The Arctic institute, or the

Aurora Resource Institute, was a project leader with the Mallik Gas Hydrate Project, which involved several federal departments and also the Japanese national oil and gas company. Through the efforts of Aurora Research Institute and a significant investment by the Japanese oil and gas company, we were very successful in being able to prove to the world that, utilizing conventional oil and gas techniques and practices, we were able to flow oil from gas hydrates using a combination of heat and pressure. So the Japanese have gone back very quickly to take advantage of that technology.

Here in Canada we need more partnerships developed. We have to work much more closely with the federal government to develop a truly national program, something akin to what was used to develop the oil sands in Fort McMurray.