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Oil industry leader says doing nothing on climate change is not an option

May 27, 2015 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, Environment, News Tagged With: Amin Asadollahi, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, Cenovus, Chris Ragan, Climate Change, geothermal, Judy Fairburn, oil industry, Oilsands Program Director, Pembina Institute, President and CEO Steve Williams, solar, Suncor, wind

Heavy oil conference rolls into Edmonton

March 25, 2015 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, Event Coverage, News Tagged With: energy industry, energy infrastructure, Mark Little, national interest, oil industry, pipeline, Suncor, train, World Heavy Oil Congress

Mixed reactions to salty wetlands in northern Alberta

January 29, 2015 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Environment, News Tagged With: Alberta, Corey Wells, freshwater, Imperial, oil sands, reclamation, saline, salty water, Shell, Suncor, wetlands

Bear necessities

November 19, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

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, […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Environment, Safety Tagged With: Bear Safety & More, black bears, Kim Titchener, oil sands, Suncor, wildlife safety

Comment: Oil sands love/hate relationship

September 12, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, Editorial Tagged With: Alberta, Canada's oil sands, Canadian, Canadian Energy Research Institute, CERI, Enbridge, environmental, Great Canadian Oil Sands, Keystone XL pipeline, Kinder Morgan, Northern Gateway pipeline, oil sand, Peter Dolezal, pipeline, Suncor, Texas refineries

Total updates Fort Hill Mines project

July 22, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

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. […]

Filed Under: Alberta, News Tagged With: Alberta, Athabasca region, environemnt, heavy oil, oil Fort Hills mine, Suncor, surface mining, Teck.oil sands, Total

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