Demand for Canadian heavy crude is soaring

November 10, 2011 Category: International Tags: Gulf Coast, heavy oil, Keystone XL, oil sands, TransCanada Corp
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'Structural change' in markets said to support long term export plans More →

Canadian firms in Colombia face an infrastructure pinch

November 04, 2011 Category: Web Exclusives Tags: Colombia, Gran Tierra, heavy oil, natural gas, Petrominerales Ltd., pipeline
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As in North America, pipelines are needed to hit growth targets More →

For Petrominerales Ltd. and others, Colombia beckons

November 01, 2011 Category: International Tags: Colombia, Gran Tierra, heavy oil, Parex Resources, Petrolminerales Ltd.
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By Darren Campbell

A cadre of Canadian firms heads south in search of heavy oil More →

The Canadian oil patch defies convention

June 01, 2011 Category: Energy Ink Tags: bitumen, ExxonMobil, heavy oil, oil & gas, oil sands, tight gas
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By Darren Campbell

The oil sands, heavy oil and tight gas are driving growth More →

Heavy oil moves from the fringe to the mainstream

June 01, 2011 Category: Economics Tags: ExxonMobil, heavy oil, IHS CERA, oil sands, Total E&P Canada Ltd
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By Nathan Vanderklippe

A surge in crude prices and high technology creates an unconventional powerhouse More →

Compressor companies expand as natural gas prices shrivel

June 01, 2011 Category: Technology Tags: compressors, heavy oil, natural gas, Startec, World Heavy Oil Congress
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Gas applications find a niche in the heavy oil business More →

In the oil sands, a fractious debate ignores simple reality

May 01, 2011 Category: Economics Tags: heavy oil, IHS CERA, Keystone XL, oil sands, TransCanada Corp, United States
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By Bill Sass

Washington knows its oil supplies are getting 'heavier', consul says More →

The future of oil is getting heavier

March 16, 2011 Category: Energy Ink Tags: Edmonton, Energy, heavy oil, oil markets, oil sands, prices
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By Jeff Lewis

Finding new markets will be among the biggest challenges faced by producers More →

Nigeria’s Petroleum-based Nation-building

January 30, 2008 Category: Gas, International Tags: bitumen, crude oil, Dr. Emmanuel Egbogak, heavy oil, hydrocarbon, liquefied natural gas, LNG, NAPCOM, Niger Delta, Nigeria, oil sands, oilsands, petroleum, West Africa
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By Paul Michael Wihbey

Paul Michael Wihbey, President of Washington-based energy consulting firm GWEST, draws on his in-depth working knowledge of West Africa to report on Nigeria’s energy-driven upswing as well as its heavy oil industry’s promising Alberta connection More →

Heavy Oil Recovery and the Strategic Decisions That Need to be Made

January 30, 2008 Category: Technology Tags: Alberta Research Council, CHOPS, heavy oil, petroleum, recovery plan, reservoir, toe-to-heel air injection
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By Kambiz Safinya

The question is not how much heavy oil is in the ground, but how much of it can be recovered. For Canada’s heavy oil operators – those who could make Canada the world’s fifth-largest producer by 2015 – the answer depends on the efficiency of their recovery plans More →