Alberta is in discussions with Alaska about shipping oil sands crude through the U.S. state to the Pacific as approval for the southbound Keystone XL pipeline languishes in Washington. The Alaska plan would involve constructing a pipeline along the Mackenzie River valley and then west to existing ports on the U.S. coast, Alberta Premier Jim […]
Comment: Three Pinocchios – not a fairytale
Over the past months and right after the Senate defeated legislation authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline, President Obama said the pipeline was just to move Canadian oil through the US to the Gulf Coast for shipment overseas. He has also said he is concerned about its environmental impacts and the small number of jobs that […]
Comment: Prosperity in Canada relies on healthy oil industry
It’s been 30 years since Mancur Olson, wrote The Rise and Decline of Nations. The premise is the longer a society enjoys political stability, the more likely it is to develop powerful special interest groups that erode economic prosperity. His words have proven prescient as we witness Europe’s debt-burdened stagnation and degeneration of the U.S. […]
C-FER Technologies is making sure pipelines don’t have spills.
Rob chats with Mark Stephens about how they test new spill detection technologies for innovators and stakeholders.
Comment: Compromise needed on Keystone XL
In mid November by a margin of one vote, the U.S. Senate rejected a bill to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to cross the Canada-U.S. border and bring tar sands oil in Canada to refineries in Texas. I am an environmentalist and firmly believe that this is the wrong decision. I do not believe this because […]
List of Canadian pipelines on hold
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 […]
Pipeline gets approval – with conditions attached
With Keystone XL, Northern Gateway and Energy East pipelines stalled at the gate, the Alberta Energy Regulator has given a tentative stamp of approval to the $3-billion Grand Rapids oil pipeline. Along with the “OK” comes 26 conditions. Considerably less than the more than 200 needed before the Northern Gateway can proceed. The pipeline in […]
What have we learned
If you wondered why the oil and gas industry has trouble finding qualified workers a new report released by Portage College sheds some light on the situation. Titled “Environmental Scan— Pipeline Industry“, and using figures from Statistics Canada, an analysis of job postings and interviews with Alberta pipeline companies was done to assess the needs of […]
Kinder Morgan studies impact a pipeline rupture could have on Fraser River
The environmental recovery from a “full bore” oil pipeline rupture into the lower Fraser River could take up to five years. That’s according to a study done as part of Kinder Morgan’s planning for its proposed $5.4-billion The study examined the environmental impact of a spill of 1.25 million litres of diluted bitumen into the […]
Comment: Oil sands love/hate relationship
Having spent seven years in my early career as an on-site executive of Great Canadian Oil Sands (now Suncor) – Canada’s pioneer developer and first successful extractor of oil from this massive all-Canadian resource – I feel compelled to comment on the increasing tendency by many to criticize this economic crown jewel. Not one Canadian […]
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