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Overview Of Oil Sands Development And Its Role In Meeting Canadas Energy Needs
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Book Synopsis Overview of Oil Sands Development and Its Role in Meeting Canada's Energy Needs by :
Download or read book Overview of Oil Sands Development and Its Role in Meeting Canada's Energy Needs written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 1 of this presentation reviews the number & size of oil sand deposits around the world and chapter 2 focusses on the oil sands of Alberta, with an evaluation of the province's in-place bitumen volumes, mineable reserves, and in-situ reserves. Chapter 3 outlines the current status of oil sand development in the province, including the Suncor & Syncrude operations as well as proposed projects and experimental schemes. Chapter 4 describes the role of the Energy Resources Conservation Board in oil sand development and discusses concerns related to surface mining & in-situ operations. Chapters 5 & 6 discuss factors affecting the determination & development of mineable reserves and the concluding parts discuss the role of oil sands in meeting Canadian energy needs.
Author :The Expert Panel on the Potential for New and Emerging Technologies to Reduce the Environmental Impacts of Oil Sands Development Publisher :Council of Canadian Academies ISBN 13 :1926522117 Total Pages :252 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (265 download)
Book Synopsis Technological Prospects for Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Canadian Oil Sands by : The Expert Panel on the Potential for New and Emerging Technologies to Reduce the Environmental Impacts of Oil Sands Development
Download or read book Technological Prospects for Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Canadian Oil Sands written by The Expert Panel on the Potential for New and Emerging Technologies to Reduce the Environmental Impacts of Oil Sands Development and published by Council of Canadian Academies. This book was released on 2015 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada’s oil sands are an important economic driver and play a growing role in meeting global oil supplies. They contain an estimated 169 billion barrels of bitumen and span an area larger than the three Maritime provinces.
Book Synopsis The Future of the Canadian Oil Sands by : J. Peter Findlay
Download or read book The Future of the Canadian Oil Sands written by J. Peter Findlay and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Developing Alberta's Oil Sands by : Paul Anthony Chastko
Download or read book Developing Alberta's Oil Sands written by Paul Anthony Chastko and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alberta's oil sands represent a vast and untapped oil reserve that could reasonably supply all of Canada's energy needs for the next 475 years. With an estimated 300 billion barrels of recoverable oil at stake, the quest to develop this natural resource has been undertaken by many powerful actors, both nationally and internationally. Using research that integrates the economic, political, scientific, and business factors that have been influential in discovering and developing the sands, this book provides a comprehensive history of the oil sands project and a window on the nature of the complex relationships between industry, government, and transnational players. This book is the first comprehensive volume that examines the origins and development of the oil sands industry over the last century.
Book Synopsis North American Oil Sands by : Marc Humphries
Download or read book North American Oil Sands written by Marc Humphries and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to future reliable oil supplies, Canada¿s oil sands will likely account for a greater share of U.S. oil imports. In 2008 oil sands accounted for 46% of Canada¿s total oil production and oil sands production is increasing as conventional oil production declines. Since 2004, when a substantial portion of Canada¿s oil sands were deemed economic, Canada has ranked second behind Saudi Arabia in oil reserves. As oil sands production in Canada is predicted to increase to 2.8 million barrels per day by 2015, environ. issues are a cause for concern. Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) World Oil Sands Reserves and Resources: What Are Oil Sands?; U.S. and Canada Oil Sand Resources; (3) History of Development. Charts and tables.
Book Synopsis The Canadian Oil Sands by : Michael A. Levi
Download or read book The Canadian Oil Sands written by Michael A. Levi and published by Council on Foreign Relations. This book was released on 2009 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report explores both the energy security and climate change implications of expanded oil sands production. It assesses current and future trends in the oil sands, including in the scale and cost of production and in the oil sands' impact on world oil markets, and evaluates the potential impacts of a range of policy options. The report concludes that the oil sands are neither critical to U.S. energy security nor catastrophic for climate change.
Author :Canada. National Energy Board Publisher :[Calgary] : National Energy Board ISBN 13 :9780662433538 Total Pages :71 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (335 download)
Book Synopsis Canada's Oil Sands by : Canada. National Energy Board
Download or read book Canada's Oil Sands written by Canada. National Energy Board and published by [Calgary] : National Energy Board. This book was released on 2006 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 2004, the Board released a comprehensive Energy Market Assessment (EMA) entitled Canada's Oil Sands: Opportunities and Challenges to 2015. It contained detailed discussions on major aspects of the oil sands industry and assessed the opportunities and issues facing development of the resource. Since then, there have been significant changes. In recognition of the need for current information, the Board decided to provide this update for stakeholders, which highlights the major changes and new developments. The main purpose of this report remains the same--to provide an objective assessment of the current state of the oil sands and the potential for growth. The outline of the report is as follows: chapter 1 is an introduction to the report; chapter 2 analyzes supply costs; chapter 3 discusses crude oil production and supply; chapter 4 provides a synopsis of the potential markets for the rising oil sands supply; chapter 5 describes the major crude oil pipeline network and expansion plans; chapter 6 highlights the environmental concerns over water, air quality, by-product and waste production from oil sands activity and related socio-economic impacts; chapter 7 assesses the opportunity for electricity generation; and chapter 8 concludes with a discussion on the potential opportunities for the petrochemical industry.
Download or read book Ethical Oil written by Ezra Levant and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada's "no. 1 defender of freedom of speech" and the bestselling author of Shakedown makes the timely and provocative case that when it comes to oil, ethics matter just as much as the economy and the environment. In 2009, Ezra Levant's bestselling book Shakedown revealed the corruption of Canada's human rights commissions and was declared the "most important public affairs book of the year." In Ethical Oil, Levant turns his attention to another hot-button topic: the ethical cost of our addiction to oil. While many North Americans may be aware of the financial and environmental price we pay for a gallon of gas or a barrel of oil, Levant argues that it is time we consider ethical factors as well. With his trademark candor, Levant asks hard-hitting questions: With the oil sands at our disposal, is it ethically responsible to import our oil from the Sudan, Russia, and Mexico? How should we weigh carbon emissions with human rights violations in Saudi Arabia? And assuming that we can't live without oil, can the development of energy be made more environmentally sustainable? In Ethical Oil, Levant exposes the hypocrisy of the West's dealings with the reprehensible regimes from which we purchase the oil that sustains our lifestyles, and offers solutions to this dilemma. Readers at all points on the political spectrum will want to read this timely and provocative new book, which is sure to spark debate.
Download or read book Oil's Deep State written by Taft, Kevin and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why have democratic governments failed to take serious steps to reduce carbon emissions despite dire warnings and compelling evidence of the profound and growing threat posed by global warming? Most of the writing on global warming is by scientists, academics, environmentalists, and journalists. Kevin Taft, a former leader of the opposition in Alberta, brings a fresh perspective through the insight he gained as an elected politician who had an insider's eyewitness view of the role of the oil industry. His answer, in brief: The oil industry has captured key democratic institutions in both Alberta and Ottawa. Taft begins his book with a perceptive observer's account of a recent court casein Ottawa which laid bare the tactics and techniques of the industry, its insiders and lobbyists. He casts dramatic new light on exactly how corporate lobbyists, politicians, bureaucrats, universities, and other organizations are working together to pursue the oil industry's agenda. He offers a brisk tour of the recent work of scholars who have developed the concepts of the deep state and institutional capture to understand how one rich industry can override the public interest. Taft views global warming and weakened democracy as two symptoms of the same problem — the loss of democratic institutions to corporate influence and control. He sees citizen engagement and direct action by the public as the only response that can unravel big oil's deep state.
Author :Canada. National Energy Board Publisher :[Calgary] : National Energy Board ISBN 13 :9780662368809 Total Pages :138 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (688 download)
Book Synopsis Canada's Oil Sands by : Canada. National Energy Board
Download or read book Canada's Oil Sands written by Canada. National Energy Board and published by [Calgary] : National Energy Board. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main purpose of this report is to provide an objective assessment of the current state of the oil sands industry and its potential for growth. It also identifies & discusses the major issues & challenges associated with further development. Chapters of the report cover the following: the size of the oil sand resource base in Alberta and economically recoverable reserves; supply costs for the various types of bitumen recovery & upgrading methods; supply projections to 2015 for synthetic crude oil & bitumen; the market potential for the rising supply; the existing pipeline network and future expansion plans to move the expected incremental supply to market; the environmental & socio-economic impacts of oil sands activities; the significance of natural gas in developing oil sands supply; opportunities & challenges for the electricity & petrochemical industries that arise from future oil sands development; and major emerging technologies that could have a substantial impact on future supply. Appendices include a glossary and a review of major operating & planned oil sands projects in the Athabasca, Cold Lake, and Peace River areas of Alberta.
Book Synopsis The Oil Sands Industry in Canada and Natural Gas Supply by : Ed Brost
Download or read book The Oil Sands Industry in Canada and Natural Gas Supply written by Ed Brost and published by VDM Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A massive amount of energy is used to transform Alberta Canada's oil sands into a commercial product, synthetic crude oil. Currently, the energy source of choice is natural gas. Natural gas is relatively clean, affordable in the context of today's crude oil prices and is a material the industry has a great deal of experience and competence in handling safely and efficiently. Although natural gas is currently the industry's main energy source, a question that needs to be addressed is, "Are supplies adequate to meet the oil sand industry's future needs?" The sustainability of using natural gas to fuel projected oil sands industry growth is examined in this work. Opportunities to reduce the industry's dependence on natural gas are explored considering environmental, economic and social factors for each alternative. Coal, asphaltene, petroleum coke, wind power and nuclear energy are evaluated. This work will be of interest to technical as well as lay persons seeking to understand the fundamentals and characteristics of the oil sands industry in Canada and the impact the industry is having on natural gas supplies.
Book Synopsis Oil Shale and Tar Sands by : John Ward Smith
Download or read book Oil Shale and Tar Sands written by John Ward Smith and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis by :
Download or read book Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sustainable Development as Environmental Harm by : James Heydon
Download or read book Sustainable Development as Environmental Harm written by James Heydon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this in-depth analysis of First Nations opposition to the oil sands industry, James Heydon offers detailed empirical insight into Canadian oil sands regulation. The environmental consequences of the oil sands industry have been thoroughly explored by scholars from a variety of disciplines. However, less well understood is how and why the provincial energy regulator has repeatedly sanctioned such a harmful pattern of production for almost two decades. This research monograph addresses that shortcoming. Drawing from interviews with government, industry, and First Nation personnel, along with an analysis of almost 20 years of policy, strategy, and regulatory approval documents, Sustainable Development as Environmental Harm offers detailed empirical insight into Canadian oil sands regulation. Providing a thorough account of the ways in which the regulatory process has prioritised economic interests over the land-based cultural interests of First Nations, it addresses a gap in the literature by explaining how environmental harm has been systematically produced over time by a regulatory process tasked with the pursuit of ‘sustainable development’. With an approach emphasizing the importance of understanding how and why the regulatory process has been able to circumvent various protections for the entire duration in which the contemporary oil sands industry has existed, this work complements existing literature and provides a platform from which future investigations into environmental harm may be conducted. It is essential reading for those with an interest in green criminology, environmental harm, indigenous rights, and regulatory controls relating to fossil fuel production.
Book Synopsis Energy Technology Innovation by : Arnulf Grubler
Download or read book Energy Technology Innovation written by Arnulf Grubler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An edited volume on factors determining success or failure of energy technology innovation, for researchers and policy makers.
Download or read book Black Bonanza written by Alastair Sweeny and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-05-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if Canada 's so-called environmental nightmare was really an engineering triumph and the key to a stable and sustainable future? For years, Canadians have been hearing nothing but bad news out of the Athabasca Oil Sands. From 20th Century economists decrying it as a perpetual money-loser in the face of more easily-extracted foreign oil to green groups around the world declaring it the world's worst industrial enterprise, sometimes it seems as though no good could ever come from this so-called dirty resource. But what if developing Canada's Oil Sands was the key to bridging the gap between current petroleum-based economies and the alternative energies that aren't ready for market yet? What if it meant eliminating the threat of Peak Oil and providing economic stability not just for Canada and the rest of North America, but for the world? And what if the environmental costs of the resource were both not nearly as dire as some would have you believe, but currently better than many other options with the industry already making huge advances in sustainability, energy use and water reclamation? That's exactly the case that Alastair Sweeny, author of BlackBerry Planet, argues is at the core of the Athabasca Sands: a bright future. By digging into the past, present and future of oil sands technology, Sweeny cuts through the hype and hysteria and makes a solid and engaging case that the Sands aren't the environmental boogeyman set to destroy humanity, but rather our best hope for a truly stable and sustainable future.
Download or read book Tar Sands written by Andrew Nikiforuk and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tar Sands critically examines the frenzied development in the Canadian tar sands and the far-reaching implications for all of North America. Bitumen, the sticky stuff that ancients used to glue the Tower of Babel together, is the world’s most expensive hydrocarbon. This difficult-to-find resource has made Canada the number-one supplier of oil to the United States, and every major oil company now owns a lease in the Alberta tar sands. The region has become a global Deadwood, complete with rapturous engineers, cut-throat cocaine dealers, Muslim extremists, and a huge population of homeless individuals. In this award-winning book, a Canadian bestseller, journalist Andrew Nikiforuk exposes the disastrous environmental, social, and political costs of the tar sands, arguing forcefully for change. This updated edition includes new chapters on the most energy-inefficient tar sands projects (the steam plants), as well as new material on the controversial carbon cemeteries and nuclear proposals to accelerate bitumen production.
