How to smother a resource economy to death, starting with LNGFinancial PostLast week, Canada received more bad news in its prolonged failure to export energy resources abroad. Petronas decided not to proceed with its $36-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG proje …

Vancouver SunOpinion: Why Petronas' LNG cancellation is a blessing for BCVancouver SunThe real culprit is the abysmal economics of LNG — the need for expensive new pipelines and terminals and the high costs to liquefy gas and transport it across the Pa …

CBC.caNDP fires BC LNG advocate Gordon Wilson from $150K jobCBC.caFormer B.C. Liberal leader Gordon Wilson has been fired from his post as the province's LNG advocate. Jobs, Trade and Technology Minister Bruce Ralston says the NDP government reviewed W …

CBC.caJunior oil and gas sector shrinks as publicly traded firms sell out to private equity companiesCBC.caCanada's publicly traded junior oil and gas sector has shrunk to a shadow of its former self and isn't seen recovering any time soon, hit by …

CBC.caOil and gas drilling rights sales surge in Alberta and BCCBC.caSales of Crown drilling rights in Alberta and B.C. have already delivered more money to provincial treasuries this year than last year, when they generated record low returns. Oil and gas …

Reuters UKCrude Oil Futures - Weekly Outlook: May 15-19Seeking AlphaOil futures settled nearly flat on Friday, but still registered the first weekly gain in a month on the likelihood that key crude producers will extend output cuts beyond an agreed-on June …

CBC.caWest Texas oil boom threatens recovery in Canadian oilpatchCBC.caIn the last year alone, Big Oil has spent more than $25 billion US on deals in the Permian basin, an area of West Texas and New Mexico about 2½ times the size of New Brunswick. The land …

CBC.caSpecialty sand market heats up with rebound in oil and gas drillingCBC.caDemand for the especially round and crush-proof type of sand used to help extract shale oil and gas is climbing, as more drilling rigs get fired up and operators pump higher amo …

CBC.caNorthern Alberta First Nation walks back on plan to block oil and gas companiesCBC.caA northern Alberta community is walking back on its initial proposal to stop certain oil and gas companies from entering by putting up gates at the entrance ways to …

CBC.caAlberta oil and gas industry projects higher salaries as oil prices stabilize, Conference Board saysCBC.caAccording to the Conference Board of Canada's Mid-Year Pulse Check — an update report on the board's annual Compensation Planning Outloo …