Pamela Anderson pump-and-dump stock scam that people actually believed
20,000 investors bilked out of a accumulated $30 million.
Text: Obama on energy, natural gas, climate change in 2013 state of the union speech
SOTU is front-loaded.
Big holes found in Canada’s oil spill plans
Report shows Canadian taxpayers could be on the hook for a massive environmental cleanup bill in the event of an offshore oil leak.
Who's making a killing on condensate?
Condensate prices in Canada are soaring—now sitting some $14/barrel ABOVE WTI—making it the most valuable Canadian energy product.
Betting on Mediterranean shale: 3 plays, 1 winner
All eyes are on Israel, Turkey, and Algeria.
That startlingly bright patch of light in North Dakota visible from outer space
29% of the natural gas that is just flared off.
US oil imports will drop to a quarter-century low in 2014
Energy Information Administration's prediction based on growth of hydraulic fracturing in states like North Dakota and Texas.
Fracking won't solve anything
We must find and bring into production the equivalent of five new Saudi Arabias between now and 2030
Promised Land: Fracking seen by Hollywood
Despite anti-fracking groups, the U.S. expects close to $90 billion worth of investments related to shale gas in 2013
Bakken oil boom in question
North Dakota oil field produces 730,000 bpd but challenges remain to reach 1M
Coal seam gas mining may risk ocean life: report
Groundwater leaks from shore into the ocean floor itself and experts are trying to figure out the implications of this for the supply of fresh water on land and aquatic life.
BC environmental assessment process raises questions
In September 2011, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark laid out an agenda to spur job creation in the province. As part of her plan, she promised 17 new or expanded mines in BC by 2015. However, a recent decision to …
Fracking activities polluted Alberta’s groundwater: ERCB
Leaked fluid from fracking activities polluted groundwater after a “serious” incident at a well site near Grande Prairie, a city in the northwestern part of the Canadian province of Alberta, in September 2011.
'Nexen to be renamed Heroic People's Gelatinous Energy Product Profit': Twitter weighs on Ottawa's CNOOC sign-off
"I fully support this deal"
Reaction to the Nexen deal, China's largest ever overseas acquisition
Analysts still puzzled by Canada's investment rules
UK announces controversial shale gas tax breaks
As analysts predicted, UK Chancellor George Osborne used his Autumn Statement Wednesday to announce tax breaks and the creation of a government office to simplify regulation of the unconventional gas sector.
23,000 signatures opposing fracking in northern BC
No water for you
Rail traffic totals dragged down by miners
But petroleum products are up a whopping 44.1% from last year.
The 'water alchemists' in the new wild west
Producing oil and gas without water is impossible
Pollutants in water near fracking facility in line with EPA findings
New tests of water nearby natural-gas-drilling sites in Pavillion, Wyoming, shows toxins similar to the ones found last year that are linked to hydraulic fracturing —or fracking—, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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