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January 18
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Mobil files $2.9 million Venture development plan
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January 26
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Newfoundland claims federal search and rescue capabilities are inadequate and bars winter drilling
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March 7
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Crude oil exports in 1983 exceeded imports for the first time since 1974, Canada posts a surplus of $183 million
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March 8
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Supreme Court rules Ottawa owns Hibernia oil resources
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March 20
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Drilling completions rose 8.1% in 1983 to 7,095 wells
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May 4
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Additions to conventional Alberta oil reserves exceed production for the first time since 1969
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May 16
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Initial drill stem tests at Petro-Canada's Terra Nova K-08 yield 780 barrels of oil a day and 388 thousand cubic feet of gas per day
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June 7
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Husky, Alberta and Saskatchewan reach deal on $3.2 billion Lloydminster upgrader
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July 3
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Polar Gas files for $3.3 billion gas line from the Mackenzie Delta to Edson, Alberta
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July 6
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Shell's Alma F-67 wildcat offshore Nova Scotia finds gas in four zones, best test yields 29.7 million cubic feet per day
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August 1
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Beafort Sea Environment Assessment Panel approves Arctic development subject to certain conditions
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August 2
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Dome Petroleum signs 650-page debt rescheduling plan with 53 lenders, the plan covers about 85% of the company's debt
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August 14
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Royal Commission says Ocean Ranger sand in1982 because almost everyone involved did something wrong
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August 20
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Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheik Ahmed Yamani Forcecasts an increase in OPEC output to 19 million bbls per day but says OPEC's $29 (US) benchmark can be maintained
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September 6
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Tories win 211 of 281 seats in federal election
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September 12
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Panarctic unloads a symbolic, single barrel of oil at Montreal, the first oil from Canada's north
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September 25
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Gulf's Amauligak J-44 tests up to 5,174 barrels per day
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October 12
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International court awards most of Georges Bank to US
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October 18
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Britain follows Norway's lead and cuts its oil price to $28.65 US
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October 31
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OPEC members agree to reduce production to support the $29 benchmark with Saudi Arabia shouldering the bulk of the cuts
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November 1
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Inquire ordered on Petro-Canada's purchase of Petrofina
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November 9
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Ottawa doubles petroleum and natural gas revenue tax exemption, increases petroleum compensation charge 74% and taxes all refinery usage of domestic oil to bring gasoline prices to world levels
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December 19
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Lodgepole inquiry says Amoco could have avoided its sour gas well blowout in 1982
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