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• Green light for partial West White Rose expansion
  A Husky spokeswoman said the company expects to start drilling the first well at West White Rose this month. With estimated reserves of 120 ...
• Hibernia union asks for a conciliator
  Brian Campbell, national representative for the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers’ (CEP) union, said it will be filed in the next day or ...
• M5 taking over Bristol
  Bristol shut down operations Monday morning. On the same day, St. John’s-based M5 said it had brokered a deal with Bristol’s receiver, ...
• Terra Nova switching valves
  Their job is to remove six annular choke valves and install new ones in water depths of 105 metres. It’s the first time this kind of diving ...
• Hibernia union filing for conciliation
  Union president Kevin Kelly said a tentative agreement was rejected earlier this month by about 95 per cent of the 420 unionized workers at the ...
• Oil spill response plan censored
  That plan laid out how the company would respond to an oil spill while drilling Canada’s deepest offshore well in the Orphan Basin located 430 ...
• Oceanex reroutes to Halifax
  The company enacted a contingency plan the same day - contacting customers and re-routing its container ships to Halifax for cargo pickup. "That ...
• Nalcor investing in the future
  It may come as a surprise to some, but Nalcor Energy hasn't paid dividends to the provincial government since 2006 - using its profits instead to ...
• Repetition the key to safety training
  A pair of experts on cold water training and survival told the Wells inquiry Tuesday the more training offshore workers receive in escaping a ...
• Offshore lessons from Norway
  When it comes to offshore safety, an Australian-based risk management expert says Norway is one of the countries leading the way. Kimberley ...
• Husky hunting for third rig
  Husky Energy is casting around for a third drill rig to do additional wells off Newfoundland and Labrador. Paul McCloskey, vice-president of ...
• Deepwater rigs pricey
  Chevron Canada says it has a third drill ship available in case it needs to drill a relief well at the Orphan Basin off Newfoundland's northeast ...
• Oil companies announce offshore work
  It wasn't a day of big offshore deal, but the annual offshore oil and gas conference in St. John's generated the kind of announcements that are ...
• NOIA expecting record turnout at conference
  The offshore oil and gas conference is NOIA's major event of the year - and in its 26th year it's drawing a larger audience than ever. Sessions ...
• Hibernia South draws few comments
  A call for public comment on the proposed $1.74-billion Hibernia South project netted only a trio of submissions. The Hibernia partners are ...
• Nalcor appealing to regie
  Nalcor Energy is taking the first step in appealing the Quebec energy regulator's dismissal of its complaints against Hydro-Quebec's transmission ...
• APEC releases inventory of major projects
  The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC) released its annual inventory of major projects in the region - and more than half the ...
• Hibernia profits shrinking for feds
  Profits for the company that manages Ottawa's 8.5 per cent stake in the Hibernia oilfield dropped by more than half last year - taking a bite out ...
• Nalcor hits gas at Parsons Pond
  Nalcor Energy Oil & Gas has wrapped up drilling at its first well on the Northern Peninsula - and so far the Parsons Pond results look promising. ...
• How to safely slay a giant hogweed
  Todd Boland said the best way to eradicate the plant is to cut the stem about three or four inches below the ground. "It will not regenerate ...
• Return of the giant hogweed
  Last year, the giant hogweed was a novel, troublesome pest found along a portion of the Virginia River trail in the east end of St. John's. This ...
• Tougher rules for Chevron well
  The board that regulates the province's offshore oil industry beefed up rules for deepwater drilling in the Orphan Basin off Newfoundland ...
• 'Banned in Ontario'
  It's bottled in Newfoundland, and the one-millionth bottle rolled out of the St. John's plant earlier this month - but you won't find Dan ...
• Lifeboat safety
  It's hard to imagine squeezing 20 people wearing bulky survival suits into the covered lifeboat in the ocean near the Holyrood marine training ...
• Chevron ready to drill Orphan well
  Chevron Canada expects to start drilling its second deepwater well in the Orphan Basin 430 kilometres northeast of St. John's by Sunday. The ...
• Penney stock
  Nathan Penney remembers the day his family became Fortis Inc. shareholders - 64 years ago as he and his wife, Grace, were getting married. An ...
• Fortis posts record profits ... again
  When a shareholder asked about the salaries and benefits of Fortis Inc. executives, he was told company president and CEO Stan Marshall is ...
• Fortis won't fight city hall
  Fortis Inc. president and CEO Stan Marshall didn't mince words about the company's withdrawn proposal for a 15-storey office tower in downtown ...
• Comment sought on Hibernia South
  The $1.74-billion proposal to develop an estimated 261 million barrels of recoverable crude oil in the Hibernia South Extension is ready for ...
• Husky hires second rig
  The rig GSF Grand Banks will spend another two years drilling wells for Husky Energy at the White Rose oilfield. The bulk of its work will be ...