KEY 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.
OILSANDS/HEAVY OIL
In the spotlight: Lloydminster and Fort McMurray Host Upcoming Conferences;
Oilsands Fuel Canadian Crude Oil Production Growth; Alberta Oilsands Royalties Overtake Gas Revenue; Connacher Sells Algar’s First Oil ERCB Conditionally Approves Suncor
Tailings Plan; Athabasca Oil Sands Raises Resource Estimates; Routine Turnaround for Shell; Narrow Differentials Change Outlook for Bitumen Upgrading; Value Creation & BA Energy Make Valuable Application; and Syncrude Guilty In Waterfowl Incident.
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.
PIPELINES TODAY
Pipeliners Hit the Links
IPC & IPE Fast Approaching
Keyera To Build Pipeline To Gather Hoadley Glauconitic Gas
Study Cites U.S. Economic Benefits of Keystone Gulf Expansion
NGTL Reaches Three-Year Settlement With Shippers
Denali Project Receives FERC Approval For Open Season Plan.
RICK’S PICKS
Words of Warning
CONTRACTOR’S CORNER
The ABCs of Injecting Waste Gas Streams
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