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Average values for WTW GHG emissions for oilsands and other crudes, tight boundary. When the oilsands products refined in the United States are considered—a mixture of oilsands and lower-carbon blending components—the GHG emissions are, on average, 9% higher than the average crude processed in the US.
Researchers at the University of Calgary are developing ultra-dispersed (UD) nanocatalysts for the in situ upgrading of heavy oil and bitumen from deep reservoirs. One of the challenges of such an approach is the placement of the catalyst deep into the heavy oil plume by transporting a catalyst suspension through the sand medium.
Syncrude will provide half the funding for Barbour’s Chair in Hydrogeological Characterization of OilSands Mine Closure Landforms, investing more than $1.3-million Research is vitally important to an economically and socially sustainable oilsands industry. million over the five-year research project, with another $1.3-million
TransCanada Corporation said that its 590,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) capacity Keystone Pipeline system resumed transporting oilsands 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. The tar sands are estimated (e.g.,
However, the new forecast represents a slowing of future oilsands production growth compared to the predictions of last year’s forecast. According to CAPP’s 2014 Crude Oil Forecast, Markets and Transportation , total Canadian crude oil production will increase to 6.4 CAPP forecast. Click to enlarge. In 2013, 1.9
Oil and gas consultancy Rystad Energy estimates that oilsands and the Arctic continue to be the most expensive resources, with an average breakeven price of $75-80 per barrel of oil equivalent (boe). The break-even price of NA shale is estimated at an average of $60-70/boe.
A new study released by Global Forest Watch Canada finds that significant amounts of greenhouse gases are emitted through the disturbance and/or removal of biocarbon (trees, shrubs, peats), which overlay Alberta’s oilsands. The bituminous sands industry reported emissions of 28.5 The resulting annual average emissions of 8.7
Transmitting oilsands production. Synthetic crude is produced by upgrading bitumen and is a blend of naphtha, distillate and gasoil range materials produced by hydrotreating the naphtha, distillate and gasoil generated in a delayed coking unit.).
The goal of the initiative is to transform oilsands production processes by developing technologies that address sustainability challenges. The University of Alberta, recognized as a global leader in oilsands research, will work with the Helmholtz Association, a collection of 16 science and technology centers across Germany.
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”.
Hydrogen is necessary in the upgrading of oilsands bitumen into synthetic crude, but it is a costly and carbon-intensive part of the process, given current hydrogen production technologies. MSG converts natural gas into hydrogen with a 23% reduction in GHG emissions compared to steam methane reforming.
An analysis of the US refining sector, based on linear programming (LP) modeling, finds that refining plausibly high volumes of Canadian oilsands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to a modest increase in refinery CO 2 emissions (ranging between 5.4% to 9.3%) from a 2010 baseline, depending upon the supply scenario.
It is one of 6 similar Genome Centers across Canada funded in part by Industry Canada through Genome Canada. This C$11,584,423 project , led by Dr. Gerrit Voordouw at the University of Calgary, will sample and explore the biological processes at work in oil wells, oilssands, tailings ponds, and coal beds. million (US$22.2
Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oilsands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. The proposed Project is not likely to impact the amount of crude oil produced from the oilsands.
Royal Dutch Shell plc will proceed with its Carmon Creek project in Alberta, Canada, expected to produce up to 80,000 barrels of oil per day. Carmon Creek is a thermal in situ project that is 100% Shell owned and will be part of the company’s broader production, refining and marketing business across the full value chain in North America.
USGS is the only provider of publicly available estimates of undiscovered technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world. These new estimates are for conventional oil and gas resources only. Geological Survey (USGS) released today. The US imported approximately 11.4
Increasing crude processing intensity and energy intensity with worsening oil quality. OQ: Crude feed oil quality. Switching to heavy crude oil and synthetic crude oil derived from oilsands bitumen in refineries could double or triple refinery emissions and add 1.6-3.7 PI: Crude processing intensity.
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. The Energy East Pipeline could eliminate Canada’s reliance on higher priced crude oil currently being imported, TransCanada suggests.
The region includes a substantial portion of the Athabasca oilsands area, which contains approximately 82% of the province’s oilsands resource and much of the Cold Lake oilsands area. The government of Alberta, Canada has approved the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP).
Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses. Shamlou, Elmira & Vidic, Radisav & Khanna, Vikas. Desalination. doi: 10.1016/j.desal.2021.115513.
While oil will remain the most widely used fuel, overall energy demand will be reshaped by a continued shift toward less-carbon-intensive energy source as well as steep improvements in energy efficiency in areas such as transportation, where the expanded use of advanced and hybrid vehicles will help push average new-car fuel economy to 48 mpg (4.9
CN will start serving a new advanced frac sand terminal north of Grande Prairie, Alta., The new 20-acre facility being built by Di-Corp of Edmonton will have an annual throughput capacity of 550,000 tons of frac sand and have three tracks capable of holding 44 rail cars for unloading. to serve the frac sand market.
The report was developed based on the assumptions that: Energy consumption will continue to grow and in particular, liquid fossil fuels will remain a significant part of the US energy supply for the next quarter century and more. In the case of residual oil, there is also relatively strong potential for near term economic impacts.
Following a 2017 report that identified potential products that could be made from Alberta oilsands bitumen, this new study identifies the top potential uses to help Alberta diversify its economy outside of conventional fuels and chemical feedstocks. Vanadium is contained within oilsands bitumen in significant quantities (200 ppmw).
Renewable diesel production will source blue hydrogen (hydrogen produced from natural gas with carbon capture and storage) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions relative to conventional hydrogen production. In June, Imperial announced its participation as a founding member of the OilSands Pathways to Net Zero Alliance.
Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments. Prior programs in Alaska have explored gas hydrate reservoir potential and alternative production strategies, and additional testing programs are in development. Click to enlarge.
Based on the interim results of a new study, MIT researchers are warning smaller nations to proceed with caution in pursuing the development of their natural gas resources. The interim report analyzed the economics of natural gas project development options in Cyprus with a focus on exports. Click to enlarge. Background.
After a critical review of the literature on the air impacts of increased natural gas acquisition, processing, and use, a team of US researchers has determined that that actual measurement data on various individual segments of the natural gas life cycle are sparse or critically lacking. jobs vs environmental stewardship).
The Alberta government has successfully negotiated contracts for two projects that will advance the upgrading and refining of oilsands bitumen to diesel fuel. billion barrels of oil from conventional reservoirs throughout the province, potentially generating up to $25 billion in additional provincial royalties and taxes.
As part of the transaction, GreatPoint Energy has raised equity investment and secured project funding of $1.25 billion from Wanxiang to finance and construct the first phase of a coal-to-natural gas facility that ultimately will have an annual production capacity of one trillion cubic feet (1 Tcf) (30 billion cubic meters) per year.
Estimated inventories of methane emissions from the natural gas production sector, excluding processing and transmission. A team of researchers from UT Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research completed measurements at 190 natural gas production sites across the United States.
Russian oil and gas major Rosneft, 75% owned by the government, will invest $16 billion in a planned joint venture project with Venezuela’s state oil and gas company PDVSA to develop the Carabobo 2 block in the southern Orinoco extra-heavy crude belt in Venezuela, according to Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin. oilsands).
World oil production capacity to 2020 (crude oil and NGLs, excluding biofuels). Oil production capacity is surging in the United States and several other countries at such a fast pace that global oil output capacity could grow by nearly 20% from the current 93 million barrels per day to 110.6 Source: Maugeri 2012.
This approval, pursuant to Title 40 CFR Part 79 promulgated under the Clean Air Act, is required for the sale of RFGasoline into US commerce. This approval follows the recently announced Part 79 approval of Ensyn’s renewable diesel product, RFDiesel. The Part 79 registration process involved a number of these industry leaders.
Comparison of GHGenius, JACOBS, TIAX, and the new PRELIM gasoline greenhouse gas (GHG) estimates using base case estimates and variations from the scenario analysis. The configurations are differentiated by the presence of gasoil hydrocracking; fluid catalytic cracking (FCC); delayed coking; and residual hydrocracking.
Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., a subsidiary of Encana Corporation, says it strongly disagrees with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) preliminary conclusions on fracking in its draft report related to the groundwater study in the Pavillion natural gas field of Wyoming. Earlier post.)
The five different fuel groups were those derived: from conventional petroleum; from unconventional petroleum; synthetically from natural gas, coal, or combinations of coal and biomass via the FT process; renewable oils; and alcohols. million bpd. Reduced GHG impact. For CTL, life-cycle GHG emissions would roughly double.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI) of Canada are working together to develop advanced gasification technology aimed at decreasing the cost and environmental impact of processing Alberta’s oilsands. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp.
Canada’s growth in crude oil and natural gas production during 2022 and 2023 is driven primarily by expanding oilsands and debottlenecking projects. Canada’s growth is due in part to the Enbridge Line 3 crude oil pipeline expansion (760,000 b/d capacity), which became operational in October 2021.
Shell has signed two offshore oil and gas Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) with CNOOC, and a PSC amendment with CNPC for a new development phase for the Changbei gas field in China. The two offshore oil and gas PSCs with CNOOC are for blocks 62/02 and 62/17 in the Yinggehai Basin.
The new release of the GREET 2 Vehicle-Cycle model includes the following major updates: Steel production pathways are updated with detailed coke production model and blast furnace gas and coke oven gas handling. The energy use for vehicle’s parts production and assembly is updated.
BP also confirmed the recently-announced Pitu oil discovery in the frontier deepwater of the Potiguar basin off Brazil’s equatorial margin, announced by Petrobras. The well, which penetrated multiple Paleogene-aged reservoir sands, was drilled to a total depth of 29,221 feet (8,907 meters). Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.
Very broadly, they found that an LCFS would buffer the economy against global oil price spikes, trim demand for petroleum, and lessen upward pressure on gas prices. Now there will be a political process to tweak it to make it work for different interets—that’s part of the process. We did not shy away from controversy.
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