The Saudis have stated their goal in maintaining current oil output and export volumes is to protect market share against foreign rivals. The Saudi’s rivals are not limited to other oil producers though, they are also striving to undermine clean energy technologies and climate change policies. “Lower oil prices are going to make it more difficult to […]
Carbon monitoring tests to be done in oil sands
The U.S. Department of Energy is ready to shell out up to a half million dollars to test monitoring technologies at a Royal Dutch Shell’s oil sands carbon-capture and storage facility. The facility is currently under construction. The government department will be field testing advanced monitoring, verification and accounting technologies for the storage of carbon dioxide […]
Tailings ponds impact greater than estimated
In case you missed this story at the end of 2014, it ties in with our interviews concerning another study on the region by scientist Roland Hall. ———– Last November, Environment Canada released a study it says confirms oils ands tailings ponds are releasing toxic and potentially cancer-causing chemicals into the air. Scientist Elisabeth Galarneau said […]
If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old
Management consultant, educator, and author, Peter F. Drucker said, “If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.” The oil and gas industry insists it is moving forward and always has been when it comes to innovation. But anyone familiar with the industry knows it has a well earned reputation for slow […]
Mixed reactions to salty wetlands in northern Alberta
It was four years ago when Corey Wells stumbled upon what he calls an “incredibly salty” wetlands region by Fort MacMurray. A hydrologist, Wells says while the region looked like many other wetlands in Alberta this one has a higher saline content than sea water. Saline spring wetlands are not unusual, it’s just they are usually […]
Review of oil sands ops not needed
It was a unanimous decision. NAFTA’s North American Free Trade Agreement) environmental commission will not be looking into the oil sands tailings ponds. The decision came despite the fact staff with NAFTA’s Commission on Environmental Co-operation (CEC) recommended doing the opposite. In a written ruling, the CEC stated the reason there will not be an investigation is because of […]
Don’t even take it out of the ground
The Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry crude oil from the oil sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast, isn’t just an infrastructure project. It’s also a symbol for the fight over the future of energy. Producing oil from Alberta’s tar sands emits more pollution than traditional oil drilling, so many environmentalists want that crude left in […]
From Russia with love-the answer to fracking concerns?
Something new from Russia may make fracking superfluous. Unlike hydraulic fracturing, Plasma Pulse Technology doesn’t use chemicals, water or pressurization. PPT uses vibrations, or electrically generated plasma impulses to reduce viscosity, increase permeability and improve flow of oil and gas to the surface for extraction. There is a small tubular device on the end of […]
Is fracking responsible for earthquakes in Ohio
Until three years ago earthquakes were not only not felt in Poland Township, Ohio they just didn’t occur. Then says Miami University seismologist Robert Skourmal, three years ago oil and gas companies started hydraulic fracturing in the region. Since 2012 there have been 77 quakes. They were small and not felt by residents adds Skourmal. […]
Single hull oil tankers banned from U.S. waters – UPDATE
It’s only been a quarter of a century since the United States passed it’s Oil Pollution Act. A year after the 1989 Exxon Valdez environmental disaster off the coast of Alaska, American politicians wrote a law requiring all new tankers need to have double hulls to prevent similar catastrophes. But single hull tankers were still […]
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