Canadian unconventional-gas development has not come to a halt in the face of low prices, but the market is uncertain.

There is no doubt that unconventional resources are changing the game in North America, with some expecting the U.S. to be self-sufficient in oil in a decade. Since 2008, there has been an eight-fold increase in U.S. gas production and a five-fold increase in oil production.

Former secretary of defense talks about international affairs at Hart Energy's DUG Eagle Ford conference.

Producers that innovate 'will make a fortune!'

The pace of change of the shale-gas revolution has caught the industry on the back foot, and it needs to "move firmly onto the front foot" to maximize the net benefit both to society and to the industry, says Talisman's Manzoni.

Unconventional gas has changed the landscape in North America and could do the same internationally. However, this new phase brings challenges that require a different mindset and operating model.

Efforts have turned from discovering and assessing unconventional reservoirs to honing the extraction technologies for in-place oil and gas.

Together, Horn River shales and Montney tight sands hold half of Canada’s wealth of unconventional natural-gas resources.

In 2010, record-setting producers from North America's top shale fields made headline news.

China Investment Corp. and Penn West will jointly develop 237,000 net acres of oil-sands leases valued at $1.8 billion.

Grab your assets, the Canadians are coming.