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DECEMBER 2008
December 31
"BNN chats with Gary Leach, Executive Director, SEPAC (Small Explorers and Producers Association of Canada)"
Business News Network - Video
"Juniors on Solid Ground"
Calgary Sun
"Industry Groups Say Tough Times Call for Government
Action"
Nickle's Daily Oil Bulletin
"Alberta's New Oil and Gas Royalty Regime
Set to Kick In"
CBC Edmonton
December 30
"Oilpatch Predicts Drilling Collapse"
Calgary Herald
"Fears of a Drilling Collapse"
660News
December 29
"Bitterness Lingers as Alberta's New
Royalty Regime Kicks in New Year's Day"
Canadian Press (article picked up by Oilweek online and TheStar.com)
December 21
"Picking on Junior"
Calgary Herald
December 20
"Difficult Year Ahead for Juniors:
'Bigger Firms Will Eat Us Up'"
Feature on SEPAC Board Member Kel Johnston
Edmonton Journal
December 19
"Bonterra Faring Better Than
Other Juniors"
Feature on SEPAC Board Member George Fink
Edmonton Journal
December 18
"Business Model 'Broken' in
Oilpatch"
Feature on SEPAC Board Member Paul Gagnon
Edmonton Journal
December 17
"Less Cash, Fewer Wells, Lower
Worth"
Feature on SEPAC Board Member Doug Kay
Edmonton Journal
"In Like a Bull, Out Like a Bear: 2008
a Year of Volatility for Alberta Economy"
Canadian Press (article picked up by Oilweek online)
December 16
"The Gathering Storm"
Globe & Mail
"Bordering on Bigger Profits"
Feature on SEPAC Board Member Steve Kapusta
Globe & Mail
"A Royal Pain in the Bit"
Globe & Mail
"Junior Drillers Feel Pinch"
Edmonton Journal (article also picked up by the Financial Post on Dec. 16 and the Calgary Herald on Dec. 21)
"'Uneconomic' Burden Drives Small
Alberta Firm into BC"
Feature on SEPAC Board Member Steve Kapusta
Edmonton Journal (article also picked up by the Calgary Herald on Dec. 21)
December 13
"Marvelous Montney"
SEPAC Executive Director Gary Leach elaborates on what may be the most significant shale gas discovery of our time, the Montney Play. According to Leach, recent technological developments make this region much more financially viable. He also mentions that the Montney has the potential for some very impressive numbers, especially when compared to current Canadian gas production.
December 10
"Canadian Oil Firms Maintain Staffing
Levels"
Reuters (article picked up by Oil and Gas Eurasia)
December 6
"Roundup at the Legislative
Corral"
Edmonton Journal
December 5
"Junior Companies Have Role
to Play Finding Oil Reserves"
Fort McMurray Today
December 3
"Transitional Royalties Not Expected to Spark
Drilling Rush for Juniors in 2009"
Nickle's Daily Oil Bulletin
December 1
"Year in Review: A
Look Back at the Big Business Stories of a Wild Year"
Business in Calgary