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billion program of pipeline expansions to carry an additional 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) of light oil from North Dakota and western Canada to refinery markets in Ontario, Quebec and the US Midwest. Construction of a 165-mile, 24-inch diameter Southern Access Extension Pipeline from Flanagan to Patoka. Enbridge Inc.
Exxon Mobil Corporation will develop the Hebron oil field offshore the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador using a gravity-based structure that will recover more than 700 million barrels of oil, an increase from earlier estimates. The platform is being designed for daily production of 150,000 barrels of oil.
Enbridge says it operates the largest, longest, and most complex petroleum pipeline system in the world: approximately 25,420 kilometers (15,795 miles) of pipe delivers an average of more than 2.2-million million barrels per day of crude oil and liquids. The Enbridge Mainline system is the largest conduit of oil into the United States.
Statoil has made a third discovery of crude oil in the Flemish Pass Basin, offshore Newfoundland. The discovery was made on the Bay du Nord prospect (EL1112), located approximately 500 kilometers (311 miles) northeast of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Husky Energy has a 35% interest.
Tankers and Canada. Each year, 80 million tonnes of oil are shipped off Canada’s East and West Coasts. up to 200 nautical miles from shore). 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.
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.
In an interview with the Toronto Star , US Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson said that if the US is looking for “ long-term safe and secure sources of energy, Canada, and therefore the oil sands, need to be part of it. all means the United States simply can’t afford to demonize the oil sands, Jacobson says.
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.
Canada-based Enbridge Inc. Enbridge and Enterprise agreed to reverse the direction of crude oil flows on the Seaway pipeline to enable it to transport oil from Cushing, Oklahoma to the US Gulf Coast. million barrels of crude oil tankage on the Texas Gulf Coast and four import docks at two locations. Click to enlarge.
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. Source: [link].
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. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
On 6 December, Canada filed a submission to define the outer limits of its expanded continental shelf area in the Atlantic Ocean with the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. What we want to do is claim the biggest geographic area possible for Canada.”. Canada became party to UNCLOS on 7 December 2003.
Enbridge is developing two pipelines in the Canadian oil sands area for a combined investment of about $3 billion. billion, depending on scope, to meet the needs of multiple producers in the Athabasca oil sands region. Total E&P Canada Ltd. Total E&P Canada Ltd. The second is a new $1.6-billion Enbridge Inc.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar last week announced the Department of the Interior’s final plan for encouraging research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of oil shale and oil sands resources on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Earlier post.).
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. Ferus Natural Gas Fuels Inc.
Thirteen companies have signed long-term contracts with Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (Trans Mountain) operated by Kinder Morgan Canada Inc. BP Canada Energy Trading Company; Canadian Natural Resources; Canadian Oil Sands Limited; Cenovus Energy Inc.; Devon Canada Corporation; Husky Energy Marketing Inc.;
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 oil sands to US refineries. The 1,000-mile/1,607-km pipeline will run from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, to Superior, Wisconsin.
TransCanada Corporation said that its 590,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) capacity Keystone Pipeline system resumed transporting oil sands crude on Sunday, 5 June, after a shutdown 29 May following an above-ground spill at a pump station in Kansas involving less than 10 barrels of oil. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)
have secured capacity commitments from shippers to proceed with construction of a 512-mile, 30-inch diameter twin (a parallel line) along the route of the Seaway Pipeline, adding 450,000 bpd of capacity to the existing system (for a total 850,000 bpd). Flanagan connects to the Enbridge pipeline system reaching up to Edmonton, Canada.
As a result, annual increases in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in LDVs average 0.9% Personal air travel (billion seat-miles) grows by an average of 0.7% Domestic crude oil production increases sharply in the AEO2014 Reference case, with annual growth averaging 0.8 Pipeline exports to Canada grow by 1.2% Tcf in 2012 to 3.1
Shell Canada has submitted a regulatory application for its Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project located in central Alberta. Shell submitted the application on behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, a joint venture among Shell Canada Energy (60%) Chevron Canada Limited (20%) and Marathon OilCanada Corporation (20%).
A breach in ExxonMobil’s Pegasus crude oil pipeline occurred late Friday afternoon near Mayflower, AR (about 20 miles north northwest of Little Rock and at the southeastern end of the Lake Conway reservoir). Efforts are being made to keep oil away from Lake Conway. Route of the Pegasus pipeline. Source: ExxonMobil.
ConocoPhillips announced the second phase of the Surmont project, a Canadian oil sands steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility. Surmont is located approximately 63 kilometers (39 miles) southeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta, in the Athabasca oil sands region. Phase 2 is scheduled to begin production in 2015.
The project, with an estimated capital cost of $660 million, is a 90-kilometer (56-mile) pipeline system that will transport bitumen and diluent between the Fort Hills oil sands mine site and the Voyageur Upgrader located north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. and Teck Resources Limited and is operated by Suncor Energy Operating Inc.
Cruze models in the United States and Canada offer a 1.4L Quiet belt-driven cams/valvetrain with high-strength belt material and tensioner rated for 100,000 miles. Piston oil jets that help reduce friction and optimize piston temperature for greater performance and efficiency. turbo, a 1.4L Eco model and 1.8L An approximately 4.5-gallon
The carbon capture process at the Scotford oil sands upgrader will capture about 35% of emissions. Shell has signed agreements with the Governments of Alberta and Canada to secure C$865 million (US$876 million) in funding for its Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project in Canada. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)
Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd. signed three customer supply contracts for hydrogen from its Heartland Hydrogen Pipeline in Alberta, Canada. Williams Energy (Canada), Inc. Williams Energy (Canada), Inc. is Canada’s only oil-sands off-gas processor.
The Government of Canada will purchase Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline system and the expansion project (TMEP) for C$4.5 billion); Kinder Morgan has agreed to work with the Government of Canada to seek a third-party buyer for the Trans Mountain Pipeline system and TMEP. billion (US$3.46 Earlier post.) Earlier post.)
Williams plans to build a pipeline in Alberta, Canada, to transport natural gas liquids (NGL) and olefins from its extraction plant in Fort McMurray to its Redwater processing facility. The new 12-inch proposed pipeline will provide additional capacity for Suncor liquids, as well as natural gas liquids from other oil-sands producers’ off-gas.
Change in primary oil demand by sector and region in the central New Policies Scenario, 2010-2035. Under the WEO 2011 central scenario, oil demand rises from 87 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2010 to 99 mb/d in 2035, with all the net growth coming from the transport sector in emerging economies. Click to enlarge. billion in 2035.
Suncor Energy, together with joint venture co-owners Total E&P Canada Ltd. and Teck Resources Limited, is proceeding with the Fort Hills oil sands mining project, located 90 kilometers (56 miles) north of Fort McMurray. interest), Total E&P Canada (39.2% With best estimate contingent resources of approximately 3.3
Rosneft announced a major oil discovery at the East-Prinovozemelskiy-1 license area in the Kara Sea, following the successful completion of the drilling of the northernmost well in the world—the Universitetskaya-1 well. I can inform you about the discovery of the first oil/gas-condensate field in the new Kara sea oil province.
Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Data: California DOGGR. Click to enlarge. Source: Chevron. Click to enlarge.
Growth of production of Canadian oil sands. The Canadian oil sands 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 Oil Sands Dialogue. The Role of Canadian Oil Sands in US Oil Supply”. Conventional oil uses 0.1
The network is the largest hydrogen pipeline system in the world, stretching more than 700-miles from Galveston Bay in Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana. The Port Arthur facility has captured approximately one million tons of CO 2 annually since 2013, with the CO 2 transported via pipeline and utilized for enhanced oil recovery operations.
The US and Canada have submitted a proposal to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the designation of an Emission Control area (ECA) around their coastlines in which stringent international emission controls would apply to ocean-going ships. Chart of the proposed North American Emission Control Area. Earlier post.).
Railways and pipelines are equally safe means of transporting crude oil, according to a report comparing safety data for each mode. Prior to 2012, rail moved less than 6,000 tank cars of fuel oil and crude oil per year. Beginning in 2012, however, the amount of crude oil transported by rail began to grow.
As a result, Enbridge will be permitted to operate all of Line 9 in an eastward direction in order to transport crude oil from western Canada and the US Bakken region to refineries in Ontario and Québec. It is approximately 831 km (550 miles) long with a capacity of 240,000 bpd. Earlier post.).
Total E&P Canada Ltd., As a consequence of the transaction, NLP will be jointly owned by Total Canada and SinoCanada, with 50% each. Total Canada acquired the remaining 60% interest when it purchased Synenco Energy Inc. Total also has interest in several oil sands leases at the delineation stage in Athabasca.
BP and Irving Oil will not be moving forward at this time with a proposed second refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick, as a result of global economic and industry conditions. It became clear, particularly over the past year, that the market conditions for refining have changed since BP and Irving Oil entered this memorandum of understanding.
The heart of the Spark EV’s propulsion system is the GM-designed, oil-cooled, permanent magnet motor. Putting more than half a million road miles on development versions of the Spark EV enabled engineers to optimize the performance of the motor by using a specifically designed bar-wound copper stator and unique rotor configuration.
Point Thomson, located 60 miles east of Prudhoe Bay, is Alaska’s largest undeveloped oil and gas field, holding an estimated 8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and hundreds of millions of barrels of oil and gas liquids. Requiring a commitment to develop a separate oil reservoir within Point Thomson. Point Thomson.
Canada-based MEG Energy’s board of directors has approved 2011 capital investment of approximately $900 million and the final cost estimate for the 35,000 barrels per day Phase 2B oil sands expansion at the Christina Lake in-situ project. identify additional resource on MEG’s 800 square miles of 100%-owned oil sands leases.
The European Union and Canada had announced their intention to introduce such standards though neither had a legislative framework in place. Today, Klein says, Brazil, Canada, China, the EU, India, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and the US have established fuel economy or GHG emission standards for light-duty vehicles (LDVs).
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