Indigenous & Aboriginal News

Canada natives vow to fight protest ban, posted on PressTV An indigenous group in Canada has vowed to continue to fight for the right to protest against fracking activities on traditional lands in the northern province of Alberta. The pledge by Lubicon Lake Nation comes as a Calgary court granted last month Penn West Petroleum…

Tank Storage News

NCSD approves repairs to water storage tank, posted on the Santa Maria Times A 1-million-gallon standpipe tank that stores water for Nipomo Community Services District customers will soon be taken out of service for modifications and rehabilitation work. But district officials said the public should see no change in their water service, and NCSD will…

Arctic Oil & Gas News

Statoil Boosts Arctic Holdings with Greenland License by James Stafford, posted on OilPrice.com Norway’s Statoil has been awarded a frontier exploration license for Block 6 offshore north-east Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean, with partners ConocoPhillips and Nunaoil. Statoil is seeking to position itself long-term in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, and some estimates hold Greenland’s…

Indigenous & Aboriginal News

Atleo compares aboriginal, South African struggles by Gloria Galloway, posted on the Globe and Mail The head of Canada’s largest aboriginal community says 2013 was the year when First Nations pierced the national consciousness, forcing business, government and ordinary Canadians to give thought to the challenges facing native people. It was also a year when…

Shale News

Shale gas innovation competition deadline Feb. 1 by Paul J. Gough, posted on the Pittsburgh Business Times The deadline for the Shale Gas Innovation Competition is Feb. 1, with prizes totalling $100,000 going to the four winners of this year’s contest. The annual contest is open to small businesses, entrepreneurs and researchers from either Pennsylvania…

Supply Chain Industry News

Vision 2014: Rethinking your supply chain for the new year by Carolyn Gruske, posted on MM&D If your resolution is to make your operations more efficient and effective, let MM&D help you achieve that goal. We conducted a virtual roundtable to collect some of the best advice from experts on how to streamline operations and…

Tank Storage News

Industrialists laud water storage tank in Pulwama, posted on News Track India Industrialists and residents in Pulwama District have praised the state government for beginning to construct an overhead water storage tank to resolve the problem of acute water scarcity. The water tank with the capacity of two lakh gallons is expected to solve 90…

Indigenous & Aboriginal News

Canadian regulator approves oil pipeline to the Pacific Coast by Rob Gillies, posted on The Spec A panel reviewing a proposed pipeline to the Pacific Coast that would allow Canada’s oil to be shipped to Asia is recommending the Canadian government approve the project. The three-person review panel recommended Thursday approving the pipeline with 209…

Arctic Oil & Gas News

Japanese energy firms to explore for oil in Arctic , posted on Kuwait News Agency Major Japanese energy developers will participate in an oil exploration project in the Arctic for the first time, a leading business daily here reported Monday. Japan’s largest oil explorer Inpex Corp. and the upstream subsidiary of the country’s top oil…

Supply Chain Industry News

Descartes Acquires Compudata, posted on The Wall Street Transcript Descartes Systems Group (TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, acquired Compudata, a leading provider of B2B supply chain integration and e-invoicing solutions in Switzerland. Compudata’s network (B2BNet) serves a diverse community of trading partners, helping them connect, collaborate and seamlessly exchange…

Shale News

Dominion connects shale gas to consumers, posted on Farm and Dairy Dominion, one of the nation’s largest energy companies, has contracted to deliver 500,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas produced in West Virginia to various interconnections with pipelines in Ohio, as producers look westward to seek new markets for Marcellus production. The company also…

Arctic Oil & Gas Industry News

Shell’s Berlin ‘Science Slam’ Event Reportedly Disrupted By Anti-Drilling Activists, posted on Huffington Post Green Judges were unaware that they were about to receive quite the literal slam at Shell’s recent “Science Slam,” an event in Berlin, Germany on December 11 for young scientists to showcase their projects and research. German activist Jean Peters and…