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Energy ministers representing a trio of western Canadian provinces — British Columbia (BC), Alberta and Saskatchewan — Thursday signed an agreement aimed at expanding the region’s energy sector, including targeting Asian countries for energy exports.

Energy ministers representing a trio of Western Canadian provinces — British Columbia (BC), Alberta and Saskatchewan — last Thursday signed an agreement aimed at expanding the region’s energy sector, including targeting Asian countries for energy exports.

Integrated producer Husky Energy Inc. last week agreed to pay ExxonMobil Canada Ltd. C$860 million for natural gas-weighted properties in Alberta and northeast British Columbia as one of several “cornerstone” strategic growth initiatives intended to accelerate near-term production and reserves growth.

Integrated producer Husky Energy Inc. has agreed to pay ExxonMobil Canada Ltd. C$860 million for natural gas-weighted properties in Alberta and northeast British Columbia as one of several “cornerstone” strategic growth initiatives intended to accelerate near-term production and reserve growth.

The Horn River Basin (HRB) Shale — in the northeastern corner of British Columbia (BC) snug up against the Northwest Territories border and not far west of the Alberta line — is quite a bit more remote than other North American plays. There’s also not a lot of processing facilities in the area, and it’s far from being at a pipeline crossroads.

Using the experience it gained in the unconventional gas fields of the Piceance Basin in Colorado, and the Montney and Horn River shale plays in British Columbia, Encana Corp. has begun to advance its “gas factory” approach in the Haynesville Shale, where it holds more than 430,000 net acres spread across Louisiana and East Texas.

An Apache Corp. unit has completed its acquisition of substantially all of BP plc’s upstream natural gas business in western Alberta and British Columbia, the company said Tuesday. It marks the second closing of Apache’s three-part acquisition of BP assets.

Encana Corp. faces two environmental charges related to a sour gas leak that occurred nearly a year ago in northeastern British Columbia (BC), the BC Ministry of Environment said Wednesday.

Royalty cuts by the British Columbia (BC) government ignited natural gas production development with potential to match or exceed the supply addition represented by the proposed Alaska pipeline from the North Slope, Canadian industry analysts say.