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Here's where the attention is shifting now The Montney gas formation – already the lowest cost gas producing region (that I can see) in Canada just got bigger and better, thanks to a boomer well by Celtic Explorations (CLT-TSX) last week. Celtic said its well tested 10.2 mmcf/d, (million...
Last week we brought to your attention a world-class emerging shale play happening in Argentina's Neuquén Basin. The potential here for unconventional oil & gas development is enormous by any measure. A number of companies are well positioned to grow and prosper, including a few junior companies with significant land...
Consider this: -In 2013, the UK had the coldest spring since 1963. -In March 2013, Northern Japan received record snowfall--up to 16 ft thick just south of Aomori. -In October 2013, the worst frost in more than 80 years hit Chile and damaged 50 million boxes of fruit for export—damages were over...
Part I of this series is here. If history is any guide, the world will continue its current 15 year cooling trend for another 20 years potentially.  In fact, there is a good chance the earth is about to go into one of its coolest periods in the last 250...
The Alberta Bakken has gained a lot of visibility in the last month, but how quickly will events on the ground develop?  And where can retail investors profit the most from this new play? This hot new play is being touted as a probable look-alike for the Saskatchewan-North Dakota Bakken. ...
INTRODUCTION Short Tesla (TSLA-NASD: $250).  Target Price = $12.  Twelve Dollars.  That would be a 95% drop from its share price today.  There is a lot of emotion and hype around the company and stock right now, with its cheap electric car model, the Tesla 3, getting banner headlines every day...
A new development in “fracking” will mean lower costs and higher oil and gas recoveries, says Dan Themig, President of Packers Plus, a privately owned completions (fracking) company based in Calgary, Alberta.  This would mean higher profits for energy producers. Themig’s new product – QuickFRAC® – is part of...
Dubai started to interest me in 2012 when I was in Kurdistan, which is just off the top of the map below, above the word Baghdad.  I was on a property visit—travelling half way around the world to see a pipe coming out of the ground—and all the brokers...