Nova Scotia wants private companies to explore for onshore natural gas, could share profits with taxpayers

Nova Scotia taps Dalhousie University to hunt for onshore gas

Nova Scotia is spending $30 million that's not in this year's budget to have Dalhousie University "better understand the nature and location" of onshore natural gas.

Nova Scotia wants private companies to explore for onshore natural gas, could share profits with taxpayers

$30-million investment program will see Dalhousie University issue call for exploration proposals

Nova Scotia premier wants Nova Scotia to develop its own natural gas resources

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston speaks to reporters at the Nova Scotia legislature in Halifax, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese   HALIFAX – In the late 1990s, natural gas developed from Nova Scotia’s Sable Island was not only enough to supply Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but a Pipeline going into Maine and beyond. But in less than two decades, the Sable Offshore Energy Project saw its 21 production wells plugged and…

N.S. partnering with Dalhousie University to kickstart drilling for onshore natural gas

A key question the program’s research component aims to answer is how hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” may affect the water table and neighbouring wells where onshore drilling occurs.  The post N.S. partnering with Dalhousie University to kickstart drilling for onshore natural gas appeared first on Halifax Examiner.