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Mines and Energy - 1998

January,February, March, April, May, June, July, 
August, September, October, November, December

January

January 5
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status  Report

January 12
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status  Report

January 14
1997 Land Sale Results

January 15
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board approves Terra Nova Canada-Newfoundland Benefits Plan

January 19
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board-Weekly Public Status Report

January 26
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

February

February 2
Canada Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

February 9
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

February 16
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

February 23
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

March

March 3
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

March 10
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - 1998 Call for Bids
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

March 12
Minister welcomes new Call for Bids

March 17
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

March 23
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board -Weekly  Public Status Report

March 26
Budget to continue to encourage investment in province

March 30
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly public status report of oil and gas activities

April

April 7
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

April 8
No change to government policy requiring archaeological screening / assessment for exploration in Labrador

April 14
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

April 21
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

April 27
Ministerial Statement - Results of calls for proposals of  former Baie Verte asbestos mine
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Pubic Status Report

May

May 4
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Pubic Status Report

May 11
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

May 19
Canada - Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report
Ministerial Statement - Churchill River Power Projects

May 22
Minister pleased with mineral exploration planned for 1998

May 25
Canada - Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

May 29
Minister announces staff member is part of National Geographic Society research project

June

June 1
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

June 8
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

June 15
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

June 17
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board -   Significant discovery declaration

June 18
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - Environmental contracts awarded

June 19
New sawmill facility to locate at Baie Verte mining property
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Terra Nova Engineering

June 23
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - Local firms awarded environmental contracts
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

June 26
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - Engineering contracts awarded for Churchill River Power Project
Prospectors Grants awarded

June 29
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - Environmental contracts for Churchill River Power Project
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

June 30
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - NOTE TO EDITORS - Media briefing, June 30, Subject: Terra Nova Project
Minister comments on Husky's increased investment in province's offshore
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Decision regarding Terra Nova Engineering Project
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - Engineering contracts awarded for Churchill River Power Project

July

July 3
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - Environmental contracts for Churchill River Power Project

July 6
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

July 7
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Hibernia GEMEVAC incident

July 10
Annual Mines and Energy Ministers' Conference

July 14
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - Environmental contracts awarded

July 15
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Terra Nova engineering

July 21
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

July 23
Minister comments on Hammerdown Gold project

July 24
Minister releases annual report of Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - Contracts environmental studies awarded

July 28
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

July 31
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - Engineering contract awarded

August

August 4
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - Churchill River Power Project contracts awarded

August 7
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - Muskrat Falls seismic testing

August 10
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - NOTE TO EDITORS: Restriction on public access of Muskrat Falls extended

August 11
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

August 12
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - NOTE TO EDITORS: Restriction on public access of Muskrat Falls extended

August 13
Continued expenditures in offshore

August 17
Labrador Hydro Project, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - NOTE TO EDITORS: Restriction on public access of Muskrat Falls extended

August 18
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

August 21
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Terra Nova Alliance application approved for Terra Nova Production System
Minister responds to board's decision to allow the use of European welding standards for Terra Nova Project

August 25
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

August 28
Minister comments on PanCanadian's intention to drill a well on Port au Port Peninsula

August 31
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

September

September 8
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

September 9
Minister welcomes exploration company to the province

September 15
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

September 16
Maritime Archaic location discovered while pursuing archaeological studies for Labrador Hydro Project

September 18
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - 1998 land sale results
Government pleased with results from C-NOPB Call for Bids

September 22
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

September 24
Minister welcomes new activity on Duck Pond project in central Newfoundland

September 29
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

October

October 6
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

October 13
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

October 14
Minister pleased with announcement of third shuttle tanker for province's offshore petroleum industry

October 19
Energy Minister, MHA issue statement

October 20
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

October 22
Government pleased with outcome of joint Environment and Energy Ministers' meeting

October 27
NOTE TO EDITORS - News conference, Labrador City, October 27  Subject:  investment plans of North/IOCC in Labrador West
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

November

November 3
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

November 10
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

November 17
Government introduces amendments to Mineral Act
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

November 19
Ministerial Statement - Opening of Transshipment Terminal, Whiffen Head

November 24
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

November 30
Minister comments on passage of Bill 38, An Act to Amend the Mineral Act

December

December 1
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

December 3
Ministerial Statement - Brook Hunt study on Voisey's Bay Project
CNOPB declares configuration of Terra Nova commercial discovery area

December 4
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro to build new powerhouse in Nain
Minister responds to comments in The Telegram

December 8
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

December 15
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

December 22
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Oil production rate restrictions at Hibernia
Minister supports C-NOPB's decision to restrict Hibernia oil production
Province disappointed with cancellation of rig modification project