Lakeside Steel Inc. announced that it reached a tentative agreement with the Canadian Auto Workers, Local 523 (”CAW Local Union”) representing about 400 employees of Lakeside Steel Corporation (”Lakeside”), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Lakeside Steel, for a three year term ending October 31, 2011.
The agreement is subject to approval by members of the CAW Local [...]
Mooncor Oil & Gas Corp., update the Corporation’s shale gas activities in southwest Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
Southwest Ontario Shales
Mooncor has executed a farm-in agreement to participate in a non-operated well targeting a Silurian pinnacle reef formation located in Lambton County of southwestern Ontario The Silurian pinnacle reef anomaly has been identified by seismic, [...]
THE world’s largest untapped oil reserves - in the Canadian Arctic - have become the new front line in the battle between environmentalists and the energy industry.
Shell, a self-styled “green” energy company, is to invest billions of dollars in exploiting the Athabasca tar sands.
Environmentalists say the tar sands are the world’s dirtiest oil deposits and [...]
A conservation group is suing to stop energy exploration in a national wildlife refuge next to the Great Sand Dunes National Park in south-central Colorado.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court by the San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council claims that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated federal law by failing to conduct an [...]
With the spot price of uranium rising at exponential rates, uranium miners are flying high following decades of depressed prices and little new mine development or exploration activity. Shares of Denison and Energy Metals Corp. umped 5% last week following rumours that they were on the acquisition radars of Cameco and France’s Areva, two [...]
A conservation group is suing to stop energy exploration in a national wildlife refuge next to the Great Sand Dunes National Park in south-central Colorado.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court by the San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council claims that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated federal law by failing to conduct an [...]
Oxbow Carbon & Minerals Holdings, Inc. (Oxbow) announced that it has informed the Board of Trustees of Great Lakes Carbon Income Fund (the Fund) (TSX:GLC.UN - News) that it has modified its offer to purchase all assets of the Fund to increase the effective cash price per unit of the Fund from C$13.00 to C$13.50. [...]
Michigan is exploring ways to grow its alternative energy industry and provide a boost to economic development, but coal-fired power plants are expected to produce most of the state’s electricity through at least 2030.
The rest of Michigan’s electrical power comes mostly from nuclear power plants or natural gas- or oil-fired power plants. A very small [...]
A deadly collapse of a drilling rig in western New York this spring has led the federal government to fine the drilling company for several safety violations.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration this week fined Union Drilling Incorporated for more than 138-thousand dollars after finding the wires designed to support the 103-foot-tall rig were not [...]
Today, Global Energy Decisions, LLC (Global Energy) announced the release of updated 2006 Oil & Gas Well Maps. The maps cover three key areas of oil and gas production in the United States: the Rocky Mountains, Southwest/Gulf Coast, & Mid-Continent Regions. All three maps are full color, measure 36 x 55 inches and include lamination.
Each [...]
