Tuesday, 9 Feb 2021 | by Tina Olivero
One thousand years ago, the Norwegian Vikings ventured into the unforgiving mighty Atlantic Ocean to find new lands. As fate would have it, they discovered the Great Northern Peninsula of the island...
Thursday, 29 Oct 2020 | by Tina Olivero
Equinor (60%), and its partner BP Canada (40%), have made two oil discoveries offshore Newfoundland, Canada. The two wells at the Cappahayden and Cambriol prospects, drilled...
Sunday, 17 May 2020 | by Tina Olivero
The Grand Solar Minimum is coming up a lot in the news these days. And we are once again faced with what news story is real and what is not. Are we headed for an ice age? Or are we not? FIRST OFF:...
Wednesday, 10 Jul 2019 | by Tina Olivero
ExxonMobil has released a video showing what it is like to live and work on one of the world’s largest offshore platforms, Hebron, located off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. The...
Saturday, 6 Jul 2019 | by Tina Olivero
Contrary to common belief, it’s the oil and gas companies that will be the world’s leaders in creating much of the renewable energy in the future. Oil and gas companies know that the most...
Saturday, 10 Nov 2018 | by Tina Olivero
The world sat back and wondered why such a world-class brand like Statoil would change its name. The answer came in the word “Change”. Life is about change and Statoil’s vision...
Tuesday, 6 Feb 2018 | by Tina Olivero
“I vividly remember the blizzard the night the Ocean Ranger sank,” said Bevin LeDrew. “It was a blinding snowstorm with very high winds in the middle of February. I lived in Torbay,...
Sunday, 29 Oct 2017 | by Tina Olivero
Rob Strong was developing Newfoundland’s offshore before many of us were even born. He’s fondly known as the grandfather of our industry. He is knowledgeable, tenacious and a...
Sunday, 15 Oct 2017 | by Tina Olivero
Companies in the energy industry are the bedrock of society. Why? Simple. Because energy moves every single thing we do. There are millions of people who have spent their lives building the...
Sunday, 10 Sep 2017 | by Tina Olivero
Why Amazon Web Services is important to your future Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the fastest growing cloud computing platform on the planet. AWS is located in 14 regions around the world and offers...
Tuesday, 8 Aug 2017 | by Tina Olivero
In the early 1500s, both Newfoundland and Brazil had their ownership claimed by the Portuguese Crown. The Cantino Planisphere from 1502 shown below, illustrates the mapped line drawn in the Treaty of...
Monday, 29 Aug 2016 | by Tina Olivero
What’s the big hairy fascination with Jiggs dinner and how come the minute Sunday hits, it’s the one thing that pops into your mind and you think, hmmm, I wonder is Mom cooking that? Could it be...
Thursday, 5 Mar 2015 | by Tina Olivero
Oil rigs have been advanced by state-of-the-art technology, including sophisticated navigation systems, software, dynamic positioning devices and improved designs. Here’s a snapshot of seven of the...
Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | by Claudius Du Plooy
In my first article of the Technology and Law series in the fall of the 2012 edition, I mentioned how the superstar companies of the Canadian oil and gas industry are not just exploration...
Tuesday, 29 Nov 2011 | by Tina Olivero
With the onset of international business growth, a powerful internet communications regime and access to information anywhere – the boundaries of the world are coming down. Geography and social...
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