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Canadian crude by the numbers, a CAPP report

August 18, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Production There are 173 billion bbls of proven oil reserves in Canada. The oil sands hold 167 billion bbls . Canadian crude oil production is expected to increase to 6.4 million bpd to 2030. Oil sands production is expected to increase to 4.8 million bpd by 2030. The bitumen upgrading is not likely to increase […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, News Tagged With: Alberta, Canada, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, crude oil, oil, oil industry, oil sands, pipeline, train

Lawsuit launched up north

August 12, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

An Inuit village has joined a growing list of lawsuits filed against the oil industry, following the multiple litigations all over the North America (source:http://sideeffectsofxarelto.org/current-xarelto-lawsuits/). Clyde River, is located on the east coast of Baffin Island about 2,000 kilometers from the North Pole. The waters in the region is populated with narwhals, bowhead whales, walruses, […]

Filed Under: Canada, News Tagged With: bowhead whales, Inuit, lawsuit, narwhals, oil companies, oil industry, seals, walruses

Train car demand

August 11, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

While environmentalists and others are battling new pipelines around North America – the amount of train  traffic  hauling Alberta crude is on the rise. This may become more of a permanent fixture. An indication of this. One company, Cenovus, has appointed its first ever vice-president of rail operations. So far the Calgary-based company has shipped […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, News Tagged With: Alberta, barrels, bitumen, Calgary-based company, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Cenovus, crude, MEG Energy Corp, oil sands, pipelines, train shipments

Funding the fight

July 31, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Fundraising efforts are underway to help pay for the pending legal battle against the Northern Gateway Pipeline. British Columbia First Nations and environmental groups are involved in the campaign. A website, Pull-Together.ca, has been created to collect the donations. Sierra Club BC spokeswoman Caitlyn Vernon says the initial goal is to raise $125,000 . (source: […]

Filed Under: Canada, News Tagged With: British Columbia First Nations, Environmental groups, Northern Gateway pipeline, Sierra Club BC

Time to phase out old rail cars

July 30, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

The Daily Journal is reporting the oil industry and the railroads are giving U.S. regulators a plan to phase out a type of older tank car connected to fiery accidents, including the one a year ago in Quebec that killed 47 people. The publisher of the story was talking on a condition of anonymity to […]

Filed Under: Canada, International, News Tagged With: American Petroleum Institute, Association of American Railroads, derailments, Lac Megantic Quebec, railroads, tank car, train, Transport Canada, U.S. Transportation Department

Quebec looks west to develop natural resources

July 30, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada

Grounding in Prince Rupert Shows Tanker Risks

July 30, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Canada, News Tagged With: Aleutian Islands, Amakusa Island, British Columbia, Canadian coast, Environmental groups, Northern Gateway pipeline, pipeline, Prince Rupert, spill, tankers

Spill potential in Great Lakes

July 30, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Canada, News Tagged With: David Schwab, Enbridge Corporation, Great Lakes, incident-free, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, oil spill, research scientist, Straits of Mackinac, University of Michigan

Little known about how oil spill in Arctic would impact region and if cleanup would even be possible

July 30, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Canada, News Tagged With: Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, kill, Nunavut Planning Commission, oil spill, sea mammals

U.S. vs Alberta

July 28, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, News Tagged With: Emirate of Abu Dhabi, ethane, Joffre, Lac-Megantic, Nova Chemicals, Suncor Energy, U.S. oil exports

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