Gas from New Scotland could bring power to New England and New York.

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Nova Scotia (Gaelic for New Scotland) lies just north of New England where the North East gas pipeline travels down into the New England States and New York. The Horton Bluff lies in the Windsor Block of Nova Scotia, where a small gas driller, Triangle Petroleum Corporation, (TSX-V:TPE or OTCBB:TPLM) has been diligently drilling for natural gas on it's 475,000 acre play. It is a shale gas play that may be a sleeper and "under the radar", because of other, more high profile, U.S. gas plays.

If this field plays out the way Triangle believes it will, it will be more important than anything being currently developed in the south west U.S., because of it's quick access to the North East and it's hunger for green power. In fact, Triangle sold it's stake in Louisana to concentrate on this play this year.

Triangle, currently a penny stock trading at .15 today, is pure speculation, but I bought some anyway. I just couldn't pass because of the potential and proximity to one of the worlds biggest natural gas markets and a pipeline already in place carrying Sable Gas to New England..

That's 475,000 acres (huge area) with a 10 year production lease already secured in a Country favorable to drilling with a good tax regime and in close proximity to a major gas pipeline into the the huge U.S. North East Market. I just can't stay away.

If you don't like speculation, stay away. If you don't like making a "bet", stay away. But if your the betting type.....well.....

Just thought I'd mention it while Triangle Petroleum is still trading at only .15 per share.

update: Oct 21st, price at .13 - bought some more.
update Nov 2nd, price at .10 - bought more.

Update from the company: Dec 1-09 Triangle hires new CEO Dr. Peter HILL

Dr. Peter Hill - Dr. Hill has over 37 years experience in the international oil and gas industry. He commenced his career in 1972 and spent 22 years in senior positions at British Petroleum including Chief Geologist, Chief of Staff for BP Exploration, President of BP Venezuela and Regional Director for Central and South America. Dr. Hill then worked as Vice President Exploration at Ranger Oil in England (1994-95), Managing Director Exploration and Production at Deminex in Germany (1995-97), Technical Director/Chief Operating Officer at Hardy Oil & Gas (1998-2000), President & CEO at Harvest Natural Resources (2000-2005), Director/Chairman at Austral Pacific Energy (2006-2008), independent advisor to Palo Alto (2008 to present) and Non Executive Chairman at Toreador Resources Corporation (2009 to present). Dr. Hill has a BSc Honors Geology and a PhD.

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Pointing you to Europe, for free, in Executive Class!

"Look after the pennies, and the dollars will look after themselves"!

That statement rings true for many parts of life, as well as finance. If you look after the little things, usually the big things fall into place. If you save your pennies, they turn into dollars. Wealthy people have a number of traits in common, however two stand out. 1. They usually own their own businesses and 2. They always demand value for every dollar spent!

One of the ways in which my wife and I are able to travel is through the practical use of travel points. When you are running a business, this can be a great offshoot of business travel or "any" expenditures. Now, How can you do it in retirement?

We will fly to Europe (from Canada) this fall, in Executive class, for free! (We will have to pay the tax on the tickets but the tickets were purchased with points). How did we do that, since I have been retired for two years? In point of fact, I flew my entire family of four to California and Florida for free. My wife and I have traveled to Las Vegas, twice, in Executive class , New York twice, Atlantic City once and Vancouver, Twice, to take Alaskan Cruises, all for free! This year we are flying to Rome (Executive Class) and taking a Greek Island Cruise .

Here is the strategy I use for this, and it is quite simple, if you have the discipline. I have a gold travel credit card (CIBC-Aeroplan) and my wife also has a card (second card) on this account. Every month (every day) we flush every single purchase through these cards. Gas, Groceries, Clothing, power bills, hair cuts, hair do's, bridge tokens, you name it, we pay for it with these cards. We basically get one point for every dollar spent. Sometimes, we receive promotional coupons, and we use them to the max, without fail.

The discipline comes in, when the monthly statement comes in. We pay it off every month. We do not pay "any" interest at all. We do this religiously. We leave our monthly cheques in our account. We use very little cash! The cash in your pocket is for "emergencies only"! We always "double down" on points by utilizing the companies who are in the "Aeroplan" fold, (gas stations, drug stores, retailers etc) who give out more points for using their services. This is not an extra expenditure because they are services we use anyway. You can use these same strategies for your favorite points plan as well!

Most of all, we pay off the credit card bill every month, paying "no interest" as that would defeat the purpose. We "look after the pennies, so the dollars can look after themselves"! I have been doing this for 20 years, and it has obviously paid off big time, in our mission to see the world from the deck of a cruise ship.

It will pay off for you too!

So what are you waiting for?

Get a great Travel Guide! and, don't forget your passport!

Bon Voyage and Arrivederci!