Canada to open oil exploration lands in remote Arctic islands
March 04, 2013 at 16:28 PM EST
CALGARY, Alberta, March 4 (Reuters) - Canada invited oil and gas companies on Monday to nominate drilling lands in the country's Arctic archipelago for inclusion in a future property auction and said one small oil field that was discovered in the tax-dollar-fueled exploration rush that swept the region 40 years ago will also be up for grabs.