It’s been more than seven years since Nova Scotia stopped producing offshore natural gas and Premier Tim Houston is determined to break the drought.  

While in Calgary this week, Houston sat down with leaders of the oil and gas sector to draw attention to the province’s energy opportunities.

It included a 90-minute session Thursday afternoon with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Energy Minister Brian Jean, along with corporate executives representing petroleum producers and drillers.

The two-term premier has vocally backed energy development in the country, previously speaking out  in favour of the long-defunct Energy East oil project. He says there’s a business case for LNG development on Canada’s East Coast – something the former Trudeau government dismissed.   

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Houston, who is also the province’s energy minister, is optimistic the Atlantic province will again produce oil and gas. But it will take a concerted effort.  

“We have bids open on our offshore oil and gas. We have an onshore program that we’re trying to get started,” Houston said in an interview. 

“There’s been a big effort over the last few months to really just increase the awareness of the opportunities in Nova Scotia (and) make sure Nova Scotia is on the radar of people.”  

Plans to attract the oil and gas industry’s attention arrive at a pivotal moment, with the world in the midst of the largest supply disruption in the history of global oil markets. 

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