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Closing the gap on emissions standards

June 02, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: , ,
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U.S. vehicle emissions standards could bring American drivers in line with their counterparts in the EU More →

Canadian crude has higher emissions toll but is good for U.S. energy security

June 17, 2009 Category: Charts Tags: , , ,
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Why Alberta Can’t Have it All

September 16, 2008 Category: Finance Tags: , , , , , ,
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Bitumen upgrading outside of Alberta will continue to grow, despite the efforts of the provincial government, say analysts More →

Alberta Trade Mission Scales Capitol Hill

January 30, 2008 Category: People, Policy Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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The largest trade delegation in Alberta history visited Washington in mid-January, with public policy events on Capitol Hill and a business session at the historic Mayflower Hotel More →

Mexican oil production at a crossroads

April 01, 2007 Category: International Tags: , , ,
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As newly-elected conservative Mexican President Felipe Calderón and U.S. President George W. Bush searched in Mexico City for some kind of grand bargain on oil and immigration this past March, the governments of Alberta and Mexico signed an energy cooperation agreement that could well position Alberta’s private and public sectors at the forefront of efforts to revitalize Mexico’s energy industry – particularly if both Calderón and Bush deliver on their joint commitments More →

Out of Focus

October 01, 2006 Category: International, Policy Tags: , , , , ,
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That support for the Bush administration has waved in step with world oil prices only raises the question: how long can the responsibility for runaway consumption be deflected by focusing on the world’s energy producers? 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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