On June 29th, Oilweek’s 2011 Class of Rising Stars celebrated in style with a sold-out crowd of enthusiastic supporters at the elegant Hotel Arts. Invitees included the Rising Stars of classes past, key members of industry associations, and the family and friends of the Stars themselves.

From all appearances, Russia is poised to leave Canada out in the cold in the race for Arctic resource supremacy

Russia could beat Canada and the United States in the race for dominance over the Arctic's vast hydrocarbon potential if a special United Nations (UN) commission recognizes-perhaps as early as 2012-Russia's right to the extensive Lomonosov Ridge under the Arctic Ocean. Such recognition could give Russia control of up to 60 per cent of any hydrocarbons found in the High Arctic.

Bitumen off-gases hold the key to a sustainable future for Alberta’s petrochemical industry

Alberta could double the size of its petrochemical industry by adopting a multi-pronged strategy to increase the supply of ethane within the province, says a former NOVA Chemicals Corporation executive who now chairs a provincial government task force dealing with the sector.

Enform’s H2S Alive is quickly gaining a reputation as the one industry course you can’t live without

A seismic worker on a geophysical survey steers his rig up an embankment and bogs down in the mud. He backs up and moves further down the road, closer to a gas well facility, and takes another run at the embankment. He bogs again and, as he's backing up, ruptures a section of piping. When he jumps out of the rig to see what he hit, he is overcome by hydrogen sulphide (H2S) gas.

Northern Inuit are setting the stage for future Arctic offshore developments

With their eyes and minds wide open, Inuit leaders representing 160,000 Inuit in Canada, Greenland, Alaska and Russia are developing a common position for future oil and gas exploration and development in Arctic waters.