Leaders from Quebec’s oil and gas industry are checking out Alberta to see what is happening out west. The President of Oil and Gas Services Association of Quebec, Mario Levesque, says Eastern Canada needs to move quickly to develop its natural resources. “We want to do it properly. For the last three years we tried […]
Comment: Oil and gas industry faces a trust deficit that threatens to undermine the fracturing boom
From the top of Houston’s downtown skyscrapers on a clear day, you can see straight out to the refineries that surround the Houston Ship Channel. On a not-so-clear day, you can see the brown haze of pollution that hangs over our city. Houstonians know well the jobs, energy and wealth that come from our oil […]
Fracking fluid versus aquifers
California officials have ordered an emergency shut-down of 11 oil and gas waste injection sites and a review more than 100 others in the state’s drought-wracked Central Valley out of fear that companies may have been pumping fracking fluids and other toxic waste into drinking water aquifers there. The orders were first reported by the […]
Grounding in Prince Rupert Shows Tanker Risks
Earlier this month a 750-foot coal carrier ran aground outside Prince Rupert in British Columbia. While there wasn’t a spill, critics were quick to take advantage of the situation and declare a proposed pipeline in the region underscores the risks of increasing tanker traffic. The Japanese-flagged ‘Amakusa Island’ was moving from its berth at a […]
Spill potential in Great Lakes
A University of Michigan research scientist has created a computer animation of what a major oil spill at the Straits of Mackinac would do to Lakes Michigan and Huron. The Enbridge Corporation’s Line 5 pipeline carries oil from Superior east under the Straits of Mackinac — where Lakes Michigan and Huron meet — and on […]
Little known about how oil spill in Arctic would impact region and if cleanup would even be possible
The Nunavut Planning Commission requested a study be done after approval was given for seismic testing and potential oil and gas development off the coast of Baffin Bay and Davis Strait The report, titled “Oil Spill Detection and Modeling Report in the Hudson and Davis Straits” acknowledges technology has come a long way in detecting and monitoring […]
U.S. vs Alberta
With the United States hitting highs of oil and natural gas production not seen for years, producers in Alberta are feeling the pinch. Their share of the market is slipping not just south of the border but in Canada as well. One example is Nova Chemicals. The Calgary based company, which is owned by the […]
Burnaby B.C. says “NO” to Kinder Morgan
Kinder Morgan‘s National Energy Board review of its Trans Mountain pipeline is on a seven month delay. The reason is a lack of cooperation from Burnaby. The NEB agency wants information about a preferred new Burnaby Mountain route, but Burnaby is not allowing engineers and other specialists hired by Trans Mountain on to city property. […]
Legal battle grows against Northern Gateway pipeline
Normally when we hear about the Northern Gateway pipeline one aspect of the project that comes up is it will create jobs. So it might surprise you to know the country’s largest private sector union is joining the growing list of groups going to court to stop the pipeline. “The Northern Gateway pipeline brings sky-high […]
Going to court over Northern Gateway
Spurred by a landmark Supreme Court decision last month a number of B.C. First Nations are launching court challenges to stop the Northern Gateway pipeline. Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart Phillip told CBC, “when I am standing out on the land … shoulder to shoulder, it’s not going to be for a […]
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