Report: Pipeline Won’t Increase Carbon Emissions, posted on Transport Topics A report by the U.S. State Department found that the proposed Keystone XL Canada-U.S. oil pipeline would not increase carbon emissions because the oil sands in Alberta will be developed anyway. [Read More…] Say yes to pipeline, yes to immigration, posted on The Paris…
Changes in Regulations Could Help Break the Offshore Ice, posted on The Moscow Times State-controlled oil giant Rosneft had a very good year. That is what company chief executive Igor Sechin told Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday at a meeting to review Russia’s largest oil producer, whose capitalization grew by 18 percent to $73…
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.…
Our Misplaced, Undemocratic Budget Priorities: The Case of Keystone XL by Eleanor Bader, posted on TruthOut Several years ago, political economist Robert Reich asked a rhetorical question that bears repeating: “Wouldn’t it be better to have a jobs program that created things we really need – like light-rail trains, better school facilities, public parks, water…
Coastal Technical Sales Inc. Now Installing Storage Tanks in Chemical Plants This Winter, posted on SBWire Many plants have an excess of chemicals that need storage either above ground or underground. Whether volatile chemicals or acids and bases, the proper installation of storage tanks will increase the life of the chemicals and the safety of…
Casting doubt on Hudak’s job plan, posted on The Toronto Star Hudak pledges to create one million jobs in Ontario, Jan. 13. So Tim Hudak is going to save Ontario. He is going to freeze the public service. Perhaps he didn’t notice that freezing the public service wages over the past five years to give…
Company pursues ‘aggressive’ northwestern BC liquefied natural gas timeline by Anna Killen, posted on the Terrace Standard Kitsault Energy, the company wishing to build a liquefied natural gas facility close to the near-abandoned town of Kitsault, says it’s working within an “aggressive timeline” to bring its project through to the development and operational stage of…
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…
Neste Jacobs to Study the Establishment of Arctic Environmental Protection Centre, posted on Virtual Strategy Magazine Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs has on the basis of a public bidding competition arranged by the Finnish Ministry of Employment and Economy been awarded the contract to evaluate the initiative to establish the Arctic Environmental…
BC Hydro rate hike will be costly for district by Martin van den Hemel, posted on the Richmond Review BC Hydro rates are going up, and that will impact more than just local residents. The Richmond School District anticipates that the increase will result in an additional cost of $30,000 for the period of April…
Alexey Miller announces Gazprom has pioneered the Russian Arctic shelf development, posted on Your Oil And Gas News Gazprom has started producing oil from the Prirazlomnoye field. It is the first Russian project for developing the Arctic shelf and the commencement of Gazprom’s large-scale activities aimed at creating a large hydrocarbon production center in the…
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…
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