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• Hibernia adding up for feds
  For the past two-and-a-half years, the Hibernia partners have been sending thanks to the federal government for its financial help in keeping the ...
• Wells renews call for safety agency
  The Wells Inquiry hit its final milestone Monday with the public release of its last report on ways to improve helicopter safety for offshore ...
• TSB investigating helicopter incident
  The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) is investigating an incident that occurred July 23 when a Cougar helicopter deviated from its normal ...
• Shuttering Holyrood station
  It’s not about the emissions — it’s about the high cost of oil at the Holyrood thermal generation station.Shutting down the oil-fired ...
• Muskrat Falls a standalone project
  Nalcor Energy is in somewhat unfamiliar territory. The provincial energy corporation has plenty of experience pitching hydro developments to ...
• French ferry workers on strike
  Workers who operate the government-run passenger ferry that sails between Newfoundland and the French islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon went on ...
• Statoil returns to Mizzen
  Statoil Canada started drilling its second Mizzen well last week — kicking off an 80-day program to delineate the size of its two-year-old ...
• Terra Nova shuts down in September
  Suncor Energy has a pair of offshore construction ships lined up to start replacing seabed equipment at the Terra Nova oilfield in August.The ...
• Hibernia South pumps first oil
  The first barrels of crude oil started flowing from Hibernia South last weekend - meeting ExxonMobil Canada's forecast of first oil by mid-year ...
• Fortis seeking compensation
  More than a decade after Fortis Inc. became the biggest utility owner in Belize, the company is looking for compensation from the Central ...
• Acting on the Wells Inquiry
  Since January, a 15-person team has been busy finding ways to implement the recommendations of the Wells Inquiry into offshore helicopter ...
• New Arctic centre for C-CORE
  C-CORE is getting a new, $17-million centre to carry out long-term research on ways to develop Arctic resources.Over five years, the Centre for ...
• Digging a better trench
  Petroleum Research Atlantic Canada (PRAC) has a new lease on life, thanks in part to research and development spending rules introduced seven ...
• Husky assessing rig damage
  Husky Energy, operator of the White Rose oilfield, is assessing the damage to equipment onboard the drill rig GSF Grand Banks following a weekend ...
• Where science meets art
  A Corner Brook artist’s forensic facial reconstruction of a missing First World War soldier will find a permanent home in the Canadian War Museum ...
• Rambler hunting for gold
  Rambler Metals and Mining is busily looking for new ways to feed its Nugget Pond gold mill on the Baie Verte Peninsula. To do it, Rambler has ...
• Upping the coverage
  The impact of the BP oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was felt as far away as the provincial energy corporation offices in St. John’s when ...
• Vale awards $600-M contract
  A consortium of four companies landed the largest contract to date at the Vale nickel processing plant in Long Harbour — a $600-million, two-year ...
• Vulcan turning to potash
  A chance potash and salt discovery while hunting for oil and gas on Newfoundland’s west coast is destined to become a new exploration target for ...
• Fortis passed on Lower Churchill
  It was the last question at Fortis’s annual shareholder meeting Friday morning and it was a doozy — why isn’t the “most spectacularly ...
• Suncor delays trip to dockyard
  The Terra Nova production ship won’t head to a dockyard to have its damaged swivel replaced this summer.Suncor Energy, the operator of the ...
• Turning the exploration tide
  Third in a three-part series — If the mantra in the real estate world is location, location, location, in the world of offshore oil and ...
• Exploration in decline
  Second in a three-part seriesThe more exploration wells drilled, the greater the chances of making that next big discovery — something the ...
• Exploration glory days
  First in a three-part series St. John’s harbour was a rig spotter’s paradise in the 1970s and 1980s — the era of the Hibernia, Terra Nova, ...
• Hebron GBS pegged at $8.3B
  ExxonMobil has formally submitted its application to develop the Hebron oilfield — outlining heftier production platform costs, an additional ...
• Extra crude, hefty royalties
  Eight million extra barrels of crude and hefty royalty rates helped turn last year’s triple-digit deficit into a $485-million budget surplus. ...
• Matchim denies suicide attempt
  Colin James Matchim, 25, wrapped up testimony Friday morning in his trial on the charge of aggravated assault against his infant daughter.He is ...
• Statoil aims for operator status
  Statoil Canada’s executive vice-president for North America will have his fingers crossed for the company’s next well in the Flemish Pass ...
• Deepwater drilling
  Last year’s Deepwater Horizon well blowout has cast a long shadow over offshore oil and gas drilling — extending to exploration drilling in ...
• Landing in fog city
  It’s a ritual of spring at the foggiest airport in Canada — delayed flights, missed connections and as many as 70,000 fog-bound travellers a ...