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.caFeds, province commit $4M to U of M Arctic oil spill researchCBC.caThe province and the federal government chipped in a total of $4 million in funding for GENICE Monday, a project that will use gene-analyzing tools to study how polar marine environme …

CBC.caResearchers to study if oil-eating 'bugs' could help clean up polar spillsCBC.caThe province and the federal government chipped in a total of $4 million in funding for GENICE Monday, a project that will use gene-analyzing tools to study how p …

CBC.caResearchers to study if oil-eating 'bugs' could clean up Arctic oil spillsCBC.caThe province and the federal government chipped in a total of $4 million in funding for GENICE Monday, a project that will use gene-analyzing tools to study how p …

NParks volunteers help with oil spill cleanup efforts at Chek Jawa over the weekendThe Straits TimesSINGAPORE - Cleanup work following Tuesday's oil spill continued on Saturday (Jan 7), with National Parks Board (NParks) volunteers combing Chek Jawa to …

CBC.ca'Light at the end of the tunnel' for Alberta oil jobs, says consultantCBC.caA human resources consultant based in Calgary says the oil industry is slowly starting to rebound along with the price of oil, which was more than $50 a barrel Jan. 6 …

Biofuel: Don urges govt to invest in massive oil crops plantationVanguardA PROFESSOR of Renewable Energy (Mechanical Engineering) at the Osun State University, Osogbo, Prof. Oguntola Jelil Alamu has tasked the Nigerian government on the need to engage in m …

BloombergOil IPOs Ready to Bloom Across the U.S.BloombergAfter a year in which explorers in the Permian shale basin straddling Texas and New Mexico dominated the business, interest in new oil-industry offerings is likely to spread wider. It could include p …