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Comment: “Tar Sands” or “Oil Sands” you decide

February 9, 2015 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

If you’ve ever watched the opening scene* of the 1981 Canadian horror movie called Scanners, you know what happens to a typical advocate of wide-open development of Alberta’s vast bituminous sands if you happen to use the term“tar sands.” This makes it almost too much fun not to say “tar sands”every time you have the […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Alberta, bitumen, energy, oil sands, tar sands

List of Canadian pipelines on hold

November 24, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Mounting opposition from environmentalists have delayed a number of oil industry projects, here are the top four. 1) Keystone XL Keystone XL is a proposed 1,897-kilometre pipeline that would carry crude oil from Hardisty, Alta., to Steele City, Neb., where it would link up with other pipelines that run to the Gulf Coast and the […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, Environment Tagged With: Alberta, bitumen, British Columbia, Burnaby, eastern canada, Enbridge, Energy East, environmentalists, Keystone XL pipeline, National Energy Board, Northern gateway, oil sand, pipeline, Saskatchewan, Trans Mountain, Trans Mountain pipeline

Inspiring innovation

September 10, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Development of the Alberta oil sands in a responsible manner brings complex challenges that are driving technological innovation across the country.  Individuals and businesses are helping to establish Canada as a world leader in tailings reclamation, water treatment and liquids storage. TAILINGS RECLAMATION ElectroKinetic Solutions, is proposing to apply its patented electro-kinetic reclamation (EKR) technology […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, Environment, Innovation Tagged With: Alberta oil sands, bitumen, bolted tanks, Canada, EKR process, electric current, ElectroKinetic Solutions, freshwater, horizontal wells, oil reservoir, oil sands, oil sands development, reclamation, recycle, reduces energy consumption, SAGD, Saltworks Technologies, steam-assisted gravity drainage, STT Enviro Corp, Tailings, TAILINGS RECLAMATION, water recycling rates, water treatment, world leader

Promoters of proposed Sarnia refinery launching study

September 9, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Backers of a push to see a new $10-billion refinery built in Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario to upgrade oil sands bitumen gathered in late August to launch a pre-feasibility study. Clem Bowman, a former head of Imperial Oil’s research department in Sarnia who went on to play an important role in developing Alberta’s oil sands, returned to […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, News Tagged With: Alberta, bitumen, Canadian Academy of Engineering, Clem Bowman, oil sands, Ontario, Ottawa, refinery, Sarnia-Lambton, upgrade

Shell fits final module on Alberta oil sands’ first carbon capture project

September 9, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Shell Canada has fitted the final module at the first carbon capture and storage project in Alberta’s oil sands, putting start-up on track for 2015. The Quest CCS project, now 70 percent complete, is being built with funding from the Alberta and Canadian federal government to help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the oil sands. […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Environment, Innovation, News Tagged With: Alberta, Alberta's oil sands, bitumen, Canadian, carbon capture and storage, Chevron Corp, Edmonton, Federal Government, Lorraine Mitchelmore, Marathon Petroleum, Quest CCS project, Shell Canada, Shell's Athabasca oil sands project, Shell's Scotford upgrader

Comment: We need to refine our oil sands ambition

August 29, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

In June, a ship carrying about 600,000 barrels of crude from Alberta’s oil sands arrived in Bilbao, Spain, by way of Houston, Tex. The circuitous journey by rail and tanker to Spanish oil giant Repsol’s Bilbao refinery made economic sense, given the price discount on Canadian crude. Despite European hostility toward “dirty” oil from Canada, […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Alberta, Alberta's oil sands, Big Oil multinationals, bitumen, Canada, Canadian crude, refining, Spain, upgrading, Western Canadian Select oil

Train car demand

August 11, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

While environmentalists and others are battling new pipelines around North America – the amount of train  traffic  hauling Alberta crude is on the rise. This may become more of a permanent fixture. An indication of this. One company, Cenovus, has appointed its first ever vice-president of rail operations. So far the Calgary-based company has shipped […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, News Tagged With: Alberta, barrels, bitumen, Calgary-based company, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Cenovus, crude, MEG Energy Corp, oil sands, pipelines, train shipments

Comment: Pipeline east little benefit for Ontario

July 23, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

The Northern Gateway Project, promises to keep British Columbia mired in debate for years to come. Despite the National Energy Board’s recent approval, staunch opposition from First Nations groups and environmentalists looks set to suspend the pipeline in a state of legal limbo. Across the border, meanwhile, the high-stakes world of pipeline politics means U.S. […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Alberta, bitumen, British Columbia, Canada, Canadians, crude oil, Environment, industry, Keystone XL, Northern gateway, oil, oil companies, oil industry, oil sands, Ontario, pipeline, Premier Christy Clark, Premier Kathleen Wynne, Safety, spill, TransCanada

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