Visions

A winter drilling season with potential to fulfill Canadian northern oil visions has begun, with an adventurous spirit driving bits down into an all but untouched shale deposit known as the Canol.

Visions of Arctic bounty were resurrected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a new report this summer on northern natural gas and oil prospects. But Canadians who have labored to make the dreams come true emphasize the fine print in such projections, which invariably admit there is many a slip between the resource cup and the production lip.

Visions of Arctic bounty were resurrected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a new report this summer on northern natural gas and oil prospects. But Canadians who have labored to make the dreams come true emphasize the fine print in such projections, which invariably admit there is many a slip between the resource cup and the production lip.