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Atlantic Canada’s Offshore Fields
It has proven to be an ever-changing and expanding industry that has presented the promise of future opportunities for the country and transformed the face of Atlantic Canada. “It” is, of course, the region’s offshore oil and gas industry, an industry that has pumped billions of dollars into the Canadian economy and provided thousands of employment opportunities both federally and …Continue Reading
We need it built
It’s far from proven fact, but I’ve heard it said often enough that I’m convinced there must be some truth to it: there are more Atlantic Canadians living away than there are at home. How can that be? Because the people of this region are, by nature, hard-working and conscientious and they have always gone where work was to be …Continue Reading
Developments
Making calls, and calls waiting N.S. has made dozens of pitches to industry on oil and gas potential; will get indication on level of interest when parcel bids close in January SANDY MACMULLIN has been a man on the move, spinning the compass and being spun around the globe on roughly 30 visits through eight countries this year. MacMullin, the …Continue Reading
NL Special Report: Hot commodities
Natural resources are driving the Newfoundland and Labrador economy, with energy projects pushing the province to more than 60 per cent of planned major project spending in the entire Atlantic region. What does that wealth of work mean for the labour market, economy and public policy in Canada’s youngest province? In 1883, the Sisters of Mercy purchased the Littledale site …Continue Reading
Fully Charged
It was devilishly warm at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. And I’m not just talking about the weather. There’s a particularly heated, energetic atmosphere that comes with an oil show. Everyone is so obviously excited — pumped, if you’ll pardon the pun — that you can’t help but be motivated by the action. To see such a large …Continue Reading
Publisher’s Note
We are on the verge of becoming the next Aberdeen, a hairsbreadth from turning into another Stavanger. Or, as one prescient oil exec put it, we’re a small Saudi Arabia in the making.
Offshore Overview
Status report on the reserve potential, development partners and lifespan of Atlantic Canada’s producing fields.
