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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Shell Canada and Caterpillar have signed an agreement to test a new dual fuel engine and fuel mix using liquefied natural gas (LNG) that could reduce operating costs and lead to reduced emissions from oil sands mining in northern Alberta.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will lead to the development of new and improved oil sands technologies with reduced energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. —Canada Environment Minister Joe Oliver. —Alberta Premier Alison Redford.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

A comprehensive environmental field study to gather information on air contaminants in the Wood Buffalo region in northeast Alberta, Canada (home to major oil sands projects) will occur from 12 August to mid-September 2013. Earlier post.).

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JULY 22, 2011

Summary of the current oil sands developments (mining and in-situ) and associated land use. Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent released an integrated monitoring plan for the oil sands region. fail in its goal of generating the data necessary to provide assurance that the oil sands are.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC)—the country’s national academy of the arts, humanities and sciences—has released an expert panel report on the environmental and health impacts of the Canadian oil sands industry. Impacts of contaminants on downstream residents. Impacts on the regional water supply.

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DECEMBER 8, 2012

Christian Paradis, Canada’s Minister of Industry, announced on Friday that the federal government is allowing two major acquisitions of oil sands companies by foreign state-owned enterprises (SOEs): the $15.1-billion Both transactions represented a “net benefit” to Canada, Paradis said.

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AUGUST 23, 2014

million barrels per day of crude oil and liquids. The Enbridge Mainline system is the largest conduit of oil into the United States. Enbridge transports 53% of US-bound Canadian production, a figure that accounts for approximately 15% of total US crude oil imports. km) south of the US-Canada border for delivery to Superior.

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MAY 12, 2017

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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DECEMBER 30, 2009

Tony Clement, Canada’s Minister of Industry, has approved the acquisition by PetroChina of the MacKay and Dover Oil Sands projects from Athabasca Oil Sands Corporation (AOSC) “ because I am satisfied that the investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. ”. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

Japan-based TOYO Engineering Corporation, through its Canadian subsidiary TOYO Engineering Canada Ltd., TOYO has performed major projects in the global oil and gas industry for more than 50 years and, with the EPC scope of work for the JACOS Hangingstone Project, TOYO will be advancing its business in the Canadian oil and gas sector.

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JUNE 12, 2014

However, the new forecast represents a slowing of future oil sands production growth compared to the predictions of last year’s forecast. According to CAPP’s 2014 Crude Oil Forecast, Markets and Transportation , total Canadian crude oil production will increase to 6.4 CAPP forecast. Click to enlarge. In 2013, 1.9

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DECEMBER 6, 2013

The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) released the first comprehensive report on the status of Alberta’s species in the Athabasca Oil Sands Area (AOSA). Situated within the Boreal Forest Natural Region, the AOSA has a robust forest industry. —“The Status of Biodiversity in the Athabasca Oil Sands Area”.

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JULY 7, 2012

Well-to-wheel (WTW) greenhouse gas emissions for in situ SAGD and surface mining pathways generated employing GHOST/TIAX/ GHGenius combination and comparison with SAGD, mining and conventional crude oil literature pathways (all results are on a HHV basis). 74% of WTW emissions in our oil sands pathways. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Enbridge is developing two pipelines in the Canadian oil sands area for a combined investment of about $3 billion. The first is a new industry diluent pipeline with associated capital of up to $1.4 billion, depending on scope, to meet the needs of multiple producers in the Athabasca oil sands region. Enbridge Inc.

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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. Trends in well-to-wheel pathway-specific CI. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 25, 2013

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar last week announced the Department of the Interior’s final plan for encouraging research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of oil shale and oil sands resources on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 13, 2014

Canada-based CO 2 Solutions Inc., an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology, announced that it has exceeded the second set of technical performance milestones for its oil sands project. Carbonic anhydrase is the most powerful catalyst known for the hydration of CO 2 —i.e.,

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Both scientific research and industrial experience have found that bitumen-derived crude oil (i.e., crude from the oil sands) is no more corrosive in transmission pipelines than other crudes, according to Natural Resources Canada (NRC). In the absence of water, the crude oil is noncorrosive.

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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. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Shell marked the official opening of the Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Alberta, Canada, and the start of commercial operations there. Te Storage zone is a formation called Basal Cambrian Sands (BCS). The governments of Alberta and Canada contributed C$745 million and C$120 million respectively to Quest.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

has secured what it calls a critical patent for its innovative technology which recovers hydrocarbon diluents (solvents) from oil sands tailings. Heavy minerals exist in Alberta’s oil sands in minor quantities. Titanium Corporation Inc. Earlier post.).

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MAY 20, 2013

has been awarded the final of the three core Canadian patents on its oil sands tailings technology. Titanium’s pilot achieved recoveries of 82% of residual bitumen from the oil sands tailings stream and 98% of the solvents. The Canadian Government Sustainable Development Technology Canada SD Tech Fund contributed $1.4

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AUGUST 26, 2021

Imperial is moving forward with plans to construct a major renewable diesel complex at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alberta—the largest refinery in western Canada. In June, Imperial announced its participation as a founding member of the Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero Alliance. Strathcona refinery.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

A new advisory committee will review and will make recommendations to the Alberta, Canada government on the current and future transportation needs of the Athabasca oil sands region.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2012

The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published the Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) and Possible Land Use Amendments for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources on Lands Administered by the BLM in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has awarded C$6 million (US$5.6 million) to the Petroleum Technology Research Centre ( PTRC ) in Regina, Saskatchewan and StatoilHydro Canada for a project to reduce water use and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions for in situ oil sands recovery by steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD).

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NOVEMBER 21, 2009

With the Canadian energy industry seeking diversification from the US and potential greenhouse gsa regulations, the Globe and Mail reports that commercial backing is growing for Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway’s West line, 36 inches in diameter, will transport an average of 525,000 barrels of oil sands crude per day.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

The government of Alberta (Canada) will build what it calls the most comprehensive environmental monitoring program in Canada with the establishment of a new arm’s-length environmental monitoring agency.

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

US-based Devon Energy Corporation has received regulatory approval from the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board and Alberta Environment and Water to move forward with the company’s third oil sands project in Canada. Like Jackfish 1 & 2, Jackfish 3 represents an estimated 300 million barrels of gross recoverable oil.

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MARCH 17, 2011

A team from the University of Plymouth (UK) and Environment Canada has identified, for the first time, individual soluble naphthenic acids (NA) in the process water resulting from the oil sands industry in Canada. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science &a,p; Technology.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

New research from a team at the University of Alberta, Canada, finds that Alberta’s oilsands industry is releasing more pollutants into the Athabasca River, its tributaries and its watershed than previously estimated. This increase confirms the serious defects of RAMP, which has not detected such patterns in the AR watershed.

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JULY 14, 2016

The Governments of Canada and Québec will provide $76.5 million in funding to AE Côte-Nord Canada Bioenergy Inc. for the production of renewable fuel oil (RFO) from forest residues. million gallons US) of renewable fuel oil per year. Production of renewable fuel oil is set to begin in 2017. Source: Ensyn.

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

has received new contracts in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 from seven clients in the Alberta Oil Sands to support steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and bitumen upgrading expansion projects. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Officials estimate the combined total construction value of the awarded projects at more than $1.4

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APRIL 22, 2018

Alberta Innovates, in partnership with industry, government and other organizations, recently released the results of a study that investigates the best opportunities for “Bitumen Beyond Combustion” (BBC). This study provides insights into high-value products that can be made by, or in partnership with Alberta’s oil sands industry.

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AUGUST 28, 2010

Source: Shell Canada. Shell Canada has started its commercial-scale Atmospheric Fines Drying field demonstration for managing tailings from its oil sands operations. Tailings are a mixture of fine clay, sands, water and residual bitumen produced through extraction processes used with surface mining production (i.e.,

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MAY 17, 2021

Suncor Energy is Canada’s leading integrated energy company, with a global team of more than 30,000 people. Suncor’s operations include oil sands development, production and upgrading, offshore oil and gas, and petroleum refining in Canada and the US. A sanctioning decision is expected in 2024.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2013

A consortium led by Canada-based Western Hydrogen Ltd. million investment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada to support the development and commercialization of a new hydrogen manufacturing technology called Molten Salt Catalyzed Gasification (MSG), originally developed at the US Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

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