BC OIL EXPLORATION
March 1st, 2003
BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADA'S federal natural resources minister Herb Dhaliwal is lobbying his cabinet colleagues to lift a 25-year ban on offshore oil drilling in British Columbia. The Queen Charlotte Basin is estimated to hold 9.8 billion barrels of oil and 25.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
CANADA'S federal natural resources minister Herb Dhaliwal is lobbying his cabinet colleagues to lift a 25-year ban on offshore oil drilling in British Columbia. The Queen Charlotte Basin is estimated to hold 9.8 billion barrels of oil and 25.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
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