Shipping routes, ice cover and year-round navigation in the Canadian Arctic

Past forecasts by geologists of potentially large oil and natural gas reserves in the North American Arctic (eg, Prudhoe Bay, the Mackenzie delta, and the Canadian Arctic islands) are coming closer to reality. Results from Canmar (Canadian Marine Drilling Ltd of Calgary) drill ships working in the s...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Dey, Balaram B.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1981
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Canada
Mackenzie Delta
Beaufort Sea
Polar Record
Prudhoe Bay
Melville Island
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740000396x
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224740000396X
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Summary:Past forecasts by geologists of potentially large oil and natural gas reserves in the North American Arctic (eg, Prudhoe Bay, the Mackenzie delta, and the Canadian Arctic islands) are coming closer to reality. Results from Canmar (Canadian Marine Drilling Ltd of Calgary) drill ships working in the southern Beaufort Sea continue to support the prediction of considerable hydrocarbon deposits in this area. The most significant discovery, gas amounting to 0.48–0.50 trillion m 3 [17–18 trillion ft 3 ] was made by Panarctic Oils Limited in the Canadian High Arctic, in particular the Drake field off Melville Island and the surrounding region ( Star Phoenix , 1980a). Panarctic Oils is a government-industry consortium; Petro-Canada owns 45 per cent of the shares and provides the bulk of the exploration budget.

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