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 | Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct |
| Capturing a Cacophony of Voices |
| My 2017 book, Bitumen: The people, performance and passions behind Alberta's oil sands, its book of the year. I'm quite honoured. Here is an intro to the oil sands, based on information from that book.
By Peter McKenzie-Brown
Hudson’s Bay
Company explorer James Knight made a seminal observation in his diary on
June 27, 1715. On an expedition into today’s Alberta, he wrote that he had
learned from Cree “Home Guard” Indigenous people, local trappers and factory
provisioners “abt the Great RTuesday, March 13, 2018 |
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 | Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| Resurgent US oil industry priming the economic pump |
| Crude oil prices dropped from $110 a barrel in the summer of 2014 to about $30 in January 2016. The effect on oil producers and oil-producing countries was dramatic. The Russian ruble plunged, and the Canadian dollar slipped to below 70 cents US for the first time since 2003, kicking the country into recession and snuffing out the oil boom in Alberta. Many foreign companies operating in the high-cost Canadian oil sands pulled up stakes.
One of the hardest hit countries was Venezuela, whose petrFriday, January 26, 2018 |
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| Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct |
| The Suncor Story |
| This article is largely the text of a presentation I recently gave for the launch of my latest book.
The well-attended event took place at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary.
The image above is a map of Alberta’s oil sands, and its purpose is to
orient you geographically to the oil sands themselves. I have registered the
book as a Canada 150 publication, so it sports that logo.
In global terms, the oil sands are the world’s second-largest
petroleum resource. Only Venezuela has more bitumenWednesday, September 13, 2017 |
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| Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct |
| Petroleum-related Land Reclamation in Alberta |
| A presentation to the Petroleum History Society
February 22,
2017
By Peter
McKenzie-Brown
My co-authors for the book Footprints: The Evolution of Land
Conservation and Reclamation in Alberta were Bob Bott and Graham Chandler.
Many experts were on the steering
committee and among those we interviewed. Key experts included Larry Brocke,
Bruce Patterson, Chris Powter, and Fred Thiessen, who were leaders in land
reclamation within the province. Saturday, February 25, 2017 |
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| 24hGold - Publicnow |
| Trinidad Drilling Ltd. Announces Addition to the Board of Directors |
| CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - June 23, 2016) -
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
Trinidad Drilling Ltd. (TSX:TDG) ('Trinidad' or the 'Company') announced today the appointment of Nancy Laird to its Board of Directors. The appointment is effective June 22, 2016 and expands the Board to seven directors, six of whom are independent.
Ms. Laird is a corporate director with more than 30 years of experience in the energy industryThursday, June 23, 2016 |
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 | Oilprice.com - oilprice.com |
| 60 Reasons Why Oil Investors Should Hang On |
| Inventories will continue to rise, but the momentum is slowing.
The following are some observations as to how we got here and how we're gonna
get out.
9 reasons why oil has taken so long to bottom:
1. OPEC increased production in 2015 to multiyear highs, principally
in Saudi Arabia and Iraq where production between the two added 1.5 million
barrels per day (mb/d) to inventories after the no cut stance was adopted.
2. Russian production increased in 2015 to post Soviet highs.
3. Long plaWednesday, January 27, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| Futures Magazing: Shake it off |
| Oil is trying to shake off weakness in the Asian stock markets after China’s General Administration of Customs reported that China’s December crude imports increased by 9.3% over a year ago, sucking in about 33.2 million metric tons of oil.
There was also a hint that Saudi Arabia and Russia might be warming to an idea of a production cut. This come as bearish bets on the February $25.00 crude oil put buying hit a record high. The bears are doubling down on an imminent price collapse over $7.00 aTuesday, January 26, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| OIL 60 Reasons Why Oil Investors Should Hang On |
| The following are some observations as to how we got here and how we’re gonna get out.9 reasons why oil has taken so long to bottom:1. OPEC increased production in 2015 to multiyear highs, principally in Saudi Arabia and Iraq where production between the two added 1.5 million barrels per day (mb/d) to inventories after the no cut stance was adopted. 2. Russian production increased in 2015 to post Soviet highs.3. Long planned Gulf of Mexico production began coming on in late 2015.4. An overhang oMonday, January 25, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Noodls |
| OIL Suncor Energy and Canadian Oil Sands mail and file documents for amended offer for COS shares |
| CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Jan. 22, 2016) - Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU) (NYSE:SU) and Canadian Oil Sands Limited (TSX:COS) today announced the filing and mailing of a notice of variation and change to Suncor's offer and a notice of change to the COS directors' circular. These changes relate to the previously announced increase in the original offer to COS shareholders to 0.28 of a Suncor share for each COS share (the 'Amended Offer'). The Amended Offer also provides for, among other thingsFriday, January 22, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| OIL The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Suncor Energy, BP, Chevron, Statoil ASA and Petrobras |
| For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – January 20, 2016 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Suncor Energy Inc. (SU), BP plc (BP),Chevron Corp. (CVX),Statoil ASA (STO) and Petrobras (PBR). Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Get #1Stock of the Day pick for free. Here are hiWednesday, January 20, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| OIL The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Suncor Energy, BP, Chevron, Statoil ASA and Petrobras |
| For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – January 20, 2016 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Suncor Energy Inc. (SU), BP plc (BP),Chevron Corp. (CVX),Statoil ASA (STO) and Petrobras (PBR). Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Get #1Stock of the Day pick for free. Here are hiWednesday, January 20, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| OIL The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Suncor Energy, BP, Chevron, Statoil ASA and Petrobras |
| For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – January 20, 2016 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Suncor Energy Inc. (SU), BP plc (BP),Chevron Corp. (CVX),Statoil ASA (STO) and Petrobras (PBR). Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Get #1Stock of the Day pick for free. Here are hiWednesday, January 20, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| OIL The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Suncor Energy, BP, Chevron, Statoil ASA and Petrobras |
| For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – January 20, 2016 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Suncor Energy Inc. (SU), BP plc (BP),Chevron Corp. (CVX),Statoil ASA (STO) and Petrobras (PBR). Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Get #1Stock of the Day pick for free. Here are hiWednesday, January 20, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| OIL The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Suncor Energy, BP, Chevron, Statoil ASA and Petrobras |
| For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – January 20, 2016 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Suncor Energy Inc. (SU), BP plc (BP),Chevron Corp. (CVX),Statoil ASA (STO) and Petrobras (PBR). Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Get #1Stock of the Day pick for free. Here are hiWednesday, January 20, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| OIL Suncor Energy Raises Canadian Oil Sands Bid to C$4.24B |
| After months of negotiation, Suncor Energy Inc. SU − Canada’s largest energy firm − has finally decided to raise its takeover bid for Canadian Oil Sands Ltd.The two companies finally signed a friendly accord under which Suncor has consented to take its bid to C$4.24 billion from the prior offer of C$3.78 billion. Suncor’s new offer of 0.28 share for every share of Canadian Oil Sand has been increased from the previous ratio of 0.25. Investors should know that including C$2.4 billion in debt, theTuesday, January 19, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| OIL Iran’s Eagerness To Export Sees Oil Tanking Again |
| First wel'll take a quick look at some of the critical figures and data in the energy markets this week. Oil broke below $30 per barrel late last week as Iran returned to the international economy and prepared to export more oil.
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Related: Oman Offers to Slash Oil Production If OPEC Follows SuitChart of the Week
• Oil-related tax receipts have plunged along with the price of crude. • Alaska has been hardest hit because its severance taxes are based on oil Tuesday, January 19, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| OIL Oil Gas Stock Roundup: Crude at Sub-$30, Suncor to Buy Rival in Sweetened Deal |
| It was a week where oil futures dropped to their worst settlement levels since Nov 2003 and natural gas tumbled to its lowest in almost a month.On the news front, Suncor Energy Inc. SU reached an agreement to acquire Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. after raising its all-stock offer by 12%.Overall, it was a pretty bad week for the sector. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures dived 11.3% to close at $29.42 per barrel, while natural gas prices plunged 15.1% to $2.10 per million Btu (MMBtu). (See theTuesday, January 19, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| OIL Oil Gas Stock Roundup: Crude at Sub-$30, Suncor to Buy Rival in Sweetened Deal |
| It was a week where oil futures dropped to their worst settlement levels since Nov 2003 and natural gas tumbled to its lowest in almost a month.On the news front, Suncor Energy Inc. SU reached an agreement to acquire Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. after raising its all-stock offer by 12%.Overall, it was a pretty bad week for the sector. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures dived 11.3% to close at $29.42 per barrel, while natural gas prices plunged 15.1% to $2.10 per million Btu (MMBtu). (See theTuesday, January 19, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| OIL Oil Gas Stock Roundup: Crude at Sub-$30, Suncor to Buy Rival in Sweetened Deal |
| It was a week where oil futures dropped to their worst settlement levels since Nov 2003 and natural gas tumbled to its lowest in almost a month.On the news front, Suncor Energy Inc. SU reached an agreement to acquire Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. after raising its all-stock offer by 12%.Overall, it was a pretty bad week for the sector. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures dived 11.3% to close at $29.42 per barrel, while natural gas prices plunged 15.1% to $2.10 per million Btu (MMBtu). (See theTuesday, January 19, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| OIL Oil Gas Stock Roundup: Crude at Sub-$30, Suncor to Buy Rival in Sweetened Deal |
| It was a week where oil futures dropped to their worst settlement levels since Nov 2003 and natural gas tumbled to its lowest in almost a month.On the news front, Suncor Energy Inc. SU reached an agreement to acquire Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. after raising its all-stock offer by 12%.Overall, it was a pretty bad week for the sector. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures dived 11.3% to close at $29.42 per barrel, while natural gas prices plunged 15.1% to $2.10 per million Btu (MMBtu). (See theTuesday, January 19, 2016 |
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