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Impact of falling oil prices on Canada

October 15, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Oil prices are coming down and analysts aren’t mincing words saying say it’s bad news for Canada’s oil-producing provinces. But there is a flip side because bad news for the drillers in this instance is good news for Canadian consumers, who should be able to get a respite from high gas prices. Brent crude prices […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, News Tagged With: Alberta, Canada, Canadian oil, lower gas prices, lower oil prices, Newfoundland, oil price

‘Energy super power’ status still out of Canada’s reach

October 14, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

When the federal environment commissioner reported Canada will not meet its 2020 international commitment on greenhouse gas emission cuts, no one was surprised. The Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been saying for years it will not sacrifice economic competitiveness — particularly in the oil and gas sector — for environmental gains. But […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrew Leach, Canada, Conservative government, energy markets, energy super power, environmental movement, Harper Government, Michael Cleland, Stephen Harper

Comment: Oil pipelines and the drama of social license

September 12, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

On June 17, when the federal government announced its conditional acceptance of the Joint Review Panel’s recommendation for approval of Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway pipeline project application, it took mere moments for opponents to be up in arms. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, head of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, told the CBC, “We will […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: B.C. government, Canada, Canadian resource companies, Enbridge, Encana Corp, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Gwyn Morgan, Joint Review Panel, NDP, Northern Gateway pipeline, rules and regulations, Social license, Thomas Mulcair, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs

Investigation called for into Alberta’s toxic tailings ponds

September 12, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, Environment, International, News Tagged With: Alberta, Canada, CEC, Environmental groups, environmentally sustainable, fish, Fisheries Act, Harper Government, North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, oil sands, oil sands’ leakag, Pembina Corporate Consulting, tailings ponds

Quest to sequester, a Shell Canada first

September 10, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

To paraphrase a famous observation, “Everybody talks about climate change, but nobody does much about it.” Indeed, media reports and scientific publications may be thick with discussion of this extraordinary environmental phenomenon but practical proposals for directly dealing with it are thin on the ground while full-scale initiatives are even more scarce. It is worth […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, Environment, Innovation, News Tagged With: Alberta, Alberta Premier, Canada, Canadians, carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Environment, Greenpeace Canada, Jim Prentice, oil, oil industry, oil sands, Progressive Conservative party, Quest, Safety, Shell, upgrader

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

Comment: Oil sands phase-out may be Canada’s greatest contribution to the world

September 10, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

The occasion of writing this column prompted reflection on my engineering career, in particular three critical junctures. The first was in 1970, when my teacher pointed to Northern Alberta on a map at the front of our classroom, declaring that the oil embedded in the soil there would be Canada’s most important contribution to the […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Alberta, Canada, carbon pricing, Climate Change, crude oil, Environment, geoscientists, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Northern Alberta, oil, oil companies, oil industry, oil sands, refinery, regulation, upgrader

Comment: Fracking has never contaminated drinking water

September 3, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Claims that hydraulic fracturing has contaminated drinking water are not supported by the facts. In truth, provincial regulations and industry operating practices work to protect drinking water aquifers and surface water. Data collected by the BC Oil and Gas Commission, the provincial regulator, shows none of the approximately 9,000 wells hydraulically fractured in the province […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Alberta, B.C., B.C. Oil and Gas Commission Agency, BCOGC, Canada, Canadian, drinking water, Environmental Protection, fracking, groundwater, hydraulically fractured, safety record, water, wells

It’s not their fault says lawyers representing accused workers in Lac Megantic disaster

September 3, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

The union and lawyers representing two railway employees accused in the Lac-Megantic disaster are urging the Crown to drop the charges in light of recent findings by the Transportation Safety Board. Engineer Tom Harding, railway traffic controller Richard Labrie and Jean Demaitre, the manager of train operations (and not a member of the union), each face […]

Filed Under: Canada, Environment, News, Safety Tagged With: Canada, Daniel Roy, disaster, explosion, Jean Demaitre, Lac-Megantic, oil-train derailment, Quebec United Steelworkers, Richard Labrie, Thomas Walsh, Tom Harding, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board, TSB, Wendy Tadros

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

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