2013 Energy Information Oil-Sands 
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MARCH 21, 2014
Cenovus Energy Inc. received approval from the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) for its 100%-owned Grand Rapids thermal oil sands project. Cenovus and its predecessor companies have been operating and producing oil in the area for more than 15 years from the Wabiskaw formation, which is a deeper geological zone.
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NOVEMBER 21, 2013
The carbon intensity (CI) of Alberta oil sands production has significantly decreased over the last 40 years, according to a new study by a team from Stanford University published as an open access paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters. Supplementary Information. Trends in well-to-wheel pathway-specific CI.
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NOVEMBER 10, 2011
The Obama Administration will delay a decision on approving the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada until sometime in 2013—i.e., Among the relevant issues that would be considered are environmental concerns (including climate change), energy security, economic impacts, and foreign policy. after the US elections in November 2012.
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MARCH 2, 2013
The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. The pipeline would primarily transport crude oil from the WCSB and Bakken regions.
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JANUARY 1, 2014
BP said that 2013 had been its most successful year for new field exploration for almost a decade. In mid-December 2013, BP announced its discovery in the Gila prospect, its latest in the Paleogene in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. billion barrels of oil equivalent, according to Cobalt. Click to enlarge. —Joseph H.
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AUGUST 26, 2011
Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. The proposed Project is not likely to impact the amount of crude oil produced from the oil sands. Click to enlarge.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2011
Last week, the US State Department announced it would delay a decision on approving the Keystone XL pipeline—a 1,700-mile pipeline from the oil sands in Canada to the US Gulf Coast—until sometime in 2013. —Alex Pourbaix, TransCanada’s president, Energy and Oil Pipelines. Earlier post.).
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