On November 17, 2011, the National Energy Board (NEB) released its Winter Energy Outlook (Outlook). The Outlook focuses on world economic uncertainty and expected cold weather in North America as the primary driving forces behind demand for energy and related commodities. “Winter Energy Outlook 2011-2012 –Adjusting to Economic Uncertainty, “ National Energy Board (Nov, 2011), (search “energy outlook 2011-2012”). Published in the Canada – Oil & Gas section of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation's Mineral Law Newsletter, Volume 29, Number 1, 2012.