Category: Oil
Oilsands as ‘carbon bomb’ debunked
ndrew Weaver isn’t what you’d call an oilsands apologist.
Weaver, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Climate Modelling and Analysis at the University of Victoria, was a lead author with the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is one o…
Chinese have invested $14 billion in the oil sands, and that’s a good thing
A think tank is pushing back against the perception that Chinese firms are locking up Canadian resources, but rather are providing an important financial boost to the sector.
The Sinopec File
Pollution, bribes, more. Nikiforuk pries open the record of China’s oil giant, business partner for Northern Gateway pipeline, The Tyee reports.
Regional District Opposes Enbridge Gateway Pipeline; Passes Resolution Calling for Legislated Ban on Oil Tanker Traffic in BC’s Northern Coastal Waters
The Skeena Queen Charlotte Regional District, which provides local government services to four electoral areas and five municipalities with 20,000 residents living on the North Coast of British Columbia and Haida Gwaii, has passed a resolution opposing the Enbridge Northern Gateway oil tanker and pipeline project.
75 per cent of Keystone XL pipe would be ‘Made in North America’
TransCanada Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TransCanada) confirmed today the vast majority of the pipe for Keystone XL would be manufactured in North America.
Who’re you calling dirty? Canada says would take Europe to WTO over oil sands
Canada is upset about an EU energy panel’s plans for a green ranking of fuels that would rank Alberta’s heavy oil as the globe’s most polluting and effectively ban the import of oil sands crude into the bloc.
Coal trumps oilsands as climate change culprit
Emissions from Canada’s oilsands are unlikely to make a large contribution to global warming compared to the burning of coal, says a leading climate change researcher.
Enbridge considering Prince Rupert for Northern Gateway terminus
As hearings into the Northern Gateway pipeline continue, Enbridge, the company behind the $5.5 billion project to transport oilsands crude 1,170 kilometres from Brudenheim, Alberta to a new marine terminal in Kitimat, says it would consider moving the pipeline terminus to another location further north.
Sunshine Oilsands begins offering shares in $605 million IPO
unshine Oilsands Ltd. will tomorrow begin offering shares in an initial public offering to raise as much as HK$4.69 billion ($605 million), the holder of Canadian oil-sand leases said.
The pipeline vs the farm: Keystone XL dealt setback
Could one family farm stop a multi-billion-dollar pipeline project from going ahead? Probably not, but a Texas family farm will at least have its day in court.
