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AS A LEADER IN OIL AND GAS PUBLISHING, Northern Star Communications has four oilpatch magazines - “The Roughneck”, “Energy Processing Canada”, “Propane Canada”, and “The Roughneck Buy & Sell” - as well as the annual “Canada Gas Plant Directory”, volume one of “The Roughneck Joke Book” and “The Super Roughneck”.  Northern Star covers all of the Canadian Oil & Gas Industry News! 

 
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 www.gasplantdirectory.com

The Canada Gas Plant Directory is compiled for use by the North American gas processing industry. This directory strives to provide industry personnel with the most accurate and timely information related to Canada's gas plants.

  • Searchable online database
  • Over 1200 gas processing plants and compression facilities.
  • Searching of 22 Custom Fields
  • Key Contacts
  • ERCB Reference Data
  • Printable Reports with Maps
  • GIS Layers available for download

 

The Roughneck Updater

The Roughneck Updater offers a preview of upcoming editorial coverage, archival material from 57 years of publishing, and a selection of jokes and cartoons guaranteed to put a smile on your face!

 

The updater is offered in sequential order, from inception in February 2007 to the current edition.

 

Click here to open the Roughneck Updater.

 

Current Publications

THE ROUGHNECK

THAT AND TWO BITS: The Roughneck’s new
columnist, Paul Hoffman, an oilpatch veteran,
weighs in with : A Patch of Pride 

HEADING TO THE LLOYDMINSTER HEAVY OIL SHOW: Everything you need to know
about cold and thermal production in heavy oil will be on display September 14 to 16. 


RIG SERVICE TOOLS – CLOSE TO 60 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE: It is one of the
oldest, continuously owned and operated
Canadian companies in the energy industry.

 

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Be Prepared

 

THE 19TH ANNUAL WHO’S WHO IN THE
CANADIAN UPSTREAM OILPATCH:
With
more than 230 listings, this is a snapshot of
an ever-changing industry.

THE ROUGHNECK BUY & SELL

DRILL BITS

Air Liquide To Power Canada's Largest Fleet of Green Forklifts

 

Enerkem Awarded Funding By Alberta's Climate Change and Emissions
Management Corporation

 

Engineering and Geoscience Excellence Recognized With APEGGA
Summit Awards

 

FOCUS ON SASKATCHEWAN

State of the Province Address

 

Lloydminster Hosting Heavy Oil Show

 

More ...

 

OPINION

Stop Beating Up On Poor BP, What About a

Thank You?

 

Floating Yuan No Yawn

 

Want Cheap Airfares? See Europe

 

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PROPANE CANADA

FUELLING THE FLAME
Maybe it was the location, maybe it was the interesting array of speakers and terrific trade show, maybe it was the 2010 Awards of Distinction – or maybe it was
a combination of all the above – but there was a super turnout of delegates at the
Propane Gas Association of Canada's 43rd annual conference, June 2 to 4 in Halifax,
Nova Scotia. Plus, photos of the Welcome Reception, the lobster feast and the
gateway to Atlantic Canada.

 

OPA's 15th ANNUAL GREAT SUCCESS 

In all, there were 230+ attendees in Guelph on June 9. There was something for
everyone. The next day the propane professionals hit the links.
   

THE BACK PAGE
Propane's Progress in Ottawa

 

HAPPENINGS

 ENERGY PROCESSING

MURRAY NUNNS –  PENN WEST’S ‘ORGANIZED GEOLOGIST’
He could be lounging on a beach in Maui, but now isn’t the time for building castles in
the sand. For the moment, Murray Nunns is getting his kicks by planning the conversion of Penn
West Energy Trust back to an E&P company, writes Tom Keyser. To his way of thinking, that’s when the good times will really start to roll.

 

CANADIAN CONVENTION GAS AT A CROSSROADS

Warning that Western Canada’s natural gas industry could drastically shrink in the next
few years, Paul Ziff, CEO of Ziff Energy Group, has issued a call to producers and service companies to save conventional natural gas.
 

RICK’S PICKS
Words of Warning

 

CONTRACTOR’S CORNER
The ABCs of Injecting Waste Gas Streams

 

THE BACK PAGE
Silver Tsunami

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