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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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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

OUTLOOK FOR WINTER 2009-10:
After contacting 5 industry experts to find out what to expect this upcoming drilling
season, the opinions are: repeat of last
winter, slightly optimistic, same as last winter, interesting and grim.

 

UP FRONT:
Allan Fotheringham, Canada’s best
read political columnist, is now in The Roughneck.
This month: Poor Iggy.

 

SAFETY STAND DOWN WEEK 

JANUARY 18 TO 22, 2010: Together We Will Make The Diference.

 

EAGLE DRILLING IS FLYING HIGH: Very few on-the-job drilling rig crews get to sleep in their own beds every night, but that is just one of the many perks of working for this
Carlyle-headquartered company.


HOW CAN I HELP?
Choking and the Heimlich Manoeuvre 

 

THE ROUGHNECK BUY & SELL

DRILL BITS

Alberta Proclaims Land Stewardship Act

 

Enbridge To Acquire Ontario Solar Project

 

Shell’s Quest Project Chosen For Funding

 

More...

 

PUMPS
Pipeline Construction and Appliance Conversion Successfully Completed

 


OPINION
Australia’s Economy Hopping, Canada’s Limping Along

 

How Baby Boomers Blew It On Health Care

 

R&D Is Not Innovation Until the Innovation Is Commercialized

 

Failing Grades For Canada’s University Policy

 

More...

PROPANE CANADA

RADDIANT HEAT

Space-Ray Celebrates 60th Anniversary

 

AUTO PROPANE
Canada's Most Responsible and Available Alternative Fuel

 

CYLINDER EXCHANGE

Propane Expert's Expert On Running An Effective Propane Cylinder Exchange

 

REGULATIONS
On the Regulatory Front – Part Five

 

UP FRONT, STATESIDE

Restriction of PERC Activities

 

HAPPENINGS

 

THE BACK PAGE
Climate Change and Pricing Challenges Or Opportunities?

 


 


 

 

 

 ENERGY PROCESSING

GOLD
CALGARY FIRM SEIZES GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY IN COLOMBIA

Throughout human history, few undertakings have carried more cachet than the quest
for gold.

 

PROFILE
JOHN DIELWART & THE FULL MONTNEY
If you’ve frequently noticed his name in the papers, you may have formed the impression that oilman John Dielwart is some kind of muttering malcontent, living beneath a perpetually dark cloud. Not so.

 

MIDSTREAM MAESTROS
CCS Midstream Opens TRD Facility 

More..
 

MAINTENANCE 

Spatial Data Mining Presents a New Wave of O&M and Capital Cost Optimization Opportunities to Upstream Producers by David Richardson of QM4 Engineering


PIPELINES TODAY
Alberta Clipper Pipeline Permit Issued
More...


RICK’S PICKS
Energized About Twin Butte Energy

 

CONTRACTOR’S CORNER
From Book Sense To Horse Sense

 

THE BACK PAGE
Facility Utilization – Tips for Improved Economics

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