Oil sands development has Lakeland region booming It seems like everywhere you go in the Lakeland the roads are packed with oil trucks, tankers and other vehicles on there way to or from the region’s many oilsands sites. [Read More…] Julia Strickland, Leading Californian Litigator, on Getting to the Top in Law – See more…
Pipeline from oilsands to Arctic is feasible: Alberta study Sending oilsands bitumen north through N.W.T. to a port in the Arctic is feasible, according to a study commissioned last year by Alberta. [Read More…] Julia Strickland, Leading Californian Litigator, on Getting to the Top in Law – See more at: http://www.thenextwomen.com/2012/12/21/julia-strickland-leading-californian-litigator-getting-top-law#sthash.rK6XRXEF.dpuf GlassPoint Wins $53M…
Tough B.C. rules make fracking extremely safe by Rich Coleman, posted on The Province The claims and cautionary warnings in the op-ed on LNG and water use last week by Ben Parfitt and David Hughes are unfounded and inaccurate. [Read More…] BC offers incentives to support LNG industry by Katie Woodward, posted on LNG Industry…
Germany’s dependence on Russian gas poses risks for Europe – Polish PM, posted on Reuters Poland’s prime minister said on Monday he would ask Chancellor Angela Merkel to work to reduce German and European dependence on Russian gas to avert “potential aggressive steps by Russia in the future”. [Read More…] ‘Development in Russia, Ukraine key…
Norway to build modern icebreaker for oil, gas exploration in Arctic by 2016, posted on The Voice of Russia The Kronprins Haakon modern icebreaker for exploration of resources in the Arctic will be ready by 2016, Norway’s Minister of Fishery Elisabeth Aspaker said at the opening of the Arctic Borders international conference in Tromso, Norway.…
Arctic Cold Front Disrupts Natural Gas Pipes and Oil Refineries, posted on AG Web Record cold weather pummeled infrastructure across the U.S. as energy companies warned of reduced flows on natural gas pipelines, shut loading racks at fuel terminals and worked to restore refinery operations. The cold snap pushed oil prices higher and boosted natural…
Alberta-B.C. joint study to explore viability of moving oil by rail by Steven Chua, posted on Canadian Manufacturing A report has been handed in to the British Columbia and Alberta governments examining the idea of transporting oil sands crude via rail if proposed pipelines don’t get the green light, government documents show. It’s an idea…
Dominion connects shale gas to consumers, posted on Farm and Dairy Dominion, one of the nation’s largest energy companies, has contracted to deliver 500,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas produced in West Virginia to various interconnections with pipelines in Ohio, as producers look westward to seek new markets for Marcellus production. The company also…
SWN returns to court Monday seeking injunction extension, posted by CBC News The energy company doing shale gas exploration in southeast New Brunswick will return to court on Monday to ask a judge to extend the injunction holding protesters at bay. The injunction prohibits protesters from getting closer than 250 metres to the front or…