shell oil sands
Friday, June 11th, 2010
Shell 'must act on oil spills' in the Niger Delta, say campaigners - This is Money
 This is Money | Shell 'must act on oil spills' in the Niger Delta, say campaigners This is Money By Rob Davies Shell is sustaining fresh reputational damage over its role in oil spills in the Niger Delta,ahead of its annual meeting tomorrow. Campaign group Amnesty International has enlisted actor Hakeem Kae-Kazim,star of TV series 24 and the film ... |
How blue collar oilsands jobs have maintained Alberta's middle class - Calgary Herald
How blue collar oilsands jobs have maintained Alberta's middle class Calgary Herald The mother of three began a trade apprenticeship shortly afterwards, and now supervises 12 welders, crane operators and Bobcat drivers at Canadian Natural Resource's in situ oilsands plant north of Bonnyville. "I worked a lot of low-paying jobs before ... |
Finance Minister Flaherty says NDP's Mulcair is wrong about oilsands - Global Edmonton
Finance Minister Flaherty says NDP's Mulcair is wrong about oilsands Global Edmonton A haul truck carrying a full load drives at the Shell Albian Sands oilsands mine near Fort McMurray, Alta., July 9, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh TORONTO - NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair has it wrong when it comes to the oilsands, Finance Minister ... |
Finance Minister Flaherty says NDP's Mulcair is wrong about oilsands - CanadianBusiness.com
Finance Minister Flaherty says NDP's Mulcair is wrong about oilsands CanadianBusiness.com By Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press | May 11, 2012 A haul truck carrying a full load drives at the Shell Albian Sands oilsands mine near Fort McMurray, Alta., July 9, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh TORONTO - NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair has it ... |
Out in the cold: why Shell's Arctic plans are a risky investment - Greenpeace UK (blog)
Out in the cold: why Shell's Arctic plans are a risky investment Greenpeace UK (blog) As the international oil companies like Shell run out of easily accessible oil, they're being pushed to the environmentally destructive, high-cost oil provinces like the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the tar sands of Canada and the Arctic oceans ... |
INSIGHT-Canada's oil sand battle with Europe - London South East
INSIGHT-Canada's oil sand battle with Europe London South East By Barbara Lewis, David Ljunggren and Jeffrey Jones On May 9, the government of Alberta released a study into the extra carbon emitted by crude produced using oil sands instead of more conventional sources. The study, by a unit of California-based ... |
Hidden oil sands growth bodes ill for crude - Globe and Mail
 Globe and Mail | Hidden oil sands growth bodes ill for crude Globe and Mail Those expectations of meteoric growth in the oil sands? Too modest, according to a new analysis by CIBC World Markets Inc., which says the official industry projections may be conservative by 500000 to a million barrels a day. In other words, where the ... Massive Canadian oil sands deposit may offer new hope for US fuel security |
Getting ahead on the green curve - National Post
 Financial Times | Getting ahead on the green curve National Post The Canadian affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell PLC is expanding its disclosure to give a fuller picture of its vast oil sands business. In its recently released Oil Sands Performance Report 2011, the Anglo/Dutch oil major provides a report card in six new ... Shell Boosts Asset Sales, Posts Consensus-Beating Profit Shell boosted by strong oil prices Ottawa gave Shell $32-million tax refund last year |
Dutch foreign minister endorses talk of Alberta oilsands discrimination by EU - CanadianBusiness.com
Dutch foreign minister endorses talk of Alberta oilsands discrimination by EU CanadianBusiness.com Rosenthal deflected attempts to pin down where his government stands on the oilsands. But he sent sympathetic signals toward Canada. It's no secret that the Netherlands' own Royal Dutch Shell is investing in the Alberta oil fields, as are the major oil ... |
Analysis: Canada's oilsands battle with Europe is not over yet - Victoria Times Colonist
 National Post | Analysis: Canada's oilsands battle with Europe is not over yet Victoria Times Colonist By Barbara Lewis, David Ljunggren and Jeffrey Jones, Reuters May 10, 2012 On May 9, the government of Alberta released a study into the extra carbon emitted by crude produced using oilsands instead of more conventional sources. Canada's oil sands battle with Europe Insight: Canada's oil sand battle with Europe Koch Brothers' Activism Protects Their 50-Year Stake in Canadian Heavy Oils |
Canadian oil sands add urgency to US pipe plan
Outside of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, America has no energy security plan. The next best thing may lie 500 miles north of the U.S.-Canada border in a remote area of Alberta. Read more
Canada’s oil sands battle with Europe soldiers on
Alberta released this week a study showing that emissions from oil-sand crude are just 12% higher than from regular crude. But the report was not just about the science. It was a political signal to Europe: Canada's fight over oil sands is not over Read more
Research and Markets: Canada Oil and Gas Report Q2 2012 - Canadian Gas Production, Estimated At 155.05bcm in 2012 ...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Canada Oil and Gas Report Q2 2012" report to their of Read more
Hidden oil sands growth bodes ill for crude
Fort McMurray output may come on much faster than expected Read more
Are We Sitting on the Mother Lode of Oil Riches?
Notions of massive oil reserves in the Green River Formation appear to be premature. Read more
Oil sands growth prompts energy industry to look at boosting highway capacity in Fort McMurray
Accidents, traffic jams on Highway 63 has province, developers looking for solutions for overcapacity roadway Read more
Insight: Canada's oil sand battle with Europe
BRUSSELS/OTTAWA (Reuters) - There's a science to using science. On May 9, the government of Alberta released a study into the extra carbon emitted by crude produced using oil sands instead of more conventional sources. The study, by a unit of California-based Jacobs Engineering Group, found that emissions from oil-sand crude are just 12 percent higher than from regular crude. But the report was ... Read more
Shell's stance on wind power reveals a profound truth of capitalism | Andrew Simms
When pushed to choose between profit and survival, the oil giant chooses profit – irrespective of collective consequence They couldn't "make the numbers work". There's something so blithe – and enormously telling - about the excuse offered by the oil company Shell to explain why they were not investing in wind power in Britain. Presented with an accounting fact – that, on Shell's terms, wind ... Read more
The age of extreme oil: 'This used to be a forest?'
When natives from Peru's Amazon visited Alberta's oil sands, they hoped they weren't seeing their future Read more
Shell earnings soar on high oil prices
ROYAL DUTCH Shell’s first-quarter profits rose 11 per cent to $7.7 billion, as higher production and strong oil prices outweighed low natural gas prices in the US. Read more
