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Tar Sands Disaster: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You?
2013-05-06 21:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: New reports of tar sands oil-related disasters continue to reinforce that the Keystone XL pipeline is too risky for American families. Despite a "massive cleanup effort," ExxonMobil has recovered only 2,000 of the total 5,000 barrels of spilled Canadian tar sands crude in Mayflower, AK, according to the accident incident report from last month`s Pegasus pipeline disaster. The report was released by the Department of Transportations Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)...
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Canadian Minister Takes Tar Sands Lobbying to Europe
2013-05-06 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A European Union plan to label crude from the Alberta oil sands as dirty is unfair and could damage Canada's bid to find new export markets, the Canadian resources minister said at the start of a mission to lobby against the idea. As part of a plan to cut greenhouse gases from transport fuel, the EU's executive commission has developed a Fuel Quality Directive that would single out oil from Alberta's tar sands as more polluting than conventional crude. Canada, whose oil sands are the world's...
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Oil Sands Growth Will Depend on Keystone, Says Major Industry Player
2013-05-05 18:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: New refinery capacity and pipeline projects coming on line will help demand and prices for Canadian bitumen in the next two years but Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. president Steve Laut says the proposed Keystone XL pipeline will eventually be essential for growth in the oil sands industry. Long-term, we do need Keystone to be able to grow the volumes in Canada, Mr. Laut said in an interview following the release of his companys first-quarter results on Friday. Mr. Lauts emphasis on the...
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ExxonMobil commences production at Kearl oil sands project in Alberta, Canada
2013-04-30 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
US-based ExxonMobil has begun production of mined diluted bitumen from the first of three froth treatment trains at the Kearl oil sands project in Alberta, Canada.
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First production from Imperials Kearl oil sands project; about the same lifecycle GHGs as average of crudes consumed in US
2013-04-30 00:30:18| Green Car Congress
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