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May 16, 2013
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Why Natural Gas Cars are Selling Slowly [1]

What is Sunstone? [2]

Natural Gas Could Kill Fuel Diversity [3]

Large Hurricane on Saturn [4]

Who Becomes Dominant After a Mass Extinction? [5]

Diamond Dust over Saskatoon [6]

The Bone Worm [7]

[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/02/natural-gas-vehicles-havent-caught-on-yet-heres-how-that-could-change/
[2] http://geology.com/gemstones/sunstone/
[3] http://www.nj.com/times-opinion/index.ssf/2013/05/opinion_increased_reliance_on.html
[4] http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/m/news/index.cfm?release=2013-149
[5] http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127749&WT_mc_id=USNSF_51&WT_mc_ev=click
[6] http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2013/04/multiple-light-pillars.html
[7] http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/Releases/?releaseID=1351

More at Geology.com.

Utica Shale to Canada Pipeline?

May 14, 2013
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A natural gas pipeline between the Utica Shale in Ohio and natural gas consumers in Ontario, Canada has been proposed by a group of transmission companies.

More at Ohio.com.

Natural Gas Imports from Eastern Canada

April 28, 2013
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The amount of natural gas being imported from eastern Canada into the United States has dropped to about 1/2 of the average of the previous five years.

More at Energy Information Administration.

Canadian and US LNG Export Projects Advance

February 26, 2013
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Royal Dutch Shell received a license [1] to export LNG from a plant in British Columbia and in the United States Pangea LNG received permission [2] to export LNG from a planned location in Texas.

[1] http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/shell-lng-idUKL1N0B4D6T20130204
[2] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/pangea-lng-brief-idUSL4N0B46OO20130204

More at Reuters.

Foreign Resource Ownership and Energy Security

December 28, 2012
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Are major acquisitions of North American oil and gas assets by a Chinese state-owned company a threat to the energy security of the United States and Canada? Some members of Congress and the energy industry do not like the potential transaction.

More at Toronto Star.

Shale Gas in Alberta

November 12, 2012
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The Alberta Geological Survey has published: What is Shale Gas? An Introduction to Shale-Gas Geology in Alberta. This is a stratigraphic and geographic summary with lots of references.

More at Alberta Geological Survey.

Alberta Unconventional Oil and Gas Estimates

November 8, 2012
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The Alberta Geological Survey released estimates of unconventional oil and gas resources held in the Duvernay, Muskwa, Montney, Banff/Exshaw, Wilrich, Nordegg, and Rierdon shale and siltstone formations. Total P50 estimates of resources in place for A…

More at Alberta Geological Survey.

Natural Gas Exports are Rising

July 4, 2012
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Exports of natural gas from the United States have been rising rapidly. Most of these exports are leaving the country by pipeline into Canada and Mexico.

More at Energy Information Administration.

Shale Gas: Liard Basin in British Columbia

June 21, 2012
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Apache Corporation believes that they have discovered 48 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in shales of the Liard Basin in northern British Columbia, Canada.

More at Apache Corporation.

Lower Natural Gas Prices Expected

February 7, 2012
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Analysts are expecting natural gas prices [1] to continue falling during 2012 as overproduction and slow adoption of the fuel in the transportation and electricity generation industries continues.

[1] http://geology.com/articles/natural-gas-prices/

More at Calgary Hearld.

Kitimat LNG: Canadian Natural Gas to Asia

October 10, 2011
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A terminal to ship liquefied natural gas from Canada to Asian markets is being built near Kitimat, British Columbia. The terminal will have a significant transportation distance advantage over natural gas projects being built in Australia and Indonesia.

More at CTV.ca.

How Much Oil is in the Bakken?

October 4, 2011

Although the United States Geological Survey estimates that the Bakken Formation beneath parts of North Dakota, Montana and Canada might contain over 4 billion barrels of oil, Harold Hamm, believes that it might contain up to 24 billion barrels.

More at Wall Street Journal.

Record North American Oil Production by 2016?

September 29, 2011
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An article in the Houston Chronicle points to the rapidly rising rates of oil production in the United States and Canada. If current trends continue North America could be producing record amounts of oil by 2016.

More at Houston Chronicle.

Record North American Oil Production by 2016?

September 29, 2011
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An article in the Houston Chronicle points to the rapidly rising rates of oil production in the United States and Canada. If current trends continue North America could be producing record amounts of oil by 2016.

More at Houston Chronicle.

Natural Gas to Asia from Kitimat, BC

August 16, 2011
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Natural gas prices in Asia are three times higher than prices in North America. Natural gas producers, Apache, Encana and EOG Resources hope to cash in on that by building a liquefied natural gas plant near Kitimat, British Colombia that will prepare …

More at Business Week.

Canadian LNG for Asia-Pacific

July 26, 2011
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Construction on the Kitimat LNG export terminal is about to begin. The facility on the northern coast of British Columbia is being built with an eye on the Asia-Pacific market. New terminals are also underway at Douglas Channel and Prince Rupert. Mo…

More at Edmonton Journal.

US Imports of Natural Gas Drop Sharply

May 31, 2011
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“Net imports of natural gas continue at much lower levels than in previous years, likely as a result of higher U.S. domestic production. [...] During the report week, net Canadian imports averaged 5.3 Bcf per day, which is 20.7 percent lower than the same week in 2010. Sendout from U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals averaged about 1.1 Bcf per day during the report week, or 8.2 percent lower than the same week in 2010.” Quote from the Energy Information Administration’s Natural Gas Weekly Update.

Canadian Natural Gas Production Drop Expected

May 15, 2011
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An oversupply of natural gas in the United States and the movement of natural gas drillers to more lucrative oil targets is expected to cause a drop in the amount of natural gas produced in Canada. More in the Calgary Herald.

Macasty Shale – Anticosti Island, Quebec

May 9, 2011
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An article on the OilPrice.com website reports on the Macasty Shale that occurs above the Trenton Black River on Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada.

PetroChina Buying Canadian Shale for $5.4 Billion

February 16, 2011
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PetroChina plans to purchase half of EnCana’s Montney Shale assets in Alberta and British Columbia for $5.4 billion (Canadian). In the past 14 months Chinese oil and gas companies have acquired $46 billion in foreign resources. More at RigZone.com.

Public Opposition to Utica Shale Development in Quebec

January 30, 2011
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An article in the Montreal Gazette says that development of the Utica Shale in Quebec is encountering public opposition. In Quebec, landowners do not directly participate in natural gas royalties and lease payments as is customary in the United States.

How Much Oil is in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations?

January 29, 2011

Diverging estimates by three different organizations with significant expertise in oil and natural gas assessments leave one wondering how much oil really is in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations? Read the details on the Trib.com website.

Here are the estimates….
USGS…. 4.3 billion barrels
North Dakota Geological Survey…. 11 billion barrels
Continental Resources…. 20 billion barrels

Romancing the Utica Shale in Quebec

January 19, 2011
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Michael Binnion, CEO of Questerre Energy, is spending a lot of time meeting with citizen groups across Quebec, trying to convince them that drilling for the Utica Shale will be a safe development in their province. There has been very little energy activity in Quebec’s history. More at the Calgary Sun.

Utica Shale: The Natural Gas Giant Beneath the Marcellus

January 6, 2011
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Utica ShaleA rock layer below the Marcellus Shale could prove to be another incredible source of natural gas. The Utica Shale is thicker, more geographically extensive and has already proven its ability to support commercial production.

View the article, maps and other graphics at Geology.com.