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
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 [...]
Winnipeg Free Press Northern Gateway would help increase Canadian oil exports shipped by tanker from BC ports to China and other Pacific Rim countries. Click for more from the Winnipeg Free Press
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
As of 2010, B.C.‘s natural gas industry directly employed 12000 people. Over the … to Alberta’s oil and gas regulator, the Energy Resources Conservation Board. … Click for more of the story from Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Mile0city.ca A new skills training program in Northern BC was announced today as part of the province’s Jobs Plan. As a partnership between the United Steelworkers Unions and the province, the Northern Skills Training Pilot will focus on forestry and mining. … Click for more
Vancouver Sun The Hague, Netherlands-based Shell and partners China National Petroleum Corp., Korea Gas Corp. and Mitsubishi are planning to start shipping LNG from Kitimat, British Columbia, as early as 2016. The companies aim to export between 700 million to 1.2 …
Michigan Messenger … Friedrich said a recent examination of seismic survey data in northeastern BC showed the Horn River Basin area near Fort Nelson warranted a closer look. … Click for more
CTV.ca Clark’s $300-million jobs plan, which she introduced last week after a provincewide tour, includes promises of eight new BC mines by 2015 and nine upgrades to existing mining operations. She didn’t name any of the new mines, but spoke glowingly of the … Click for more
Montreal Gazette To reinforce this support, Harper’s Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, has endorsed Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline – a $5.5 billion project that would bring oil and gas through 1172 km of BC’s wilderness to Kitimat – before the public … Click for more
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