Oilweek. The Northwest Territories has moved a step closer to assuming the powers of a province over the objections of most of its aboriginal leaders. "Much of what the provinces have today, northerners are asking for in a decision-making process around developments that occur in the North," Premier Floyd Roland (NGP Photo) said just before signing an agreement in principle to transfer control over northern land and resources from Ottawa to Yellowknife.
Rigzone. It is "perfectly reasonable" to expect that Shell will receive a pending permit to drill off Alaska's northern coast withinabout a year, the co-chairman of a U.S. panel investigating the Deepwater Horizon spill said Wednesday.William Reilly (NGP Photo), testifying before the Senate Committee on Energy and Commerce, was pressed on the panel's recent report, which raised concerns about the safety of drilling in the Arctic. The panel had questioned the oil industry's and the Coast Guard's ability to respond to a spill in those areas. ADN by Sean Cockerham. Conoco [...]
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