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Clean energy champions advocate oil sands productivity and environmental responsibility

May 01, 2009 Category: Environment, People Tags: ,
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Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council chairman Jim Carter, EnCana executive VP of corporate relations Gerard Protti and Enbridge Inc. CEO Pat Daniel discuss their visions for the Alberta’s energy future More →

The Greenhouse Gas Czar

December 01, 2008 Category: Alternative Energy, Environment, People, Policy, Services Tags: , , , , ,
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By Gordon Jaremko

Former Syncrude Canada president Jim Carter leads the Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council More →

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Offshore drilling moves to the deep end

The proportion of deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico first began to outpace drilling at shallower depths in the early 1980s, figures from the U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service show. The gap grew steadily until the late-1990s, when production from deepwater plays rose dramatically. The sudden increase in deepwater activity lends credence to the argument that oil is increasingly harder and more expensive to access.

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