Green Car Congress
JUNE 14, 2022
bp has agreed to sell its 50% interest in the Sunrise oil sands project in Alberta, Canada, to Calgary-based Cenovus Energy, the other owner of the Sunrise project. In Canada, bp will no longer have interests in oil sands production and will shift its focus to future potential offshore growth. 650 water depth.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 3, 2012
Proposed oil sands monitoring by 2015. The Government of Canada and Government of Alberta unveiled “The Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring” in a partnership to improve environmental monitoring in the oil sands region with a program that will sample more sites for more substances more frequently.
Green Car Congress
JULY 10, 2015
A team at the University of Calgary (Canada) has compared the energy intensities and lifecycle GHG emissions of unconventional oils (oil sands and oil shale) alongside shale gas, coal, lignite, wood and conventional oil and gas. This is not the same as crude oil occurring naturally in shales, as in the Bakken.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 17, 2015
Exxon Mobil has started production at its Kearl oil sands expansion project in Alberta, Canada ahead of schedule; the expansion is expected to double overall capacity to 220,000 barrels of bitumen a day, with the expansion itself ultimately expected to reach 110,000 barrels per day. Kearl will access approximately 4.6 Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
APRIL 29, 2013
Imperial Oil Limited has begun the initial development of the Kearl oil sands project ( earlier post ), which incorporates technology innovations to enhance environmental performance. Kearl will be the first oil sands mining operation that does not require an upgrader to make a saleable crude oil.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 19, 2010
ConocoPhillips announced the second phase of the Surmont project, a Canadian oil sands steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility. Surmont is located approximately 63 kilometers (39 miles) southeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta, in the Athabasca oil sands region. Phase 2 is scheduled to begin production in 2015.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 25, 2011
The carbon capture process at the Scotford oil sands upgrader will capture about 35% of emissions. water vessels, the triethylene glycol dehydration unit, and. miles) underground into the deepest saline aquifer formation in Alberta (the Basal Cambrian Sands) beneath several layers of impermeable rock. Click to enlarge.
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