The numbers are staggering. Shell estimates more than 200-thousands barrels of oil a day are lost to theft and shutdowns related sabotage in Nigeria. The company also reports the number of spills related to the two crimes also increased in 2013. They hit 157, that’s 20 more than the previous year. When it comes to […]
Micro refineries could help ease concern in the Bakken
Would having a group of small refineries remove dangerous gas from oil train cargoes and make shipments from North Dakota’s Bakken shale area safer fro transport? Quantum Energy energy made the proposal. The goal is to build five “micro refineries” near railheads already handling Bakken crude. Those refineries would strip propane and other volatile gas […]
Deja vu for Keystone XL
Second time is the charm? TransCanada Corp., the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, has to satisfy a regulatory hurdle that was already jumped four years ago. The state of South Dakota gave its stamp of approval in 2010 and while the permit is still valid, TransCanada needs to certify the conditions placed on the […]
Are U.S. dollars propping up environmental groups in Canada?
$84-billion per year, that’s the potential impact the oil sands could have on the Canadian economy. The industry it could be argued is the most important economic issue we will have. The greatest hindrance to future projects appears to be the gridlock due to opposition from environmental organizations and First Nations. This gridlock has been […]
Protest stalls ExxonMobile operations abroad
By spill standards and protests – neither one was large, but it’s possible a point was still made. A dozen barrels of oil had spilled on ExxonMobil property at Ekat in Nigeria. After that about 500 forced operations to grind to a halt at the oil companies airstrip. For the protestors this last incident was […]
Is pipeline company prepared to haze whales?
The pipeline situation in Canada has been contentious for a while. But now, it’s getting positively weird. In the latest twist, the energy giant Kinder Morgan is proposing a novel wildlife protection scheme. If a pipeline expansion that boosts oil exports out of Vancouver leads to a massive new spill, Kinder Morgan says it knows […]
Oil sands myths
Let’s address the green myths that developing Canada’s oils sands will be “game over for the climate” and that the Keystone XL pipeline is the “fuse to the biggest carbon bomb on the planet.” The first myth stems from a May 9, 2012 New York Times column by James Hansen, the retired director of NASA’s […]
U.S. back in the crude oil export business
For the first time since the ’70’s the United States is getting into the oil export business. In the last four decades the only country the US exported oil to was Canada. There is a catch. The U.S. Commerce Department’s ruling has redefined crude in such a way that applies only to a form of […]
Pipeline exporting crude isn’t good for Canada, job creation
A recent opinion piece from a handful of construction unions — Northern Gateway pipeline needed to enrich us all — was long on rhetoric about the Northern Gateway pipeline and short on facts. According to the Alberta Federation of Labour, only 228 permanent jobs will be created from a pipeline opposed by 130 First Nations, […]
Still optimistic about Northern Gateway
Enbridge’s Janet Holder isn’t giving up on the Northern Gateway pipeline. In fact she says she is confident construction could begin as soon as next year. Before that happens, Holder says there is still plenty of work to be done. “We’ve been at this for 12 years, in the regulatory process for four,” Holder said. […]
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