Sep 2009

Canada's oil and gas industry is surviving the economic downturn. The boom times may be over, but stories of a bust are wide of the mark

Between environmental abuse and shutting down Alberta's oil sands lies a reasonable path to sustainable energy production, says the Pembina Institute. Derek Brower meets the province's ecological voice

The oil-price collapse took some steam out of the boom in Canada's energy sector. Development is likely to proceed at a more sedate pace

Battered by weak margins and surplus capacity, North America's refining sector is in more than just another periodic swoon

The environmental case against the development of the oil sands is compelling. But the debate should be more balanced

The Alberta government wants to buy 300,000 b/d of its own oil sands' bitumen to fuel a domestic upgrading and refining sector

Enhanced oil-recovery gains are propelling Saskatchewan to centre stage, with oil-sands deposits adding sheen to the outlook

Improved drilling methods and incentives for tight-gas and shale-gas development have brightened the outlook for British Columbia

A relaxation of wellhead gas-price controls has kick-started gas developments stalled by years of artificially low tariffs and government hostility to the industry, reports Robert Olson

Concerns over energy supply security, greenhouse-gas emissions and oil-price volatility are generating greater interest in natural gas vehicles, writes Ian Lewis

The worldwide refining business is experiencing great difficulties – and some say there is no relief in sight, Martin Quinlan writes

Woodside is performing reasonably well in difficult operating conditions, but must deliver the next phase of LNG growth, writes NJ Watson

The easy oil might have mostly gone, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty of it about

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has put four laws before Congress that will give Petrobras control over the country's coveted pre-salt acreage and significantly reduce the private-sector's role

Suddenly and surprisingly, the EU's hand in the game to secure Central Asian gas supplies of looks stronger

According to Andrew Sentence, a member of the Bank of England's monetary committee, energy prices will be the "next big global shock"