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Oil Patch Braces for Exploration Chill After Canada's Election
2015-10-05 15:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: As Canadas oil patch grapples with a price shock, pipeline delays and rising tax rates, the federal election could add another barrier to recovery by reining in a key incentive for development of new wells. Two of the three major parties jostling for power in the Oct. 19 vote are campaigning against fossil fuel subsidies and propose tightening the rules for a tax deduction that allows oil-and-gas producers to write off exploration costs against profits entirely in the year theyre incurred....
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'Ghost vacancies' haunt downtown Calgary as oil patch layoffs empty office buildings
2015-08-13 19:36:36| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Vacancy rates in Calgary have spiked as companies lay off thousands of employees in the worst oil rout in recent history, but insiders say the official tally may underestimate just how empty offices are. CALGARY - Calgary's landmark office towers are sitting increasingly empty as layoffs from the oil price collapse drive up vacancy rates downtown.
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Colorado judge awards benefits from Weld County oil patch death
2015-07-29 23:04:32| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Jim Freemyer's widow never believed her husband's poor health abruptly killed him last summer, but, rather, what he encountered while working the Weld County oil patch.
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Wading Into The Oil Patch? Focus On The Balance Sheet - Part IV
2015-07-01 17:17:30| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Energy stocks can be the most fickle of cyclicals: offering great price swings capable of bolstering portfolio returns or horrendous losses. Timing these shares is challenging, if not impossible.
Wading Into The Oil Patch? Focus On The Balance Sheet - Part IV
2015-07-01 17:15:52| Energy - Topix.net
Energy stocks can be the most fickle of cyclicals: offering great price swings capable of bolstering portfolio returns or horrendous losses. Timing these shares is challenging, if not impossible.