I have been saving this link for about six months and when the time is right I will invest and that may not be to far in the future. Give it a read Susan, you will find US stocks as well as CAD stocks. The potential for these oil companies is IMHO bigger than the oilsands because they are going to get caught up in enviro issues that will slow them down and cost them a lot of bucks. I worked in the tarsands and I know there are serious issues there.

http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Hot-Plays-In-The-Canadian-Bakken-Shale-CLR-WLL-EOG-KOG1102.aspx?partner=YahooSA

This is interesting anyway.