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A look behind the scenes at Newfoundland's oil industry regulator

Within the last two years the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board has been in the public crosshairs over topics including safety, access to information and transparency. In a six-part series, The Telegram’s Ashley Fitzpatrick takes you inside the board, offering a closer look at the offshore regulator.

Ashley Fitzpatrick's six-part series on the offshore regulator.

Part 1: Inside the CNLOPB

February 4, 2012 - 9 h 01

Now into his sixth year as chairman and CEO of the province's offshore oil and gas regulator, Max Ruelokke has been the rock against which the seemingly regular...

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Sidebar: International respect

February 4, 2012 - 9 h 15

When the CNLOPB was created, it was melded from the Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration with the provincial Newfoundland and Labrador Petroleum Directorate....

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Part 2: Safety No. 1 priority

February 6, 2012 - 8 h 42

Second in a six-part series It might be argued the most powerful position within the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (CNLOPB)...

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Sidebar: Improving access to information

February 6, 2012 - 16 h 13

On Nov. 21, 2010, in the House of Assembly, then-MHA Kelvin Parsons asked about a situation that had arisen aboard the SeaRose production ship, where Husky Energy...

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Part 3: Aiming to avoid spills

February 7, 2012 - 7 h 49

Third in a six-part series It was early Sunday morning, Nov. 21, 2004, and still dark out, when the phone rang. Grabbing the receiver, the...

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Sidebar: Independent observers not needed despite calls...

February 7, 2012 - 8 h 30

The 2004 spill at Terra Nova is not the only notable spill incident on record. For example, in 2008, 74,000 litres of synthetic drill mud was spilled at the rig Eirik...

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Related: No details on independent safety board

February 7, 2012 - 8 h 30

The Dunderdale administration recently reasserted for The Telegram its commitment to the recommendation of retired justice Robert Wells — a recommendation made...

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Part 4: Safety beneath the surface

February 8, 2012 - 7 h 36

Fourth in a six-part series The trick to drilling for oil and gas offshore Newfoundland and Labrador is not the drilling, but the fact it is done deep below the ocean...

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Part 5: Paying to pump

February 9, 2012 - 7 h 53

Fifth in a six-part series The value of oil production off Newfoundland and Labrador was approximately $8.2 billion in 2010, with three active projects producing more...

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Sidebar: R&D dollars

February 9, 2012 - 9 h 06

A challenge under the North American Free Trade Agreement — to rules set by the CNLOPB in 2004 on research and development spending — is still making its way...

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