Oil Sands Truth: Shut Down the Tar Sands

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Land, regardless of whether covered by forests, tundra or grasslands, is threatened by mining operations such as Alberta’s vast open tar pit operations, or through incredible networks of “right of way” cuts for pipelines that extend in the hundreds of thousands of miles, all told, and across the continent in four directions and to three oceans—either through feeding the tarsand operations with fossil fuel energy or through feeding energy markets from tarsand operations after production. In the case of pipeline right of ways, they can blast directly through mountains or be buried in permafrost if needed, to get the energy to move.

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World will struggle to meet oil demand

by Carola Hoyos and Javier Blas in London

Financial Times FT.com (October 28 2008)

Output from the world's oilfields is declining faster than previously
thought, the first authoritative public study of the biggest fields shows.

Without extra investment to raise production, the natural annual rate of
output decline is 9.1 per cent, the International Energy Agency says in
its annual report, the World Energy Outlook, a draft of which has been
obtained by the Financial Times.

The findings suggest the world will struggle to produce enough oil to

Deputy Premier of Alberta aims to increase trade with Middle East, esp Israel

Deputy Premier aims to increase trade with Middle East

Edmonton... Alberta Deputy Premier and Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations Ron Stevens will support a delegation of 30 Alberta companies to the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), the largest oil and gas conference in the Middle East.

The four-day conference brings together more than 1,800 exhibitors from around the world, featuring 200 international speakers and is one of the highlights of the Oct. 30 to Nov. 14 mission.

Energy, Mining Stocks Collapse on Late Day TSX Selloff

Late-day selloff sinks TSX
STEVE LADURANTAYE
Globe and Mail Update
October 27, 2008

A late-day selloff in financial, energy and mining stocks pushed the S&P/TSX to a deep loss Monday, even as commodities recovered from earlier losses.

The S&P/TSX tumbled 8.1 per cent, or 756.75 points, to 8,537.34 points, its lowest close in four years. Manulife Financial, which may need to raise capital to appease regulators, led the downward charge with a loss of 15.3 per cent.

CBI Partner Nexen Pats Self on the Back with Greenwash Paint

Keep in mind: Nexen waste burning "co-generation" will create up to EIGHT TIMES the C02 and other greenhouse gas emissions footprint of a regular pump jack.

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Long Lake partners praised for efforts
Calgary Herald
October 26, 2008

All but 10 per cent of the water is to be recycled. The project will have ponds, but not giant tailings ponds like those at mining projects such as Syncrude Canada, Suncor Energy and Shell's Athabasca Oil Sands Project.

Quick Sand: Credit Crunch and Falling Oil Hit Tar-Sands Projects

Quick Sand: Credit Crunch and Falling Oil Hit Oil-Sands Projects
October 24, 2008, Wall Street Journal
Posted by Keith Johnson

From Canada, more signs that the oil industry is starting to feel pinched.

Two big Canadian oil-sands producers are delaying oil-production projects and scaling back capital expenditure. Suncor and Petro-Canada both pushed back plans to install “upgraders” that can turn tar sands into crude oil.

Enbridge weighs stake for aboriginals (Gateway Pipeline)

Enbridge weighs stake for aboriginals
From Herald News Services
Published: Saturday, October 25, 2008

Enbridge Inc. is considering offering aboriginal groups an equity stake in its planned 525,000-barrel-a-day Northern Gateway oilsands export pipeline in order to secure support for the project, a company official said Friday.

Enbridge, Canada's No. 2 pipeline company, is still working out details of how large a stake it would offer to native communities along the pipeline's route. As well, it has to firm up how any such stake would be financed.

Somebody local with a grudge targeting oilpatch?

Somebody local with a grudge targeting oilpatch?
Stephen Hume
Vancouver Sun
Monday, October 20, 2008

News of a second pipeline bombing in British Columbia's Peace River district splashed across headlines from New York to New Zealand.

Almost as quickly, anxious residents of Tomslake, about 700 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, speculated about al-Qaida, first nations militants and eco-extremists.

Trillions of dollars' worth of oil

Trillions of dollars' worth of oil
High Stakes in Canada’s Vast Oil-Sands Fields
George Tombs, The Christian Science Monitor

The relentless search for oil has led explorers to the boreal forest of northeastern Alberta, among the jack pines and black spruce trees an hour's drive from the boom town of Fort McMurray. Kelly Hansen, operations manager at ConocoPhillips's $1 billion Surmont oil-sands plant, holds up the prize: a beaker of sticky black “synbit,” a 50-50 blend of bitumen (a viscous, tarlike petroleum) and synthetic oil.

Mackenzie Gas Project Creeps Ever Closer

Positive step forward for pipeline
Paul Bickford
Northern News Services
Published Monday, October 6, 2008

INUVIK - A major piece of the puzzle that is the Mackenzie Gas Project has fallen into place.

Access and benefits agreements have been reached between the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and project proponents.
NNSL Photo/Graphic

Construction of the $16.2 billion Mackenzie Valley Pipeline is awaiting regulatory approval and the inking of access agreements similar to one signed by the Inuvialuit last week. - NNSL file photo