An open letter to First Nations leaders who oppose the Northern Gateway Pipeline: Let’s get one thing straight: I am a status Aboriginal, I support the Northern Gateway Pipeline, and I am certain that opposition to this project can only harm our people and culture. You may call me what you wish – a red […]
Northwest Territories Premier excited about Northern Gateway pipeline
Good news for the North. That’s what Northwest Territories Premier Bob Mcleod thinks about the conditional approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline. McLeod expects that while the pipeline will open up new markets for the country it could also mean opportunity in his region. The Premier told CBC, “We’re still very bullish on the Canol […]
Pipeline proposal to Edmonton
It would be twice the size of the Northern Gateway pipeline and much shorter. The project by TransCanada would see in the neighborhood of 900,000 barrels a day flow into the Edmonton from northern Alberta. Construction could start within a few months. The Alberta Energy Regulator is holding a hearing into the $3-billion Grand Rapids […]
It’s time to think about renewables
As the smoke clears from the Enbridge Northern Gateway decision, one thing is clear — this pipeline will never be built. Given opposition from the British Columbia government, a litany of First Nation lawsuits, a possible referendum and inevitable protests, Northern Gateway’s demise is already being written despite the federal green light. Beyond Gateway, the […]
Group stands behind Northern gateway pipeline
The Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA) is coming out firmly in support of the Harper Government’s decision to approve the Northern Gateway pipeline, with conditions (209) attached. The twin pipeline, which stretch more than 1100 km from Northern Alberta to new port facilities in Kitimat, B.C. The project is important to the CSPA because it […]
Oil and gas patents hit record high thanks to boom in unconventional energy
Across the world records have been set in oil and gas patents all in the hunt for unconventional forms of energy like the oil sands. 12,062 oil and gas patent applications were made in 2013. That’s 30 percent higher than the previous year. About two out of every three new patents are being filed in […]
Iraq Could Be the Country That Gets Keystone Approved
The fact that Iraq is crumbling and could be on the verge of civil war might be what it takes to prompt the US government to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. With record oil production in the United States likely to soften any domestic blow volatility on the world scene will have, America will still […]
Oil company prepared to Shell out multi-million dollar compensation package
Royal Dutch Shell is offering more than $50-million in compensation to a Nigerian community. were fishermen, but their livelihoods were wiped out as a result of two oil spills six years ago In 2008, about 300-thousand barrels of oil leaked destroying a thousand hectares of Mangrove swamp channels. About 15-thousand people were affected. They asked […]
Is Obama Attacking U.S. Energy?
The delay of the Keystone XL pipeline is a perfect example of the way President Obama and his administration have engaged in, not just a war on coal, but on all forms of energy the nation has and needs. Even his State Department admits there is no reason to refuse its construction and, as turmoil […]
Help for oil spill cleanup
MIT researchers think they have found a way to separate oil from water after a major spill. Their newly developed membrane could process large quantities of the finely mixed materials back into pure oil and water. In addition to its possible role in cleaning up spills, the new method could also be used for routine […]
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