SWN Resources

• Shale gas exploratory company SWN Resources closes Moncton office

  SWN will now oversee the New Brunswick operations from Houston, Texas.

  Economy

  Mar 16, 2016
• N.B. Energy Minister grants SWN natural gas search licences until 2021

  The extension comes despite an almost year-old moratorium that has halted industry from fracking the rock in the province.

  Environment

  Nov 2, 2015
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• N.B. grants SWN one-year extension on company’s 32 licences

  The Department of Energy and Mines has extended SWN Resources’ 32 licences to search for one-year.

  Mar 16, 2015
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• SWN halting fracking plans a turning point for N.B. shale gas: business leader

  A New Brunswick business leader says the past week has marked a turning point in the shale gas discourse in New Brunswick.

  Politics

  Mar 12, 2015
• N.B. government considering SWN application for 6-year licence renewal

  New Brunswick Energy Minister Donald Arseneault says he's not worried that SWN Resources is halting operations in the province.

  Mar 10, 2015
• SWN suspends drilling program in N.B., applies for long-term license

  SWN Resources has suspended drilling plans scheduled to begin this spring in New Brunswick.

  Environment

  Mar 9, 2015
• NB government to introduce fracking moratorium

  Premier Brian Gallant will introduce a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing that won't be lifted unless five conditions are met.

  Dec 18, 2014
• Shale gas discussion continues at N.B. mining and gas conference

  The future of shale gas in New Brunswick was top if mind among many companies, scientists and researchers at the 2014 Exploration, Mining and Petroleum conference held in Fredericton this week.

  Nov 3, 2014
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• SWN Resources hopes to drill 4 test wells in New Brunswick next year

  The company at the centre of a fracking controversy in New Brunswick says it hopes to drill four test wells next year that will help determine the location of shale gas deposits in Queens and Kent counties.

  Environment

  Apr 16, 2014
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• Trial date set for man charged in N.B. shale gas protest

  A trial has been set for Jan. 24 for a New Brunswick man charged after a shale gas protest that turned violent.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2013