A US court ruling that dramatically ramped up BP Plc’s potential penalties for the 2010 Gulf oil spill could create new liability risks not just for deep water drillers but also for other industries like mining and nuclear power generation. US District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Thursday found BP guilty of […]
Investigation called for into Alberta’s toxic tailings ponds
The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has found enough evidence to warrant an investigation into the Harper government’s failure to enforce the federal Fisheries Act, with respect to continuous leaking from Alberta’s toxic oil sands tailings ponds. Since 2010, the U.S.-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Canada-based Environmental Defence, as well as three […]
Predicting an oil spills ocean travels
Considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in history, April 2010’s BP’s Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico challenged scientists to think about the way in which oil and other pollutants move in the ocean. Scientists in the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE), in partnership with other researchers, […]
Amnesty International takes aim at the Nigerian government and Shell
Amnesty International and other groups are accusing Shell Oil and the Nigerian government of doing little to clean up pollution caused by oil production in the Niger Delta . Oil production has contaminated the drinking water of at least 10 communities, but neither the Nigerian government nor Royal Dutch Shell‘s Nigeria subsidiary have taken effective […]
Learning how to save oiled birds
Oil spills at sea can be devastating for seabirds, but a team of freshly trained Illawarra Australia wildlife rescuers are ready to help save and clean our feathered friends. The country’s first modified shipping container to clean oiled sea birds was in Port Kembla to help train volunteers. The shipping container is one of only […]
Insurance may not be enough to cover potential disasters
U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) regulators are concerned most freight railroad insurance policies are barely sufficient to cover even average oil train accidents, Politico reports. In an analysis published in early August, DOT reported most large railroads are insured at about $25 million for accidents, with others insuring up to $50 million for certain hazardous cargo. […]
Who’s right and who’s wrong?
What are the numbers telling us when it comes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the Keystone XL pipeline? All depends on who you want to believe. The U.S government says there will be no appreciable increase in GHG emissions. A new study by the Stockholm Environment Institute dispute that. Researchers Michael Lazarus and Peter Erickson claim the […]
Demand high for pipeline leak detection equipment
An area expected to see a lot of growth in the oil industry in the coming years is oil and gas pipeline leak detection. That’s the finding of a new report by Research and Markets. According to the report, the market will be worth $ 2.7 billion over the next five years. Many oil and […]
Enbridge looks south
Enbridge Inc. has it’s eyes set on Mexico. The company’s CEO Al Monaco said, “they’re obviously in significant need of pipeline infrastructure.” The comment comes at a time when Mexico is opening its doors in its energy sector to international investment. A move that would put an end to the governments more than seven decade […]
Decision to ban oil sands shipments may be waste of time
UPDATE: The South Portland city council did decide to block heavy crude exports from its harbor. The result of a campaign by green groups to prevent the flow of oil from Alberta through a pipeline to the port. That doesn’t mean it’s the last word on the subject and the whole exercise may have been […]
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