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CERES lends oil sands players a respectable touch

September 01, 2010 Category: Environment Tags: , , , , ,
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Alberta's gravy-train faces increased scrutiny from environmental watchdogs More →

Assessing environmental impacts is a full-time job

August 03, 2010 Category: Entrepreneurs Tags: , , , ,
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Tera Environmental Consultants repackages a feel-good cliche as a professional business More →

China and the prospects for a Pacific pipeline

July 20, 2010 Category: Blog Tags: , , , ,
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AO is going monthly. In August we bring you a report on the Far East and human resources More →

Addicts always turn on the pusher

July 15, 2010 Category: Blog Tags: , , ,
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Rethink Alberta ignores energy consumption patterns in the U.S. More →

Big bad coal remains an energy staple

June 16, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: , , , ,
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Climate accords notwithstanding, the world isn't ready to abandon the black stuff just yet More →

What do bald eagles, Rachel Carson and offshore drilling have in common?

April 29, 2010 Category: Blog Tags: , ,
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70 years of environmental regulation, that's what More →

New slate of Canadian energy infrastructure projects show environmental leanings

April 07, 2010 Category: Economics Tags: , ,
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Shell Canada's Project Quest north of Edmonton is one of many projects under construction with a green tinge More →

OECD countries top emitters on a per capita basis

December 09, 2009 Category: Charts Tags: , , ,
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North America leads, followed by Pacific rim and European nations More →

Alberta wellsite reclamation efforts slow to take shape

December 01, 2009 Category: Environment, Policy Tags: , , ,
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More than 40,000 wells sit abandoned as of July 2009 More →

Preston Manning says environmental thinking is here to stay

October 01, 2009 Category: Editor's Blog Tags: ,
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The father of Canadian conservatism advocates creating national conservation watchdog agencies More →

Chart of the Week

Alberta Oil Magazine chart of the week

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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