Is it possible a sponge has been made to soak up an oil spill? That’s what researchers say they have done in Switzerland. Empa Materials Science & Technology has created a highly absorbent sponge like material which is capable of separating oil from water. The good news continues as the sponge is made in an […]
Comment: How a new ‘golden rule’ is shaping oil and gas projects
“Remember the Golden Rule,” said the stunted king from the cartoon The Wizard of Id, “whoever has the gold, makes the rules.” A growing number of institutional investors are heeding the king of Id’s sarcastic “golden rule.” But unlike Parker and Hart’s irreverent cartoon, the real-life outcome of shareholder activism – the influence of the […]
Comment: Train riskier than pipeline for oil
People who are adamantly protesting the Northern Gateway pipeline’s tentative approval seem to forget one very important thing. Both the Canadian National and the Canadian Pacific Railways are ready to use “unit trains,” similar to the coal trains that rumble along to the Roberts Bank super port, but instead of coal, the trains will be […]
Lawsuit launched up north
An Inuit village has joined a growing list of lawsuits filed against the oil industry, following the multiple litigations all over the North America (source:http://sideeffectsofxarelto.org/current-xarelto-lawsuits/). Clyde River, is located on the east coast of Baffin Island about 2,000 kilometers from the North Pole. The waters in the region is populated with narwhals, bowhead whales, walruses, […]
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 […]
Burnaby B.C. says “NO” to Kinder Morgan
Kinder Morgan‘s National Energy Board review of its Trans Mountain pipeline is on a seven month delay. The reason is a lack of cooperation from Burnaby. The NEB agency wants information about a preferred new Burnaby Mountain route, but Burnaby is not allowing engineers and other specialists hired by Trans Mountain on to city property. […]
Comment: A renewed appeal for Keystone
What’s going on with oil and energy these days? Last week, SNL Financial noted that, “Canada’s crude oil producers are looking to markets other than the U.S. to sell increased output amid delays in pipeline expansions, according to the president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. “In terms of growth potential, Keystone is obviously […]
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 […]
Total S.A. finds out the hard way what the rest of the oil industry is experiencing
When Total’s chief Christophe de Margerie launched a “high risk, high reward” oil exploration strategy two years ago, he was betting he could hit a bonanza, where his rivals had failed.. Now it appears the French oil company is following the industry trend of making smaller and fewer finds. This despite the fact global investments […]
Earthquakes spur more fears about fracking
A jump in the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma, and across the north central U.S. from Colorado to Ohio. Is it just a coincidence the increase in seismic activity if happening along with oil activity? That’s what scientists and regulators are trying to determine. Some seismologists believe waste water injected back into the ground is […]
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