When it comes to oil and gas spills Colorado is on the way to a record breaking year. To date there have been 467 spills of varying sizes in the the state. The high was set last year at 575. At a rate of two a day this year that number could be easily topped. […]
Damage worse than thought
Some regions in the Gulf of Mexico affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are still feeling it’s affects. It was four years ago when BP’s well ignited and pumped oil into the Gulf of Mexico for three months. Six months after the spill, a survey showed severe damage was done to coral up to […]
Costly lobby efforts
TransCanada Corp., the company building the Keystone XL pipeline, has spent almost twice as much money this year compared to 2013 on lobbying U.S. government officials. So far the company has shelled out $790,000 this year. The company says the money has been spent lobbying on “natural gas issues in the United States and between […]
Another PetroChina executive is in hot water
A corruption probe in China which is looking into PetroChina’s operations in the oil sands is now looking into the activities of a fourth company executive The probe which began by just looking at PetroChina, is now looking at other oil companies including Brion Energy Corp., China National Petroleum Corp. This is particularly troubling to […]
Is the U.S. trying to strongarm EU to accept petroleum products from Alberta’s oil sands
It’s being reported by the IPS News Agency documents suggest the U.S. government is trying to prevent a landmark regulatory proposal in the European Union aimed at addressing climate change. Environmentalists, working off of documents released through open government requests, say U.S. trade representatives are responding to frustrations voiced by the oil and gas industry. […]
Time to phase out old rail cars
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 […]
Amazing technology
This is the Dockwise Vanguard heavy marine transport vessel, and it is a marvel. It is 275 meters long, 70 feet wide, and can carry a total of 117,000 metric tons (that’s almost 258 million pounds). That is enough to carry an offshore oil platform, which is impressive in and of itself, but it’s how […]
Fracking fluid versus aquifers
California officials have ordered an emergency shut-down of 11 oil and gas waste injection sites and a review more than 100 others in the state’s drought-wracked Central Valley out of fear that companies may have been pumping fracking fluids and other toxic waste into drinking water aquifers there. The orders were first reported by the […]
Social license requires integrity and follow through
If the oil industry isn’t going to operate on a zero spill mandate, when there are issues at sites and cleanups are not done quickly enough to satisfy area residents, a companies social license can be in jeopardy. That’s what’s happening in Louisiana. Many landowners in the southern state have been locked in a battle […]
U.S. oil imports expected to hit mark not seen in almost half a century
Next year the United States is expected to import its lowest amount of oil since 1970. By the end of 2015, imported oil will account for just 22 percent of what is used in the States. Because of the all the oil being produced in the U.S., the industry is urging the Obama government lift […]
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