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Twelve of Canada’soilsands producers have formed a new alliance, Canada’sOilSands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), focused on accelerating the pace of improving environmental performance in Canada’soilsands through collaborative action and innovation.
New research by the IHS Markit Canadian OilSands Dialogue shows that the combined greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of Canadian oilsands projects has declined 20% from 2009 levels. The latest data show that the greenhouse gas intensity of Canadian oilsands going down further, continuing a decade-long trend.
Oilsands supply chain. A new report from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)— The Canadian OilSands: Energy Security vs ClimateChange — claims that prudent greenhouse gas regulations can limit emissions from Canadian oilsands while still enabling robust development of the energy resource.
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The US State Department has issued a Presidential Permit to Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to enable construction of the Alberta Clipper pipeline for the transport of crude oil from the Canadian oilsands to US refineries. The 1,000-mile/1,607-km pipeline will run from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, to Superior, Wisconsin.
Examples of emerging oilsands related technologies and trade-offs. The paper is an examination of how various choices about the scale of the life cycle analysis applied to oilsands (i.e., The source material is neither oil nor tar but bitumen, but is most generally described as an example of ultraheavy oil.”.
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Growth of production of Canadian oilsands. The Canadian oilsands are now poised to become the number one source of US crude oil imports in 2010, according to new research from the IHS CERA Canadian OilSands Dialogue. The Role of Canadian OilSands in US Oil Supply”.
Marcel Coutu, chief executive officer of Canadian OilSands Trust and Chairman of the Board of Syncrude Canada, is calling for allowing Alberta’s oilsands producers to significantly increase their greenhouse gas emissions, even if that means forcing other sectors to take on additional expensive obligations to meet Canada’sclimatechange targets.
a Canadian integrated oil company, reported an increase in third quarter crude oil production year-on-year of about 4% due to oilsands production that was 14% higher compared with the same period a year earlier. Conventional oil production slightly declined due to a combination of factors. Cenovus Energy Inc.,
Proposed anaerobic hydrocarbon biodegradation pathways in oilsands tailings. The researchers now report that higher molecular weight n -alkanes (C 14 , C 16 , and C 18 ) are also degraded under methanogenic conditions in oilsands tailings, albeit after a lengthy lag (180 days) before the onset of methanogenesis.
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The two leaders discussed practical ways the United States and Canada could encourage the development of clean energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gases and combat climatechange. US and Canadian officials will meet in the coming weeks to launch the clean energy dialogue.
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Joe Oliver, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, and Ola Borten Moe, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, signed a joint statement on cooperation in the energy sector. The statement outlines four main priorities for cooperation between Norway and Canada in the energy sector: General. Oil and gas. Renewable energy.
Canada Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced that Canada plans to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. Canada formally submitted its target, referred to as an Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), to the United Nations Framework Convention on ClimateChange.
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California’s LCFS also would have little or no impact on GHG emissions nationwide and would harm our nation’s energy security by discouraging the use of Canadian crude oil—our nation’s largest source of crude—and ethanol produced in the American Midwest. Tags: ClimateChange Fuels Policy. NPRA President Charles T.
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Incremental well-to-wheels GHG emissions from WCSB OilSands Crudes Compared to Well-to-Wheels GHG Emissions from Displacing Reference Crudes Click to enlarge. Domestic production of crude oil has increased significantly, from approximately 5.5 That portion of the pipeline has already been built. million bpd in 2010 to 6.5
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The determination by the State Department brings to an end the much delayed, deferred and debated permit process that would have allowed TransCanada to built the fourth phase of its Keystone pipeline system to bring more oilsands crude from Canada to refineries in the US.
The determination by the State Department brings to an end the much delayed, deferred and debated permit process that would have allowed TransCanada to built the fourth phase of its Keystone pipeline system to bring more oilsands crude from Canada to refineries in the US.
Standardized values (Z scores) of (A) visible reflectance spectroscopy (VRS) chlorophyll a inferences from the five lakes proximate to major oilsands operations as indicators of lake primary production; (B) total PAH concentrations and (C) total DBT concentrations from all six study sites. Source: Kurek et al. Click to enlarge.
GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies" GM "killed" that experiment because it wasnt even CLOSE to being cost effective. It is 12 years later. GM would only lease them.
The permit authorizes TransCanada to construct, to connect, to operate, and to maintain pipeline facilities at the US-Canadian border in Phillips County, Montana for the importation of crude oil. Kerry noted at that time that the arguments pro and con had been “overstated”.
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