Last year the Canadian province of Quebec decided to ban pretty much all oil and gas drilling (see Quebec to Ban Utica Shale Drilling, Most Other Drilling Too). The ban hits Questerre Energy, a Canadian driller who has patiently waited for years to begin drilling on their extensive Utica acreage in the St. Lawrence Lowlands of Quebec, the hardest. Yet even with the ban Questerre continues to buy more Utica acreage.
