When it comes to land holdings in the oil sands, nobody has a bigger stake in the region than the Koch brothers. Around Peace River the American billionaires own an amount of land greater than the size of Los Angeles. They are the oil patches largest foreign investor with more than a million acres, more […]
In case you haven’t realized it, patience is a virtue no matter which side of the Keystone XL debate you are on
It’s been a long battle for both sides of the Keystone XL pipeline debate and it likely won’t be over any time soon. In fact the U.S.’s ambassador to Canada is suggesting Canadians need to be patient when it comes to the controversial project. Here’s what Bruce Heyman told CBC, “I think that people need […]
Aluetians preparing for more oil tanker traffic
A decision by the Harper government to give conditional approval to the Northern Gateway pipeline is pressuring residents in the Aleutian Islands to prepare for the possibility of more tanker traffic. Enbridge the company behind the Northern Gateway pipeline must meet more than 200 conditions before it can start. While many of the conditions relate […]
Oil wells may be linked to earthquakes
A study by researchers from Cornell University, University of Colorado, Columbia University, and the U.S. Geological Survey believe four waste water wells could be at fault for starting one in five earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S. from 2008 to 2013. The results are published in the journal Science. The wells were used to […]
Protest planted along Keystone XL pipeline route
As far as protests go you could say the people in this one are quite grounded. Members of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance and their supporters converged at a farm in Nebraska. Their plan, to plant sacred Ponka red corn seeds along the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline. “Our family is honored to […]
Academics give Harper Government a failing grade
A Canadian-led group of academics has gone to the British journal Nature in an attempt to get both Canada the and U.S. to declare a moratorium on further oil sands development as well as new pipelines. Ecologist Wendy Palen at Simon Fraser University, says both countries need to ensure development doesn’t outweigh commitments to cut […]
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 […]
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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