contents
9 The Patch
9 Change at the top coming at PSAC
10 Oil companies, Carnduff students
join forces on Energy in Action
project
13 New life for old safety glasses
16 A different sort of rodeo
AND MUCH MORE
DEPARTMENTS
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18 Alternative/Renewable Energy
18 Geothermal energy continues to
gain momentum, but slowly
18 Charged up over orders
19 Manufacturing diversity
19 Google takes to the air
21 CV – Ted Cutlan, Pajak Engineering
Career profiles in the oilpatch
19
83 Wealth and Wisdom
From the trenches – Another
meeting? You’ve GOT to be kidding!
By Scott moRRiS
96 Rewind
A selection of events in Oilweek from
July in decades past
21
ASSOCIATION CORNER
85 Perspectives on the future
Where exactly can natural gas fit in
Canada’s energy future?
By miKe cLeLand
COLUMNISTS
EYE ON AMERICA
ROCK RAMBLINGS
89 Who’s really watching out for
offshore workers?
Mandated to oversee the offshore,
the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore
Petroleum Board can’t also do a good job
of regulating safety
By weS Reid
OUR INDUSTRY
91 The times they are a-changing
The conventional business has suffered
from change—it stands to suffer even
more
By david yageR
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