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Amid Destruction, Canadian Oil Train Crash Pollutes Rivers
2013-07-08 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Near the Maine border, a runaway train likely carrying hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of gallons of crude oil derailed Saturday and crashed into a downtown area in the Canadian town of Lac-Mégantic, Québec, causing death, destruction and untold environmental damage. At least 40 people are missing and five are confirmed dead. A large swath of the town is destroyed and thousands were forced to evacuate. As the community is still coming to terms with the tragedy, regional concerns over...
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Oil Freight Train Explodes in Canadian Town, People Killed
2013-07-07 08:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A fast-moving, driverless train hauling tankers of crude oil derailed and exploded into a sky-high fireball in the middle of a small Canadian town early on Saturday, destroying dozens of buildings and killing several people. The disaster took place soon after 1 a.m. when the runaway freight train with 72 cars and five locomotives hurtled into Lac-Megantic, a lakeside town of about 6,000 in the province of Quebec, and left the tracks. Police spokesman Guy Lapointe said one person had died, and...
Canadian Natural Resources Automates Oil and Gas Operations Using PcVue Solutions from Arc ...
2013-07-02 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
CTH Systems Inc., a value-added reseller of pcVue, helped to configure and facilitate the migration to pcVue. Using Smart Generator, the engineers were able to convert all of the graphical elements (mimics, symbols and templates), local and shared libraries (symbols, pictures), all sets of variables for the application (including variable tables, alarm configurations and histories) and the database without any rework. It also converts the TCP/IP communication objects and their links. "We were ...This story is related to the following:Measuring Software | Data Collection Software | Data Capture Software | Process Control Software | Environmental Software |
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Scientists Find Canadian Oil Safe for Pipelines, but Critics Say Questions Remain
2013-06-26 04:36:33| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Diluted bitumen the blend of thick Canadian crude that would be shipped by the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is no riskier to transport than other types of crude oil, a new study has found, a conclusion that came under sharp attack by environmentalists. The study, which was conducted by the National Academy of Sciences and released on Tuesday, found that batches of diluted bitumen were no more likely to corrode or damage pipelines. And it determined that pipeline operators had no reason to change...
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Catastrophic Oil Spill Threat to Canadian River Basin
2013-06-17 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The Mackenzie River Basin, a vast globally important area in Canada, is at great risk from climate change and a catastrophic oil spill from the tailing ponds of tar sands mining, according to a panel of nine Canadian, American and British scientists. The warning came just days after the Canadian Oil Producers Association says it expects oil production from tar sands in the region to double by 2030. The Mackenzie River Basin showing how it drains north to the Arctic Ocean. A report produced after...
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