Canadian oil and gas industry experiences fracking boom. But at what cost?

Alaska Dispatch "There definitely is concern on the part of people living in northeast BC on the scale of developments, which are quite significant already and are only in their infancy,"said Ben Parfitt, an analyst with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, … Click for more

Worker Housing Shortage

There appears to be a huge housing shortage for many workers in the Peace Region of Northern BC. With the recent expansion and development of the oil & gas industry in the region, many hotels are full with workers. A number of hotels in Dawson Creek recently reported to to be 100% full since the [...]

Northeast British Columbia attracts oil and gas operators in recent lease sale

PennEnergy- Energy News (press release) The May 2011 petroleum and natural gas sale in British Columbia resulted in $16.2 million in bonus bids, bringing the calendar year total to over $44 million. The May 25 sale offered 23 parcels in northeast British Columbia covering 23768 hectares. … Click here to Read Full Press Release

Four Square for Northern British Columbia

If you are a retail business that has customers come to you door you need to be on Four Square. If you are not you are missing out on the marketing for your business with the tech savvy generation. In order to be “on” Four Square you need to understand what it is and how [...]

Regional Development in the Northern Rockies: Laying the Groundwork for Success

  Submitted by: Tyler Mattheis, Economic Development Officer, Northern Rockies Regional Municipality The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM), Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN), Prophet River First Nation (PRFN, Industry, and Provincial partners are all working diligently to ensure a strong and diverse economy in BC’s North-East region.  With continued record breaking land tenure sales in [...]

Encana mulls Chinese investment in BC

CBC.ca Rights to 100 parcels of land around Fort St. John and Fort Nelson went for more than $400 million. ‘It’s a really good sign for the economy," Energy … Click for more

Suncor sells another piece of Petrocan empire

Suncor sells another piece of Petrocan empire Globe and Mail “And this is an area that Suncor, or their predecessor Petro-Canada, … Last July, it bought 10000 hectares of shale gas land near Fort Nelson for …

On a mission

On a mission Oilweek Magazine It´s developing corporate CNG fuelling stations in western Canada (two in its core … another at Fort Nelson, in northeastern British Columbia), Colorado, … Click for more

Unitech Energy Executes Binding Letter of Intent With Cancen …

DigitalJournal.com Unitech (30.2038 %) and Cancen (69.7962%) jointly own the Fort Nelson, BC (Kotcho) facilities with Cancen Oil Canada Corp. acting as operator. … Click for more

Canadian oil drilling bounces back for Ensign Energy

Calgary Herald … 2010 7:12 AM SUMMER DRILLING by an Ensign drilling rig near Fort Nelson, … Canada accounted for about 51 per cent of the company’s revenues in the … Click for more

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