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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will lead to the development of new and improved oil sands technologies with reduced energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. —Canada Environment Minister Joe Oliver. —Alberta Premier Alison Redford.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Tankers and Canada. Each year, 80 million tonnes of oil are shipped off Canada’s East and West Coasts. Oil tankers have been moving along Canada’s West Coast since the 1930s. Oil is moved mostly via the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Kitimat. million tonnes of oil was shipped out of Vancouver.

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JUNE 5, 2010

The government of Canada is awarding approximately C$5 million (US$4.7 C2A has been licensed to use an ultra-efficient gas infusion technology for the transfer of CO 2 into liquids for algae feedstock and to remove oxygen that can become toxic to algae. Carbon2Algae (C2A).

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OCTOBER 27, 2014

Ferus Natural Gas Fuels Inc. Ferus NGF) held the grand opening of the first merchant liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Canada. In addition to the merchant LNG plant, the company is jointly building two LNG liquefaction facilities with ENN Canada in Alberta and British Columbia.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Shell Canada and Caterpillar have signed an agreement to test a new dual fuel engine and fuel mix using liquefied natural gas (LNG) that could reduce operating costs and lead to reduced emissions from oil sands mining in northern Alberta.

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APRIL 15, 2013

Suncor Energy has reached an agreement to sell the conventional portion of its natural gas business in Western Canada for $1 billion to a newly established partnership between Centrica plc and Qatar Petroleum International. Estimated production from this business in 2013 is approximately 42,000 boe/d (90% gas). Source: Suncor.

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APRIL 2, 2013

TransCanada Corporation will hold a binding open season to obtain firm commitments from interested parties for a pipeline to transport crude oil from Western Canada to Eastern Canadian markets. In 2012, Canada imported more than 600,000 barrels per day to supply its Eastern refineries.

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MAY 16, 2014

Canada-based Petrostar Petroleum Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a joint venture with US-based Maverick Synfuels to facilitate the development and operation of GTL (gas-to-liquids technology) in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

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MAY 19, 2013

The Government of Canada is supporting a three-year project that will result in the construction of a $19-million, demonstration-scale facility in Alberta that will use algae to recycle industrial carbon dioxide emissions from an oil sands facility into commercial products such as biofuels. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 10, 2013

Map of basins with assessed shale oil and shale gas formations, as of May 2013. Among the highlights in the 2013 report is a 10-fold increase in the estimate of technically recoverable shale / tight oil from 32 billion barrels (from the EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2011 ) to 345 billion barrels. Source: US EIA. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 3, 2013

JOGMEC (Japan Oil Gas and Metals National Corporation); Cutbank Dawson Gas Resources Ltd. JOGMEC, CDGR and Encana will conduct integrated core analysis, geomechanical and seismic studies by using data from the CRP unconventional gas asset.

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Mitsubishi Canada Gas North America 225

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JULY 7, 2012

Well-to-wheel (WTW) greenhouse gas emissions for in situ SAGD and surface mining pathways generated employing GHOST/TIAX/ GHGenius combination and comparison with SAGD, mining and conventional crude oil literature pathways (all results are on a HHV basis). 74% of WTW emissions in our oil sands pathways. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 31, 2012

Alaska Governor Sean Parnell announced that two major milestones have been met in the state’s effort to bring Alaska’s North Slope natural gas to Alaskans and markets beyond. The North Slope holds more than 35 trillion cubic feet of discovered natural gas. Positioning North Slope gas for a large-scale gas pipeline project.

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Alaska Gas Canada Oil 277

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

An ExxonMobil Canada affiliate will acquire Calgary-based Celtic Exploration Ltd. Current production of the acreage to be acquired is 72 million cubic feet per day of natural gas and 4,000 barrels per day of crude, condensate and natural gas liquids. —Andrew Barry, president of ExxonMobil Canada.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC)—the country’s national academy of the arts, humanities and sciences—has released an expert panel report on the environmental and health impacts of the Canadian oil sands industry. Impacts of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Impacts of contaminants on downstream residents.

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AUGUST 1, 2013

The conclusion of the successful open season confirmed strong market support for a pipeline with approximately 900,000 bbl/d of firm, long-term contracts to transport crude oil from the oil sands area in Western Canada to Eastern Canadian refineries and export terminals.

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AUGUST 20, 2011

Environment Canada recently released a consultation paper on the development of proposed regulations to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new on-road heavy-duty vehicles. The US announced first-ever fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles earlier in August. Resources.

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OCTOBER 19, 2013

Plot of cumulative steam-to-oil ratio (cSOR) vs. ratio of energy produced in form of chemical energy contained in bitumen if combusted to energy injected in form of steam (75% efficient steam generation). One of the key challenges in producing bitumen and heavy oil is their high, variable viscosity. From Gates and Larter (2013).

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AUGUST 18, 2013

Researchers at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan are proposing a new enhanced heavy oil recovery (EHOR) process: Cyclic Production with Continuous Solvent Injection (CPCSI). A paper on their work is published in the journal Fuel ; the team had earlier presented their work at 2013 SPE Heavy Oil Conference in Calgary in June.

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MAY 29, 2014

Stolt-Nielsen Gas Ltd. have agreed to form a new start-up focused on the development of small-scale LNG liquefaction and logistics services in Bécancour, Québec, Canada. Under the current plan, gas delivered via existing pipelines terminating in southeast Canada will be liquefied at a small-scale plant to be constructed by Stolt LNGaz.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Ferus Natural Gas Fuels and ENN Canada Corporation are forming a joint venture today to construct, own and operate two LNG liquefaction plants in Canada. In order for our customers to make the switch to natural gas, they need certainty of an uninterrupted supply of LNG to fuel their equipment.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

A pervasive hydrocarbon system in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) in Alberta and British Columbia, the Montney is estimated to hold 2,200 trillion cubic feet of gas, almost 29 billion barrels of natural gas liquids and over 136 billion barrels of oil. by James Burgess of Oilprice.com. million per section.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

Japan-based TOYO Engineering Corporation, through its Canadian subsidiary TOYO Engineering Canada Ltd., TOYO has performed major projects in the global oil and gas industry for more than 50 years and, with the EPC scope of work for the JACOS Hangingstone Project, TOYO will be advancing its business in the Canadian oil and gas sector.

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MARCH 10, 2020

Coach Atlantic Maritime Bus is the first to test MCI’s first all-electric coach—the MCI D45 CRTe LE CHARGE, designed for long-range express routes—in Canada. With battery-electric buses, engine oil and filter changes, emissions and transmission systems are eliminated, and there is less brake wear. MCI D45 CRTe LE CHARGE.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Shell will proceed with the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for an oil sands operation in Canada. billion Quest project will be built on behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project joint venture owners (Shell, Chevron and Marathon Oil) and with support from the Governments of Canada and Alberta.

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Oil-Sands Oil Carbon Chevron 255

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JUNE 1, 2017

Royal Dutch Shell plc announced the completion of two previously announced agreements by Shell Canada Energy, Shell Canada Limited and Shell Canada Resources (Shell) that will see Shell sell all its in-situ and undeveloped oil sands interests in Canada and reduce its share in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) from 60% to 10%.

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MAY 15, 2015

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 Climate Change.

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2005 Canada Oil Gas 150

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MARCH 30, 2011

Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. The Administration is pushing the oil industry to produce on leases already held.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards and CAFE standards increase new LDV fuel economy through model year 2025 and beyond, with more fuel-efficient new vehicles gradually replacing older vehicles on the road and raising the fuel efficiency of the LDV stock by an average of 2.0% per year, from 21.5 l/100 km) in 2012 to 37.2

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MARCH 8, 2012

Demand for electricity will make natural gas the fastest growing major energy source and oil and natural gas are expected to meet 60% of energy needs over the next three decades. A total of 21 major oil and gas projects will begin production between 2012 and 2014. billion oil equivalent barrels.

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OCTOBER 23, 2014

The number of active rigs drilling for oil and gas fell by their most in two months, according to the latest data from oil services firm Baker Hughes. There were 19 oil rigs that were removed from operation as of Oct. There are now 1,590 active oil rigs, the lowest level in six weeks.

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JUNE 18, 2022

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that liquid fuels production in Brazil, Canada, and China will increase this year and next, contributing to growth in overall non-OPEC petroleum production. After the United States, EIA expects liquid fuels production to increase the most in the non-OPEC countries of Brazil and Canada.

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AUGUST 31, 2019

The Government of Canada recognizes that marine species, including the Southern Resident killer whale, are impacted by underwater vessel noise. Working with Teekay provides access to private sector expertise and capital to deploy new technologies on low-emission and low-noise crude oil tankers operating in Canadian waters.

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JULY 20, 2011

an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC, will acquire oil sands producer OPTI Canada Inc for approximately US$2.1 The principal asset of OPTI consists of a 35% working interest in the Long Lake and three other oil sands project areas located in the Athabasca region of northeastern Alberta. CNOOC Luxembourg S.a

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DECEMBER 24, 2013

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P.and Imperial Oil formed a 50-50 joint venture to build a crude oil rail-loading facility in Strathcona County, Alberta, called the Edmonton Rail Terminal. —Bill Henderson, vice-president for Kinder Morgan Canada Terminals. —Rich Kruger.

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

Ceradyne is a leader in the development and production of advanced technical ceramics for demanding applications in the automotive, oil and gas, solar, industrial, electronics and defense industries. with operations in the US, Canada, China and Germany, Ceradyne has annual revenue of approximately $500 million.

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MARCH 17, 2011

Separation of bitumen from a Canadian oil sand sample using an ionic liquid. A team of researchers at Penn State has developed a new, more environmentally friendly method of separating bitumen from oil sands utilizing ionic liquids (IL). Oil sands represent approximately two-thirds of the world’s estimated oil reserves.

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