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 […]
Funding the fight
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: […]
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 […]
New diluent line to oil sands up and running
Inter Pipeline has completed a $1.1 billion conduit serving two northern Alberta oil sands projects operated by Cenovus Energy Inc. The new line will deliver as much as 350,000 barrels per day of diluent, an ultra light form of crude oil blended into the tar-like bitumen from the oil sands so it can flow on […]
Al Jazeera interview with Dr. John O’Connor
Al Jazeera did an interview recently with Dr. John O’Connor, considered by many to be the first doctor to speak publicly about a possible connection between the oil sands and people living in the area. That was ten years ago. His findings were not welcomed by Health Canada which accused him of misconduct and leveled […]
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 […]
Quebec looks west to develop natural resources
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 […]
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 […]
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