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Mines and Energy - 1999


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January

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

January 6
Minister responds to call for gasoline price regulation

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

January 15
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, January 15, St. John's Subject: Update on IOC situation in Labrador City
IOCC agrees to comfort letter for Labrador West

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

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


February

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

February 3
Minister comments on most recent Hibernia milestone

February 8
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report
PanCanadian and partners spud well at Shoal Point

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

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

February 24
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Confidentiality period for non-exclusive geological and geophysical work in the Newfoundland offshore area extended

February 25
Minister comments on encouraging results from Hebron delineation well


March

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

March 4
Call for proposals to explore and develop mineral land on Baie Verte Peninsula

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

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

March 17
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Hibernia authorized to resume oil production

March 22
New Mineral Exploration Program Increases Exploration and Opportunities for Development in Province
Additional Resources for Energy Branch

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

March 29
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - 1999 Call for Bids
Ministerial Statement - C-NOPB Call for Bids

March 30
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report


April

April 1
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Hibernia authorized to resume oil production

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

April 9
Churchill River Power Project on track

April 12
Minister responds to release of e-mail messages by MP Lawrence O'Brien
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

April 13
Government comments on Barclay report

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

April 27
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

April 29
Ministerial Statement - Voisey's Bay
Gasoline Market Watch - April 1999


May

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

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

May 12
Ministerial Statement - Mining Week

May 14
Ministerial Statement - Offshore drilling activity

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

May 25
Ministerial Statement - Deer Cove talc/gold deposit
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

May 27
Gasoline market watch - May 1999
Minister states that government's position on Voisey's Bay has not changed

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


June

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

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

June 18
Province will receive increased benefits from Upper Churchill power

June 23
More companies benefiting from Mineral Exploration Program
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

June 24
Gasoline market watch - June 1999

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


July

July 7
Minister hopeful Donner, Innu Nation impasse will be resolved

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

July 15
Minister responds to requests for public disclosure of GWAC

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

July 21
Annual report of Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board released

July 27
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

July 29
Gasoline Market Watch - July 1999


August

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

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

August 12
Gasoline Market Watch - August 1999

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

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

August 24
Oil and gas industry having positive effects on economy

August 26
Gasoline Market Watch, August 24, 1999
Note to Editors: Minister responds to labour issues at Bull Arm Site, August 26, St. John's
Environmental contracts awarded for Churchill River Power Project's 1999 Field Program
Mineral Exploration Program projects

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

 


September

September 3
Energy minister announces three additional contracts for Churchill River Power Project's 1999 Field Program

September 9
Gasoline Market Watch - September 1999

September 13
Government geoscientist awarded national medal
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

September 20
First-ever North Atlantic Mineral Symposium is slated for this week in Dublin, Ireland

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

September 23
Gasoline Market Watch - September 23, 1999

September 27
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

 


October

October 4
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

October 9
Gasoline Market Watch - October 1999

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

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

October 21
Gasoline Market Watch - October 1999

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


November

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

November 2
1999 Mines Branch Open House being held this week

November 4
Gasoline Market Watch - November 1999

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

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

November 17
Ministerial Statement - Update on Churchill River Power Project

November 18
Gasoline Market Watch - November 1999

November 19
Ministerial Statement - Report on sales as a result of Calls for Bids in the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore area
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - 1999 Land Sale Results

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

November 23
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister available to media, November 23, Subject: Voisey's Bay

November 25
Ministerial Statement - Voisey's Bay Nickel deposit

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

November 30
NOTE TO EDITORS:  Media briefing,  12:45 p.m., Today, Media Centre, Main Floor, East Block, Confederation Building, Subject:  New mining legislation and other related issues


December

December 2
Gasoline Market Watch - November 30
Ministerial Statement - Transshipment Limited's Whiffen Head facility expansion completed

December 3
Minister clarifies offshore safety regime

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

December 9
Ministerial Statement - Bill amending Electrical Power Control Act and Public Utilities Act

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

December 16
Gasoline Market Watch 

December 20
Contract awarded for engineering and environmental planning services for Churchill River Power Project
Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board - Weekly Public Status Report

 


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