Mining news: OIL SANDS

Ignatieff blasts Harper’s attack ads in Stampede stump-style speech

we fight in every riding.’ Some have criticized the federal Tories for not vocally supporting the province’s oilsands as strongly as the Liberal leader, and Ignatieff made it very clear that he intends to continue to stand behind the massive -and

Centre For Energy Launches Interactive Energy Maps

features and more in-depth information, displays the various types of energy that are used in Canada: crude oil, oil sands and natural-gas reserves and production; pipelines; refineries; nuclear, hydro and thermal electricity generating sites; coal

No major Iraq oil production next 5 years - IEA

expressed concern about the development of unconventional sources of oil and natural gas, including oil shale and Canadian oil sands but he added that many oil fields could be developed at current prices. (Sourced from Reuters

OPEC and IEA Agree Not to Disagree: A Good O…

normal world, when the global economy is running in order, to bring new investments in the offshore and oil sands to the market, you need a price level of $75 a barrel.’ But in the current economic context, any strong price rise from the current price

Environmental issues aren’t being shelved during this economic crash

become a very real concern for an energy exporting nation. Especially one with such a strong reliance on oil sands production, with its exceptionally large carbon footprint. And it isn’t just the U.S. that’s leaning this way either: The World Trade

Ignatieff blasts Harper in Stampede stump-style speech

we fight in every riding.? Some have criticized the federal Tories for not vocally supporting the province?s oilsands as strongly as the Liberal leader, and Ignatieff made it very clear that he intends to continue to stand behind the massive ?and

Ignatieff uses speech to blast Harper’s attack ads

we fight in every riding.’ Some have criticized the federal Tories for not vocally supporting the province’s oilsands as strongly as the Liberal leader, and Ignatieff made it very clear that he intends to continue to stand behind the massive –and

Police lay charges in fatal stabbing at southeast Calgary home

one province that desperately needs carbon capture and storage to work, it is Alberta. Led by the carbon-intensive oilsands, the province is belching ever greater amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and Alberta Environment says the solutions

Carbon technology to play a ‘critical role’ in Alberta’s emissions fight

one province that desperately needs carbon capture and storage to work, it is Alberta. Led by the carbon-intensive oilsands, the province is belching ever-greater amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, a fact of which the world is increasingly

CE Franklin Ltd. - Conference call announcement

products and other general oilfield supplies to oil and gas producers in Canada as well as to the oilsands, refining, heavy oil, petrochemical, forestry and mining industries. These products are distributed through its 49 branches, which are situated in

World of choices

extras. Filmmaker Yann Arthus-Bertrand shot in 54 countries and 120 locations, from Canada’s Arctic to Alberta’s oilsands to Dubai’s skyscrapers to villages on Pacific islands that are sinking into oblivion. Through Glenn Close, Arthus-Bertrand sets the

Peter Fricker: CBC shouldn’t celebrate inauthentic and inhumane Calgary Stampede

Martin Thu, 2009-07-02 18:42 Rating: Loading… Alberta has sustained remote negative comments on its energy resource, the oilsands, and now is receiving more dumb comments about an event that is well controlled and humane by distant ‘experts’ who have

Layton basks in hospitality on normally hostile grounds

needs to be sorted out at the level of the local community.’ On a far thornier issue, the oilsands, Layton sticks to his belief that no more projects should go ahead without a plan that includes heavy federal involvement in environmental and other

Ducks and Energy

in the world, and the minable area covers 1,350 square miles of boreal forest and wetlands. But oil sands give up their treasure grudgingly. In the largest oil sands reserve, the Athabasca deposit, the overlying soil must be removed, the ore crushed, and

The man behind the Teck-CIC deal

purchase a copper and coal miner at low valuations. Teck has a small stake in the Fort Hills oil sands project, which the company may sell, and sources said CIC attached no significance to that project. As the first major investment by CIC in a Canadian

China’s hunger for resources bolsters Teck

including a pair of its copper mines in Chile. Teck is also a partner in the Fort Hills oil sands project in Alberta that has suffered from staggering cost inflation and China could help Teck fund its share of the project. As the world economy has

Reader response: Crappy Canada; Michael Ignatieff’s bandwagon; Omar Shaban

friends in the soon to be pristine USA I vow to never use petroleum products refined from Alberta oil sands oil. I will only use free trade products refined from a-bubblin crude, that came up through the ground due to the efforts of poor mountaineers,

Tories hope to work …

Conservatives, in an internal memo prepared for party MLAs, argued that Ignatieff is doing more to champion the oilsands than Harper. But Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice, a Calgary MP, said reports of squabbling are exaggerated. ‘Some of the

Teck to erase more debt thanks to C$1,74bn Chinese investment

in one of Canada’s biggest resources companies, producing metallurgical coal, copper, zinc, gold and with interests in oil sands assets. China is consolidating its fragmented steel industry and is expected to be a key buyer of the company’s hard coking

Lamphier: Alberta remains best place for real estate investors

energy riches. Despite a sharp drop-off in oil and gas prices since, and a big slowdown in new oilsands projects, Campbell hasn’t flinched. He insists Edmonton will emerge from the recession stronger than ever. ‘According to our research, Edmonton is