Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada
Eastern Canada Overview: Alberta & British Columbia dominate oil & gas production in Canada, but the Eastern half of the country is not without its prospects, particularly on the unconventional front. Read More

Eastern Canada Provinces: Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia Read More

Quebec Utica Net Acreage Table: A table detailing the net acreage owned by various companies in the Quebec Utica play. View Table

ARTICLES

Nova Scotia Moves to Continue Fracking Moratorium

The Liberal government of Nova Scotia followed through on a promise to continue a moratorium on high-volume hydraulic fracturing on Tuesday, after introducing an amendment to the province's Petroleum Resources Act. Read More

Nova Scotia Not Ready for Fracking, Inquiry Finds

Fear of fracking prevailed Thursday in Atlantic Canada, where a provincial inquiry declared Nova Scotia is not prepared to allow the industry practice safely -- and will not be ready any time soon. Read More

Junex to Drill Its First Horizontal Well in Quebec

A junior oil and gas explorer based in Quebec has received a permit from the provincial government to drill its first horizontal well from an existing vertical wellbore in the eastern part of the province. Read More

Quebec Political Shift Could Crack the Door to Fracking

Odds increased Monday that drilling and hydraulic fracturing will eventually spread into Quebec's share of eastern shale deposits, when the Liberal party returned to power on a business-friendly campaign platform of encouraging job-creating economic growth. Read More

Quebec Leaders JV With Producers in Remote Anticosti Island Drilling

The surprising announcement recently by anti-drilling Quebec provincial government leaders and several Canadian producers that they were getting together... Read More

Injunction Against Anti-Shale Protesters Extended in New Brunswick

A judge in New Brunswick has granted Southwestern Energy Co. (SWN) a two-week extension to an injunction designed to keep anti-shale protesters away while the company wraps up seismic testing in the province. Read More

New Brunswick Court Rejects Injunction Against Southwestern

A judge in New Brunswick has rejected an application for an injunction against Southwestern Energy Co. (SWN) filed by a First Nations tribe at the center of a violent protest against the company last month. Read More

New Brunswick Announces New Royalty Structure

The New Brunswick provincial government has unveiled a new royalty structure intended to lure oil and gas companies to the province. Read More

CHARTS & GRAPHS

Eastern Canada Gallery

A gallery of all of the images related to the Eastern Canada plays.