Small oil firms optimistic amid Canadian slump
In Edmonton Canada major oil firms face a hard market yet smaller and mid sized companies expect better times. Independent Petroleum Association of Canada notes bright outlook for natural gas and exports to the United States with rising prices and strong cash flows anticipated by 1995.
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Rick Hillary
Independent Petroleum Association of Canada
Hillary
National Energy Program
United States
Shell Canada
The
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Mac van Wielengen
PowerWest Financial Ltd
van Wielengen
Calgary
Ian Doig
Alberta
Doig
U.S
California firm seeks time to craft gas pricing deal
Calgary dispatch reports Alberta and Southern Gas Co seeks one more month to negotiate a new pricing agreement with 190 Calgary based suppliers. A vote is planned to extend the current deal through July with 51 percent of firms and 60 percent of gas represented. Energy Minister Rick Orman warns of government intervention amid pressure for price cuts from the California Public Utilities Commission and possible pipeline space shifts to California.
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Calgary
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Alberta Natural Gas
Alberta and Southern Gas Co
Alberta
Rick
Orman
Southern Gas
California Public Utilities Commission
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Alberta and
San Francisco
Alberta labor fears rise as merit shop movement spreads
New Democrat Leader Ray Martin warned at the Alberta Federation of Labor convention that merit shop practices could deepen the province's labor woes in the 1990s. He cited U S experience of union decline and noted weak labor laws and replacement workers during strikes. Labour Minister Elaine McCoy disputed the warning, stressing the right to rehire union or nonunion workers and free employee choice.
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Ray Martin
U.S
Martin
Alberta Federation of Labor
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