Oil sands ambition shows staying power

April 01, 2009 Category: Finance Tags: oil sands, oilsands, outlook
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By early 2009, setbacks dealt out to Alberta’s oil sands looked crushing. Project delays became routine

Retired Syncrude president Jim Carter Wasn’t Exactly Welcomed Into the Calgary Petroleum Club

October 27, 2008 Category: Departments, People Tags: Calgary Petroleum Club, oil sands, oilsands, tar sands
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“At the next meeting of the club he was definitely going to move a resolution to see that I, ‘and none of your kind,’ would ever enjoy privileges in the Calgary Petroleum Club.”

Reality check: Oil sands projects in Alberta have a history of disappointing openings

October 27, 2008 Category: Finance Tags: Fort McMurray, megaprojects, oil sands, oilsands
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By Gord Jaremko

A humbling heritage of setbacks taught leaders in the early oil sands developments not to be cocky and to avoid rash promises

How Air Standards for Power Generation Could be an Omen for the Oil Sands

September 16, 2008 Category: Alternative Energy Tags: Alberta Environment, BATEA, Bow City Power Project, CASA, Clean Air Strategic Alliance, coal, electricity, emissions, Epcor, hydrocarbon, oil sands, oilsands, SAGD, sulfur dioxide
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By Dean Watt

Strict new green standards for power stations are on the horizon

Why Alberta Can’t Have it All

September 16, 2008 Category: Finance Tags: bitumen, crude, oil sands, oilsands, upgrader, upgrading, US
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Bitumen upgrading outside of Alberta will continue to grow, despite the efforts of the provincial government, say analysts

Enbridge drawing up plans for a liquid carbon dioxide pipeline

September 16, 2008 Category: Technology Tags: C02, carbon dioxide, coal, greenhouse gas emissions, liquid carbon dioxide, oilsands, pipeline, slurry, sulphur
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Imagine a super fire extinguisher, built as a carbon-dioxide-filled tube stretching hundreds of kilometers from Fort McMurray to central Alberta.

Edmonton based crane company combines the best of Alberta, Idaho and Washington

September 15, 2008 Category: Services Tags: crane, Fort McMurray, oil & gas, oil sands, oilsands, Services
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By Gord Jaremko

NC Services Group is challenging for top spot in the heavy lifting world

Mission Impossible? Oil sands advocates disagree on how to improve the reputation of the oil sands

September 15, 2008 Category: Policy Tags: bitumen, CAPP, Environment, industry, oil & gas, oil sands, oilsands, public relations, reputation
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By Graham Chandler

In the face of vociferous criticism, oil sands stakeholders and lobbyists discuss how best to remediate the industry’s reputation

The first mega oil sands plants built from scratch by home-grown Alberta firms waste no time gloating and face up to fresh challenges

September 15, 2008 Category: Technology Tags: CAPP, CNRL, construction, Fort McMurray, Horizon, Long Lake, megaprojects, Nexen, oil sands, oilsands, OPTI Canada
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By Graham Chandler

In the oil sands, stupendous numbers pile up.

Alberta Research Council Evaluates Carbon Storage Potential

May 29, 2008 Category: Environment Tags: Alberta Research Council, carbon capture and storage, carbon storage, emissions trading, oil reservoirs, oilsands
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By Maurice Dusseault

Striking at the heart of oilsands emissions