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February 2
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United States Federal Power Commission (FPC) says Canadian Arctic Gas Study Limited's pipeline proposal is superior to plans of both El Paso Alaska Company and AlCan Pipeline Company
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February 11
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Panarctic Oils estimates discovered Arctic Island reservoirs contain 16 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas reserves
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March 31
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Imperial Oil and Alberta discuss oil sands policy amid reports Imperial's Cold lake pilot could develop into a $3 billion, 125,000 barrel per day commercial project
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April 1
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Newfoundland Energy Minister Brian Peckford claims provincial jurisdiction over offshore rights; issue expected to be tested in the Supreme Court
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May 3
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FPC recommends overland route to bring Alaskan gas to the lower states, but splits on which of two routes should proceed
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May 10
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Volume one of Berger Royal Commission report recommends 10 year moratorium on Mackenzie Valley development
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June 6
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Gulf Oil Canada and Mobil Oil Canada suspend drilling in the Mackenzie Delta until the pipeline issue is resolved
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June 21
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Ottawa unveils "interim" frontier land regulations and lifts five year moratorium on northern and offshore exploration and development, effective Aug 1
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July 5
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National Energy Board (NEB) recommends Foothills (Yukon) Group's proposal for a Western "gas express line" following the Alaska Highway through the Yukon, British Columbia and Alberta
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July 21
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Pan-Alberta Gas unveils a plan to extend Alberta gas sales east of Ontario, and announces a contract to deliver 800 million cubic feet a day to Utah's Northwest Energy Company on the condition that Alberta pipeline facilities forming part of the Alaska Gas Transmission system be pre-built
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September 8
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U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Prime Minster Pierre Trudeau approve a northern pipeline through Canada
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September 23
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Shell Canada teams with AOSTRA for an experimental heavy oil steam injection and in-situ project at Peace River
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November 14
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Imperial applied for approval of a $4 billion, 120-145,000 barrel per day steam injection/in-situ project at Cold Lake
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November 23
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Imperial estimates offshore area northeast of Newfoundland has reserve potential of between three billion and 26 billion barrels of oil
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December 23
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Polar Gas files applications with the NEB and the federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development for a $6.1 billion, 2,338-mile gas line from the Arctic Islands to southern markets
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