An energy industry heavyweight told a Calgary forum on climate change a healthy environment is key to a health economy–and vice versa. Suncor President and CEO Steve Williams says even though we don’t have all the answers, the time for action is now, doing nothing is not an option.” Other comments from the conference put […]
Heavy oil conference rolls into Edmonton
Turns out it’s not just politicians who forget downturns happen in the oil industry, the industry itself can have a short term memory when it comes to coping with this sort of problem. That’s one message that came from the opening session at the World Heavy Oil Congress underway in Edmonton, Alberta. Suncor’s Executive VP. Upstream Mark […]
Mixed reactions to salty wetlands in northern Alberta
It was four years ago when Corey Wells stumbled upon what he calls an “incredibly salty” wetlands region by Fort MacMurray. A hydrologist, Wells says while the region looked like many other wetlands in Alberta this one has a higher saline content than sea water. Saline spring wetlands are not unusual, it’s just they are usually […]
Bear necessities
Animal attraction is not a good thing when referring to black bears and workers at oil sands sites. Earlier this year a a 36 year old woman who worked for Suncor was attacked and killed by a bear. To cut down on future altercations, the oil company is implementing a wildlife safety training program. Kim Titchener, […]
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 […]
Total updates Fort Hill Mines project
Total is a partner in the Fort Hills Mine oil sands project to produce extra-heavy oil. The project which is now under development will have a capacity of 180,000 barrels per day in four years. The production life of the project is expected to be half a century. The project is split between three companies. […]