Provinces

With other Canadian provinces touting large natural gas discoveries, Alberta has backtracked on its royalty regime changes and now will offer substantial breaks for deep oil and gas drilling.

New well techniques have unlocked a potentially huge natural gas play that borders the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, with various third-party estimates putting original gas in place (OGIP) in a wide range of between 50 Tcf and 700 Tcf.

New well techniques have unlocked a potentially huge natural gas play that borders the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, with various third-party estimates putting original gas in place (OGIP) in a wide range of between 50 Tcf and 700 Tcf.

Construction on the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC system is under way to double the capacity of the existing pipeline and allow for delivery of significant new volumes of gas to growing markets in the U.S. Northeast and Maritimes Provinces, the pipeline said last week.

Construction on the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC system is under way to double the capacity of the existing pipeline and allow for delivery of significant new volumes of gas to growing markets in the U.S. Northeast and Maritimes Provinces.

Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski met with the premiers of three Canadian provinces Monday to discuss the Alaska gas pipeline project, which ultimately will have to run through the Yukon, British Columbia and Alberta. Murkowski said all three premiers “committed to support good faith negotiations between their governments, North Slope oil producers and Canadian pipeline companies to ensure the most expeditious development of the project.”

Top officials in New Brunswick and Quebec said recently thatthey are near an agreement that would pave the way for theconstruction of a pipeline between the two provinces. New BrunswickPremier Bernard Lord and Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard both saidthey plan to sign the agreement Feb. 28.