A broken pipeline spilled about 80-thousand litres (667 Barrels) of crude oil into the ocean before it was shut off Tuesday, creating a slick stretching about 6 kilometres along the central California coastline. The slick stretched along the coast and was about 50 metres into the water. The 24-inch pipeline is owned by Plains All […]
Drilling resumes near site of one of the worlds worst oil spills
In the Gulf of Mexico, drilling has resumed near the site of the BP-operated offshore oil rig that exploded five years ago in the worst industrial environmental disaster in U.S. history. Harper’s Magazine revealed a Louisiana-based oil company (LLOG Exploration Offshore LLC) purchased the area from BP and is now drilling into the Macondo reservoir. […]
Hungry bacteria could be answer to oil spill clean ups
Chemicals are regularly used to help clean up oil disasters, to break up the oil/water emulsion, making oil more soluble and thus removing it from the surface water. Scientists in Germany are looking at away to get away from the chemicals and use an oil eating bacteria instead Having said that, oil-degrading bacteria are not […]
Is there a link between fracking and earthquakes?
Over the last few years, Oklahoma has experienced an insane uptick in earthquakes. The count went from just a couple per year back in the mid-2000s to over a thousand in 2010. Those numbers grew alongside a boom in the state’s natural gas drilling industry. There is now a heap of peer-reviewed research finding that […]
Improving the oil recovery rate
Right now it is estimated that only about 40% of an oil reservoir can be extracted through conventional oil recovery techniques using pumps and water/gas injection methods. There is another recovery system that may be able to change that. It’s called Enhanced Oil Recovery technology (EOR). It is designed to extract the remaining oil from […]
Comment: Fracking debate – against it
Here is part two in a letter writing debate that occurred in the Baltimore Sun. The topic is fracking. It’s a process used in the oil and gas industry to extract the resources from hard to get to places. The industry touts its benefits and those against it are afraid of it’s negative effects. Unless […]
Comment: Let’s make a deal
Few debates in energy have been more contentious than Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline. Environmental groups opposed the pipeline and turned out a grass roots movement that astonished even battle weary Enviros. It also caused serious problems for the industry as their assets became stranded and they were forced to ship crude by rail and barge. […]
2015 a “Perfect Storm” for oil industry
Consider the challenges facing the oil industry this year – rock bottom prices, drought (water shortages), greenhouse gas legislation, new rules regarding First Nations and the stalling of major pipelines – Keystone XL, Northern Gateway to name just two. This was the comment Bryan Helfenbaum started of the session he was moderating at the World […]
Oil price downturn has potential to bring out best in the industry
The plunging price of a barrel of oil has the industry in North America and other parts of the world scrambling to cover costs. At the World Heavy Oil Congress now underway in Edmonton, Alberta, those in attendance heard from ARC Financial Corp’s VP, Jackie Forrest that companies “are at the threshold or below where they need […]
Comment: Pipelines vs rail cars
The fiery derailment of two trains carrying crude oil in the space of three days underscores the worrisome impact of such incidents. Images of huge fireballs from the crash of an oil train in West Virginia will have brought back memories for many Canadians of the Lac-Megantic disaster where 47 people died. Two days before the West […]
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