May 07 Archive

Stelmach warns Ottawa on oil sands EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier EdStelmach has urged caution on a Commons committee report that suggests more federal involvement in the oil sands and a

New Research Centre Will Seek Ways to Reduce Water Use in Oil Sands (CSRwire) March 5, 2007- Water use in oil sands development is currently a significant concern for Albertans and Canadians, particularly as the industry

Health Canada Tries to silence Tarsands whistleblower All within the area of the Tar sands. The Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons, as well as Health Canada have filed a complaint against Northern

Report: Oil sands costs up 55 percent HOUSTON, March 6 (UPI) -- Capital costs per peak flowing barrel of Canada's oil sands are up 55 percent, squeezing returns on investments, a report released

Alberta eyes carbon dioxide pipeline for oil sands The idea of a pipeline, which languished under the last years of Ralph Klein's government, is to connect the oil sands near Fort McMurray

Penn West May Invest C$500 Million in Oil-Sands Plant (Update1) An expected tripling in production from Alberta's oil sands to 3 million barrels a day by 2015 has spurred plans for plants able to process the extra-heavy

Pipeline aimed at oil sands raises green ire CALGARY -- The federal government should prevent the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline from providing fuel for oil sands production because of

Oil sands exempt under new climate plan The greenhouse gas emissions extraction of oil from Alberta's oil sands will continue rising dramatically under a proposed climate change plan

Canadian business: 'Please send Mexicans' Both provincial and federal levels of government have historically favored a strategy of growing the tar sands as rapidly as possible

Funds to help Fort McMurray region cope with wild oil-sands growth The oil-sands report was commissioned by the government last August, around the same time then-premier Ralph Klein admitted that "there wasn't a plan"