Oil Sands Truth: Shut Down the Tar Sands

Energy

Energy and how it is captured and consumed is barely viable in tar sands production. While the amount of oil in places such as the tar sands in Alberta or the Orinoco Belt in Venezuela may have deposits of similar size to the reserves of countries such as Saudi Arabia or Iraq, the return of new energy after expending energy in production is not even close. In Iraq, the process of using one barrel of oil generates 100 new barrels. In the tar sands, estimates of 3 to 1 and even as low as 1.5 to 1 have been made. Offsetting the net energy loss would require minimally 25-30 tar sands facilities for one Saudi plant operating at the same capacity.

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Alberta tar sands, nuclear power proposals connected, says Calgary-based journalist

Alberta tar sands, nuclear power proposals connected, says Calgary-based journalist
DAMIEN WOOD - Herald-Tribune staff
June 16, 2009

The issues surrounding oil production from the tar sands and nuclear power plants being proposed in Alberta are integrally woven together, says journalist Andrew Nikiforuk.

The Calgary-based business journalist was in Grande Prairie Thursday to give a presentation at the Golden Age Centre based on his latest book, Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of the Continent.

Bin explodes near site of previous B.C. pipeline explosions

Bin explodes near site of previous B.C. pipeline explosions
Explosion near the site of 4 previous still under investigation

Canwest News Service
June 12, 2009

Police probe the site of an earlier explosion targeting a sour-gas well in the B.C. Interior. RCMP confirmed Friday they are investigating an explosion in a large bear-proof garbage bin near Dawson Creek sometime overnight.

Exxon joins TransCanada's Alaska pipeline project

Carrie Tait and Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post
Thursday, June 11, 2009

CALGARY -- The world's largest publicly owned energy company has thrown its weight behind TransCanada Corp.'s effort to build a natural gas pipeline from Alaska North Slope to the rest of the United States, a move which could jam a stake through the heart of a rival pipeline plan and further haunt Canada's stalled Mackenzie Valley pipeline.

TransCanada, ExxonMobil commit to $26B US Alaska gas pipeline

Never believe this nonsense about the MGP being canceled by the Alaska Highway Pipeline or vice versa. With the projected/planned growth of the tar pits, plus peak gas, these pipelines are both "needed" by the industrial society controlling Turtle Island. THe math is fairly clear on the subject.

--M

TransCanada, ExxonMobil commit to $26B US Alaska gas pipeline
Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2009
CBC News

TransCanada Corporation said Thursday it has struck a deal with ExxonMobil to develop an Alaska gas pipeline at an initial projected cost of $26 billion US.

Oil and Indians Don't Mix

by Greg Palast
Friday, June 12, 2009

For Air America Radio's Ring of Fire

There's an easy way to find oil. Go to some remote and gorgeous natural sanctuary, say Alaska or the Amazon, find some Indians, then drill down under them.

If the indigenous folk complain, well, just shoo-them away. Shoo-ing methods include: bulldozers, bullets, crooked politicians and fake land sales.

It's Official - The Era of Cheap Oil Is Over: Energy Department Changes Tune on Peak Oil

FRIDAY 12 JUNE 2009

It's Official - The Era of Cheap Oil Is Over: Energy Department Changes Tune on Peak Oil

by: Michael T. Klare | Visit article original @ TomDispatch.com

Government and Corporate ENGO's to use Nahanni Park as smokescreen to Industrialize the Northwest Territories

Let's just unpack some of this bullshit and put it out on the table, shall we?

Good!

Here's the point of all this. The Mackenzie Gas Project will devastate the Beaufort Delta, ravage the Colville Hills region of the Sahtu, begin a process of colonial settler population transfers to the Valley where up until this day there is still a majority of the population Dene. This will include a highway, and the "temporary" migration of 1000's of workers near small communities like Wrigley/Pedzheh Kí who currently have populations of about 200 people.

Suncor, Petro-Canada merger approved

Suncor, Petro-Canada merger approved
June 5, 2009
CAROL CHRISTIAN
Fort McMurray Today staff

Suncor Energy and Petro-Canada shareholders gave overwhelming support yesterday for the proposed merger of the two companies to become Canada's largest energy company in a deal worth $22.2 billion.

Petro-Canada shareholders were the first to approve the deal at more than 96% in favour. At a later meeting, Suncor shareholders vote 98% in favour of the merger. After the vote John Ferguson, chairman of the board, said it was a historic day for the two companies and a great day for Canada.

High Gas Prices Could Slow Recovery

High Gas Prices Could Slow Recovery
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Published: June 8, 2009

HOUSTON — After just a few months of relief at the pump, cheap gasoline is disappearing.

Gas prices have risen 41 days in a row, to a national average of almost $2.62 a gallon. That is a sharp increase from the low of $1.62 a gallon that prevailed at the end of last year.

Court rules against Chevron, city of Richmond in environmental review (San Fran)

Court rules against Chevron, city of Richmond in environmental review
By Katherine Tam
West County Times
06/05/2009

A Contra Costa Superior Court judge has ruled that the environmental document covering Chevron's bid to replace equipment at its Richmond refinery to refine a wider range of crude is insufficient and vague.

"Project description is unclear and inconsistent as to whether project will or will not enable Chevron to process a heavier crude slate than it is currently processing," Judge Barbara Zuniga wrote.