The Department of National Defence plans to develop a new stealth snowmobile for covert military operations in Canada’s Arctic, with $550,000 set aside to build a prototype. Ottawa has posted a public tender for a hybrid-electric snowmobile that would allow Canadian Forces soldiers to swoop silently across the frozen landscape.

Montreal — SNC-Lavalin has been selected by Globalstroy-Engineering as the prime sub-contractor to perform engineering and procurement for Phase III of the Kharyaga oil field project, located 60 km north of the Polar Circle, in the Nenets Autonomous Territory, in Russia’s oil-rich Timan-Pechora province. Phase III involves developing additional reserves, sustaining a daily output of 30,000 barrels a day, achieving 95 percent associated gas utilization and eliminating flaring.

MM&D MAGAZINE, MARCH/APRIL 2011 The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the Inuvialuit Environmental Impact Review Board will establish a review panel process for the environmental assessment of the proposed Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway project in the Northwest Territories.