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Canada's Oil Sands - Part 1
Canada's Oil Sands - Part 1
This is the first in a two-part series about Canada's oil sands. In this post, I will talk about a recent American Petroleum Institute (API)-sponsored media trip I made to see Canada's oil sands, and give a little background on material being extracted. In the second part of the series, I will ...
Clarion Call from Cantarell
Clarion Call from Cantarell
gregor.us — The eighth largest oil field in the world will be dead by the end of next year. Shall I repeat that, or did you get it the first time? Like the Time to Die Speech of Rutger Hauer at the end of Blade Runner , the Cantarell complex has surely seen its ... (more) Clarion Call from Cantarell
Op-Ed Contributor - ‘Peak Oil’ Is a Waste of Energy
Op-Ed Contributor - ‘Peak Oil’ Is a Waste of Energy
nytimes.com — Amherst, Mass. REMEMBER “peak oil”? It’s the theory that geological scarcity will at some point make it impossible for global petroleum production to avoid falling, heralding the end of the oil age and, potentially, economic catastrophe. Well, just ... (more) Op-Ed Contributor - ‘Peak Oil’ Is a Waste of ...
Update on Canada Oil Sands, Part I - Contrarian Stock Market Investing News - Featuring Bargain ...
contrarianprofits.com — Recently, I had the unique opportunity to tour two different oil sands operations near Fort McMurray, in northern Alberta. I saw a massive open-pit oil sands mine, and the associated reclamation effort, operated by Syncrude Canada Ltd. I also visited ... (more) Update on Canada Oil Sands, Part I - Contrarian Stock ...
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Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed — Scenes from the violent twilight of oil (Foreign Policy) ‘Peak Oil’ Is a Waste of Energy (NYTimes) Canada's Oil Sands - Part 1 (The Oil Drum) Natural gas and the big drill (Vancouver Sun) ...

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