Territories

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.

With congressmen on recess testing public sentiment in their home territories, opponents of the House-passed climate change legislation are gearing up to stage public rallies at key points across the country to stir up opposition before companion legislation shows up in September in the Senate. The first rally against the climate change measure and proposed producer tax hikes is scheduled to take place in Houston Tuesday.

Arctic natural gas has become an energy counterpart to the Northwest Territories diamonds marketed as Canadian Ice as a result of steeply hiked cost estimates for the proposed northern production and pipeline system.

Arctic natural gas has become an energy counterpart to the Northwest Territories diamonds marketed as Canadian Ice as a result of steeply hiked cost estimates for the proposed northern production and pipeline system.

Northwest Territories Energy Minister Brendan Bell is urging Canadian and American producers alike to get on with arctic pipeline projects, warning them that waiting could make them uneconomic because of overseas imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Despite weather than was 5% colder than normal in the fourth quarter of 2005 and 2% colder than normal for the year, gas customers in NiSource’s utility territories in the Northeast and East North Central regions used about 5% less gas because of conservation due to high gas prices, the company reported.

Despite weather than was 5% colder than normal in the fourth quarter of 2005 and 2% colder for the year, gas customers in NiSource’s utility territories in the Northeast and East North Central regions used about 5% less gas because of conservation due to high prices, the company reported.

The Bush Administration on Thursday said it released $100 million in emergency contingency funds to states, Native American tribes and territories to assist low-income customers with their energy bills this winter, along with $633 million in block grant funds to states.

The National Energy Board (NEB) said Tuesday public hearings on the long-proposed Mackenzie Gas Project will begin Jan. 25 in the Northwest Territories in Inuvik. If the hearings proceed without further delays, the consortium negotiating the terms of the pipeline expects deliveries to begin in late 2011 (see Daily GPI, Dec. 14).