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 | Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct |
| Author collates science and sweat of oilsands past |
| Oil sands scientist Karl Clark (right) and unidentified assistants, c. 1950
Some years ago, the Calgary Herald's Stephen Ewart attended a presentation I gave on the oil sands, and wrote it up for his newspaper. That talk formed the basis of a book I recently published. Titled Bitumen: The people, performance and passions behind Alberta's oil sands and registered as a Canada 150 project, it went on sale through Amazon today; a Kindle version follows next week. Here's the table of contents.
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| Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct |
| Author collates science and sweat of oilsands past |
| By Stephen Ewart.
With so much discussion and debate about the future of oilsands development these days, Peter McKenzie-Brown is one of the few voices urging people to reflect on its history.
The Calgary author is actually relying on the voices of the pioneers of oilsands development going back decades as he interviews the captains of the industry, the technological innovators and the people with their boots on the ground to create an oral history of the oil-sands.Take the experiences of Tom MSaturday, January 28, 2017 |
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| 24hGold - Publicnow |
| Wood Group secures $150 million, five year contract extension with Nexen in the North Sea |
| Wood Group has been awarded a five year contract by Nexen, valued at $150 million. Extending a contract in place since April 2010, Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will continue to deliver operations, maintenance and technical support across Nexen's North Sea offshore assets; the Buzzard, Scott and Golden Eagle platforms.
More than 190 jobs are retained under the contract, which is effective immediately and builds on Wood Group's 12 year relationship with Nexen in the UKCS.
James Crawford, WGPSN's manMonday, August 1, 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 - Reuters |
| Canada's Syncrude project faces operational challenges -Suncor |
| (Adds details on Syncrude, Suncor bid, quotes) By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The Syncrude oil sands project is experiencing "operational challenges" that could be resolved if Suncor is successful in its hostile takeover bid for Canadian Oil Sands, Suncor Energy Chief Executive Steve Williams said on Thursday. Suncor, which has a 12 percent stake in the joint venture Syncrude mining and upgrading project, made a C$4.3 billion ($3Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| Midweek Sector Update: The Largest Three-Day Rally In Twenty Years, Can It Last |
| Bolstering that possibility is new data showing lower U.S. oil production. On August 31, the EIA revised downwards its estimates for U.S. oil production, due to more accurate survey-based reporting. The EIA estimates that the U.S. produced 9.3 million barrels of oil per day (mb/d) in June, a drop of 100,000 barrels per day from May. Moreover, May numbers were revised downwards. Most notable were the revisions for Texas for the first half of this year, which the EIA says produced 100,000 to 150,0Tuesday, September 1, 2015 |
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| 24hGold - Noodls |
| Suncor Energy begins radio frequency pilot at Dover site |
| Waterless extraction technology has the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - July 14, 2015) -
Editors Note: There is a graphic associated with this press release.
Suncor Energy, along with its partners in the project, today announced the first radio frequency pilot for oil recovery within an in situ reservoir. The technology, Enhanced Solvent Extraction Incorporating Electromagnetic Heating (ESEIEH, proTuesday, July 14, 2015 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| What Is Triggering Recent MA Activity In The Energy Sector |
| The large increase in M&A activity is garnering the most attention in the energy space. This increase in M&A has investors wondering what companies are merging, acquiring new assets, and what this M&A activity really means?The most recent merger that has taken place is between Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) and the BG Group (LON: BG). This merger is estimated to increase Royal Dutch Shell’s deep water position, exploration, and liquefaction in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market. It is also Sunday, April 26, 2015 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
| ConocoPhillips (COP) Reduces Headcount in Canada by 7 - Analyst Blog |
| Houston-based energy major ConocoPhillips COP became the latest among a string of oil companies to lay off staff in an attempt to counter the tumbling oil prices.The American oil firm cut the number of its Canadian personnel by 7% or about 200 employees. Recently, ConocoPhillips’ annual capital expenditures for 2015 have been reduced to about $11.5 billion from $16 billion planned earlier. The falling oil price, which has witnessed a 60% slide since Jun 2014, has compelled energy companies to reThursday, March 19, 2015 |
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| 24hGold - Reuters |
| Conoco to cut 7 percent of Canadian workforce |
| (Adds detail and comment from second paragraph; changes dateline from HOUSTON) CALGARY, Alberta, March 18 (Reuters) - Oil company ConocoPhillips plans to cut about 7 percent of its workforce in Canada, or about 200 employees, as tumbling oil prices have made its operations in the country less profitable. The company, which operates conventional and oil sands operations in Canada, told Reuters on Wednesday the cuts came as oil prices continue to weaken after fallinWednesday, March 18, 2015 |
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| 24hGold - Noodls |
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| Vancouver, B.C. -February 19, 2015 - Highbank Resources Ltd. (the "Company"), TSX Venture: HBK.
Victor N. Bryant, CEO/President reports: "A crew at Swamp Point North ("SPN") has recently returned to the site and is active clearing snow, upgrading and maintaining roads, and logging/clearing further quarry area for stockpiles. Khtada Environmental Services LP monitoring personnel were on site last week taking samples in compliance with our Mines Act Permit. A supply barge left the Port of PrinceWednesday, March 11, 2015 |
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| 24hGold - Noodls |
| SPN Quarry Project LNG Updates |
| Vancouver, B.C. -February 19, 2015 - Highbank Resources Ltd. (the "Company"), TSX Venture: HBK.
Victor N. Bryant, CEO/President reports: "A crew at Swamp Point North ("SPN") has recently returned to the site and is active clearing snow, upgrading and maintaining roads, and logging/clearing further quarry area for stockpiles. Khtada Environmental Services LP monitoring personnel were on site last week taking samples in compliance with our Mines Act Permit. A supply barge left the Port of PrinceWednesday, March 11, 2015 |
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| 24hGold - MarketWired |
| SPN Quarry Project LNG Updates |
| VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - February 19, 2015) - Highbank Resources Ltd. (the "Company"), (TSX VENTURE: HBK).Victor N. Bryant, CEO/President reports: "A crew at Swamp Point North ("SPN") has recently returned to the site and is active clearing snow, upgrading and maintaining roads, and logging/clearing further quarry area for stockpiles. Khtada Environmental Services LP monitoring personnel were on site last week taking samples in compliance with our Mines Act Permit. A supply barge left the PThursday, February 19, 2015 |
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| Hess Announces Plan to Develop Stampede Field in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico |
| Hess Announces Plan to Develop Stampede Field in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2014-- Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) today announced that together with its project co-owners it will proceed with the development of Stampede, an oil and gas project operated by Hess in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
Discovered in 2005, the Stampede Field is located approximately 115 miles south of Fourchon, La., in the Gulf of Mexico (Green Canyon Blocks 468, 511 and 512). The Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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| Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct |
| Speed Bumps |
| This article appears in the September issue of Oilweek
Caribou are a symbol of Canada’s northern forests, but
their populations are under threat for a number of reasons. Other kinds of
ungulate – white-tailed deer, for example – are migrating into their habitat,
for example. This attracts wolves which, by increasing in population and range,
have become a greater threat to these iconic mammals.
Human activity, of course, has played important roles in
these developments. That makes it all Sunday, September 21, 2014 |
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 | James West - Midas Letter |
| Questioning the Economic Logic of Canada’s LNG Export Strategy |
| The stampede of would-be energy exporters to Canada’s west coast is potentially a headlong rush into folly, if the economics are considered. Never mind the ecological risks, there is an as-yet unmeasured cost to the robust eco-tourism, sport fisheries, and recreational travel industries that has not been adequately addressed in media or by the government of British Columbia.
But Canada’s eagerness to build using other people’s money might seem like a good idea, but what are the risks to Canada aTuesday, April 29, 2014 |
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| Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct |
 The Big Chill |
| This article appears in the January, 2014 issue of Oilweek
China
is an oil-producing superpower. Last year the country’s state-owned oil
companies spent $35 billion buying foreign assets. One result: the country’s
state-owned enterprises (SOEs) now produce almost as much oil outside the
country as such OPEC kingpins as Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. These
overseas acquisitions are being operated as commercial investments, in the
sense that oil from far-flung businesses is mostly being usMonday, December 30, 2013 |
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 | The Energy Report |
| Jeb Handwerger: Follow the Fundamentals in Mining Markets |
| The Mining Report: Jeb, you've been in the resource market since 1996. Based on what you've seen, what are the current trends? Jeb Handwerger: I first came into this sector when everyone was chasing the dot-com stocks. This was after the Bre-X scandal, where they were falsifying the assays. No one wanted to touch the gold miners, especially exploration stocks. They ran into the dot com sector and energy. Many people quit their jobs to become day traders. Gold had been in a correction since 1981 Wednesday, December 11, 2013 |
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 | The Gold Report |
| Jeb Handwerger: Follow the Fundamentals in Mining Markets |
| The Mining Report: Jeb, you've been in the resource market since 1996. Based on what you've seen, what are the current trends? Jeb Handwerger: I first came into this sector when everyone was chasing the dot-com stocks. This was after the Bre-X scandal, where they were falsifying the assays. No one wanted to touch the gold miners, especially exploration stocks. They ran into the dot com sector and energy. Many people quit their jobs to become day traders. Gold had been in a correction since 1981 Wednesday, December 11, 2013 |
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| The Energy Report |
| Jocelyn August: Top Five Catalysts for Small-Cap Energy Equities |
| The Energy Report: Compared to oil and gas, do you think uranium is the best place to be among the small-cap energy commodities?
Jocelyn August: Not necessarily. Oil and gas is also an interesting space, particularly the small caps. Just in the last six months, there have been a lot of catalysts in that area. The large institutional investors are investing a lot in oil and gas and not in uranium.TER: What are the most important catalysts for larger companies? JA: Generally, earnings announcemenWednesday, July 31, 2013 |
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