Northern Gateway pipeline: benefits vs. concerns

CBC.ca The Northern Gateway project is a proposal by Canadian oil and gas company Enbridge to build two pipelines stretching 1177-km between the Alberta oilsands and the West Coast. The Northern Gateway would have the capacity to transport 525000 barrels of … Click for more

Aboriginal leaders stand firm against Northern Gateway pipeline

CBC.ca Stars lend power to fight The public hearings continue in Kitamaat Village Wednesday before moving on to Terrace, BC, Thursday afternoon. MAP Canada’s crude oil pipeline Charting TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline Members from Douglas Channel … Click for more

Japan’s Inpex Corp. pumps $700 million into Nexen’s BC shale gas play

Vancouver Sun CALGARY — A partnership led by Inpex Corp., Japan’s biggest oil and gas company, is spending $700 million for a share of the BC shale gas prospects owned by Calgary-based Nexen Inc. The deal follows Mitsubishi’s bid of $850 million in August 2010 to … Click for more from the Vancouver Sun

Mining Industry Officials Will Gather in Smithers for “Rock Talk”

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CJFW … there are 26 mining projects looking for various stages of permitting and environmental approvals in BC and a good two thirds of those are in Northern BC, so you have a huge pipeline of properties coming on stream, we hope, within the next while. Click for more

Equal Energy Ltd (NYSE: EQU) Posts Large Volume Increase, Hits $6.55

American Banking News Its portfolio of oil and gas properties is geographically diversified with producing properties located principally in Alberta, British Columbia, … Click for more

2010 Mining Explorers: Mining aids BC recovery

Source: Petroleum News British Columbia is home to an incredibly dynamic mining sector which is helping to lead BC’s economic recovery. This is due to our abundant natural … Click for more

Flint Energy Services wins six-year contract for oil and gas infrastructure

CanadianBusiness.com The Calgary-based company says it will construct a pipeline in northeast British Columbia and other field facilities in Western Canada for Imperial Oil … Click for more

First Nations Escalating Opposition to Strategic Oil Pipeline Through Their Land

SolveClimate (blog) … about 400 protesters gathered in Prince George, the largest city in northern BC Others — some dressed as oil spill clean-up workers — rallied in … Click for more

The energy bridge to China

Globe and Mail In a worrisome sign, Enbridge presented Northern Gateway for regulatory approval without securing any commitment from oil and gas companies to use it – an … Click for more

Site C = Mining

BC Hydro Williston Reservoir

On April 19, BC Premier Gordon Campbell announced that the Peace River ‘Site C’ Hydroelectric Project had advanced to Phase Three. It’s taken forty years for our province to come full-circle and realize that, once again, northern British Columbia is a significant piece of our provinces future and our bankroll. Forty years ago, it was [...]

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