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Enbridge to build $1.3B Woodland Pipeline Extension to support Kearl oil sands project; 400kbpd initially

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The project has an estimated cost of $1.3 The Woodland Pipeline Extension is being constructed to serve the Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil Kearl oil sands project and its recently announced expansion. billion to service the increasing requirements of the Alberta oil sands producers.

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Alberta Innovates & NRCan awarding $26.2M to three oil sands clean tech projects; industry kicking in $43.3M

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Alberta Innovates has teamed up with Natural Resources (NRCan) and industry partners to take three clean oil sands technologies to commercial demonstration. This announcement is a result of NRCan’s Oil and Gas Clean Tech Program. Cenovus Energy will test an oil sands extraction technology using a solvent-driven process.

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Researchers propose framework for CCS infrastructure optimization to reduce GHG emissions from oil sands extraction and processing

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The width of the pipeline network (green lines) is proportional to CO 2 flow; the largest CO 2 flow is approximately 36 MtCO 2 / yr for the $155/tCO 2 scenario (pipeline leaving the Athabasca oil sands area). Costs are in $US 2011. Credit: ACS, Middleton and Brandt. Click to enlarge. 15 years alone. —Middleton and Brandt.

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Shell launches commercial operation of Quest carbon capture and storage in Alberta oil sands

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Using activated amine (ADIP-X), Quest will capture one-third of the CO 2 emissions from Shell’s Scotford Upgrader, which turns oil sands bitumen into synthetic crude that can be refined into fuel and other products. Te Storage zone is a formation called Basal Cambrian Sands (BCS).

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TransCanada to develop Northern Courier Pipeline to carry oil sands bitumen and diluent to upgrader

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The Fort Hills Energy Limited Partnership has selected TransCanada Corporation to design, build, own and operate the proposed Northern Courier Pipeline project.

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WSU researcher creates cooking-oil based bio-asphalt

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Asphalt binder, the sticky “glue” that holds crushed stone and sand together to form pavement, only accounts for about 5% percent of the final hot mix asphalt (HMA) that is steamrolled into glossy new lanes and boulevards. Building roads is a big investment in taxpayer money. —Haifang Wen.

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ExxonMobil Outlook: 35% growth in energy demand by 2040; hybrids to account for ~50% of new vehicle sales

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This slower growth is attributed to the relatively higher cost of the vehicles, driven by the cost of batteries. China will see the largest increase—more than 4 million oil-equivalent barrels per day. The outlook projects that oil and natural gas will continue to meet about 60% of energy needs by 2040. Natural gas.

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