Plummeting in Quebec too
The International Energy Agency (IEA) – not exactly known for being pro oil and gas – issued a stunning report last week. It’s entitled “Golden Rules for the Golden Age of Gas”. It states what some (like me) have been saying for some time. Natural gas, due to multi-stage fracturing, has begun a new age […]
Free Thetford Training Tees
Would you like a free Thetford Training Tee-Shirt? Thetford College is starting a training program for oil and gas workers. This is directly aimed at ensuring Quebecers are qualified to work in the new oil and gas industry in Quebec. Mario Levesque said when he started the Oil and Gas Services Association of Quebec (“OGSAQ”), […]
Canada Connects Quebec Mission – Extraordinary
An Alberta trade mission to Quebec, organized by Alberta Enterprise Group, took place last week with close to 50 Alberta CEOs and senior executives visiting Quebec . Questerre was an eager sponsor and worked tirelessly with its network of advisors (especially Andre Boisclair) and supporters in Quebec to ensure these CEOs connected to important Quebec […]
I am published
I published a paper in a scientific journal. It’s not so much an Esquire ”75 things to do before your die” sort of thing, like saving a life. But I’m still pretty proud of it. It’s peer reviewed. It’s in the March 2012 issue of Marine and Petroleum Geology, an eminent international scientific journal for […]
Even I believed it?
Over the past few weeks incredible reports have emerged from the United States. I say incredible because these reports are like saying the Exxon Valdez never contaminated Alaskan shores. Or that the water in Love Canal was never polluted. Or Chernobyl released only harmless gases. The EPA reported not once, not twice but three times […]
Be a solutionist!
On April 22nd activists plan an Arab spring for Québec. They will demonstrate to bring key issues surrounding natural resources management and energy strategy in Québec to anyone who missed the news. Mining, forestry, nuclear, natural gas, everything will be covered. They deserve credit for and will celebrate on April 22nd their successes in saying […]
Follow the buckhorn handled knife
Harry S Truman, famously had a sign on his desk in the oval office saying “the buck stops here”. According to Wikipedia this saying originated in frontier poker games where the marker to identify the dealer was a buckhorn handled knife. Passing the responsibility to deal to the next player was known as passing the […]
Quebecers to see Alberta beef
I have always said Alberta beef is special. Grass fed and barley finished it is light and sweet tasting. Many, including me, say it’s the best in the world. Take that Argentina. I just learned something new special about Alberta beef. According to recent press reports in Quebec livestock in Pennsylvania suffer birth defects due […]
Welcome back SOQUIP
The Quebec Government presented its budget last week. The most significant change is a plan to revive SOQUIP and back it up with part of a $1.2 billion dollar investment fund. SOQUIP was created in the 1960’s to find oil and gas in Quebec. After a large investment without commercial success it was wound down […]
Reefer Madness the Sequel
Sorry to disappoint you. This is not a blog about a sequel to the movie Reefer Madness and pot crazed youth in America. Rather it is a sequel to my blog ‘Gasland as Reefer Madness’. Maybe you didn’t catch the original. One reader personally emailed me about the blog with the following comment: “In my […]