Argentinian Starbucks customers, online video streamers and the world's
biggest oil pipeline company have all fallen victim to similar schemes in the last few months.
Argentinian Starbucks customers, online video streamers and the world's
biggest oil pipeline company
Argentinian Starbucks customers, online video streamers and the world's
biggest oil pipeline company have all fallen victim to similar schemes in the last few months.
«I have to ask a question: why in the world would we ever consider approving a new
big oil pipeline to carry dirty fuel and keep America addicted to oil, when we can save money, create jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil by moving towards stronger fuel economy standards?»
Not exact matches
Cenovus, one of the
biggest of Canada's
oil sands producers, said in March that it was operating at lower capacity due to the maxing out of
pipelines and other routes through which it sends heavy
oil south to U.S. markets.
The Russian steelmaker is a
big employer in the Saskatchewan capital, and has operations in half a dozen other communities in Western Canada, where it is an important manufacturer of the pipe used in
oil and gas
pipelines.
Days after refusing to issue a permit for the Keystone XL
oil pipeline, U.S. President Barack Obama threw his support behind the other
big eco-controversy in America — hydraulic fracturing.
Including Gateway, Enbridge's North American
oil pipeline program «is probably the
biggest capital expansion in the history of the company,» says Vern Yu, vice-president for business and market development.
TransCanada said earnings from its
oil pipelines, of which Keystone is the
biggest contributor, rose 50 percent to C$ 341 million ($ 264.90 million) in the first quarter.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba / VANCOUVER, April 23 (Reuters)- At an Alberta
oil loading terminal, a convoy of
big rigs are gearing up to haul Canadian crude
oil hundreds of miles through bone dry fields across the U.S. border into Montana, where the
oil will be transferred to
pipelines and rail cars headed south and west.
American
pipeline company Kinder Morgan's announcement that it will expand its Trans - Mountain
oil pipeline to 850,000 barrels a day confirms something
pipeline watchers have been quietly saying for a while: it will likely beat Enbridge in the race to build a
big oilsands export
pipeline to the Pacific.
The report also counters warnings from environmentalists that the
pipeline's construction would spur a huge increase in production from western Canada's tar sands, believed to be one of the
biggest reserves of crude
oil outside Saudi Arabia — unleashing torrents of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Libya and its growing crude
oil output became a major worry for OPEC in the last few months when attacks on fields and
pipelines largely subsided, allowing the country holding Africa's
biggest oil reserves to recover its production to over 1 million barrels.
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Big Oil is also acutely aware that a major new pipeline project is a critical piece of its huge expansion plans for the oil san
Oil is also acutely aware that a major new
pipeline project is a critical piece of its huge expansion plans for the
oil san
oil sands.
A blockade of
pipelines at the hands of armed militants has shut down production at three Libyan
oil fields, including the
biggest one, Sharara.
Evan Solomon: They have argued that they want to make sure that environmental assessment, though they argue it needs to be rigorous, is getting in the way of development of
big energy projects and specifically around the
oil sands and
pipelines.
You don't have to stick with the
big boys in the industry, though; there are hundreds of independent
oil & gas companies that participate in drilling and exploration, equipment and services,
pipelines, and refining and marketing.
This is clearly a thinly disguised attempt to move into Syria and remove the Assad Government, which would enable the U.S. Government to achieve the dual purpose of moving forward with the
pipeline that
Big Oil wants to put through Syria and to consolidate U.S. military control around the Middle East.
Despite the expectation that the tide is finally turning for Canada's
oil producers, significant challenges remain, with constrained
pipeline capacity and limited capability to expand export markets the
biggest of them all.
gas
pipeline across Canada 3) Harper could have built the crude
oil pipeline across Canada My question to you is as follows... Generally speaking, I am in favour of governmental decisions that are biased in favour of
big business because they are more likely to invest and expand business and as a corollory will produce more jobs and increase prosperity.
Tar Sand
Oil pipeline: No
big issue there, anglo and franco and Natives in QC don't really want it and the ROC (mostly Alberta and Saskatchewan).
The Republican - controlled Congress gave its final approval to a bill authorizing construction of the Keystone XL
oil pipeline, setting up the first
big veto fight with President Barack Obama.
County Executive Hein's leadership on
big environmental issues like fracking and
oil and gas
pipelines has been stellar, and he has also given his attention to the details of taking care of our more vulnerable populations, such as elders and veterans.
«Critics say proposed
oil pipeline along New York State Thruway presents
bigger danger than rail, barge transport,» Feb. 7, 2015
But most of the redundancies are likely to fall on researchers and engineers whose work has focused on
big projects, such as the installation of huge
oil rigs and
pipelines.
At the same time, the
big thaw will make getting the
oil out more expensive — billions of dollars in infrastructure investments in
pipelines, roads and the like will be damaged as the ground shifts beneath them.
This is a truly seismic change, and may mean some
big changes in the
oil sands and
pipeline debates.
That reads «Controversy over a proposed
oil pipeline from Alberta to Texas is sidetracking us from
bigger issues,» which would seem to put you in the no -
big - deal camp with regard to the
pipeline itself.
The one
pipeline would be no
big deal if there were some agreement that that's all the
oil that's coming out of the sands, but how likely is that?
Yet one of the
biggest actions President Obama can take is one hundreds of thousands of Americans have been demanding for years now: Say no to the Keystone XL tar sands
oil pipeline.
The EPA now says there is no more danger of further
oil spilling from the ruptured
pipeline under the Yellowstone River, but several
big questions remain — especially considering that ExxonMobil now says that tar sands
oil routinely was carried by the
Commentators who argue that the Keystone XL
pipeline is no
big deal tend to focus on the rate at which the
pipeline delivers
oil to users (and thence as CO2 to the atmosphere).
The EPA now says there is no more danger of further
oil spilling from the ruptured
pipeline under the Yellowstone River, but several
big questions remain — especially considering that ExxonMobil now says that tar sands
oil routinely was carried by the Silvertip
pipeline.
The Keystone
pipeline just spilled 210,000 gallons of toxic tar sands
oil in South Dakota — and President Trump and his
oil industry allies are still pushing ahead with the
bigger, riskier proposed Keystone XL tar sands
pipeline that would carry 830,000 barrels of tar sands
oil per day through America's heartland.
That's right, the very first priority after the triumphant 2014 Elections for the Republicans is energy, its
Big Oil's agenda, a corporate pipeline project... and now oil exports and all of big oil's wish list are being tacked onto this bill as amendmen
Big Oil's agenda, a corporate pipeline project... and now oil exports and all of big oil's wish list are being tacked onto this bill as amendmen
Oil's agenda, a corporate
pipeline project... and now
oil exports and all of big oil's wish list are being tacked onto this bill as amendmen
oil exports and all of
big oil's wish list are being tacked onto this bill as amendmen
big oil's wish list are being tacked onto this bill as amendmen
oil's wish list are being tacked onto this bill as amendments.
Credits for using giant machines to remove the gas are not likely to be accepted internationally for a long time, if at all, not least because the industrial infrastructure needed for extraction would need to be about as
big as the infrastructure that puts it there —
oil wells, coal mines, railways,
pipelines, power plants, refineries and so on.
«A more dynamic and flexible
pipeline system that boosts continental
oil supply would be a
big positive for American consumers and U.S. energy security,» IHS CERA said.
And if Canadian
Big Oil giant Enbridge and its allies in Canada's Federal Government have their way, and the massive Northern Gateway
pipeline / tanker route proposal is approved, the whales may leave this place forever.
Oil tanker spills would likely become a
bigger risk with any
pipelines that go to west coast tidewater.
Obama also addressed what has been perhaps the
biggest issue of contention between his administration and climate activists: The pending decision whether to permit construction of the Keystone XL
pipeline to transport larger volumes of
oil from Canada's tar sands to the refining centers of Texas.
In North Dakota, where
oil drillers lack the equipment and
pipelines to capture the gas that accompanies extraction of crude, the practice of flaring off the methane lights up some areas over the Bakken shale like
big cities at night.
«Folks made it known that Vermonters, and our friends from the Northeast, oppose the proposed tar sands
pipeline, and that this project will face a concerted and stiff local resistance if and when
big oil decides to try and move it forward,» said David Vandeusen, conservation organizer for the Vermont Sierra Club.
Rather than taking action to hold the company accountable, they were allowed to move forward with an even
bigger and more flawed
pipeline plan (Keystone XL) that would put both Canada and the U.S. at risk of a massive
oil leak or spill.
The East China Sea's
biggest piece of offshore energy delivery infrastructure is a 440 - kilometer long
oil and gas
pipeline system connecting Shanghai to the Pinghu Field.
And there have already been several
big dilbit spills, such as the one from the Keystone
pipeline in South Dakota that released 200,000 gallons of
oil in November of this year, or the catastrophic 2010 spill in Michigan, which released up to 1 million gallons into Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River.
Her fearlessness and tenacity in the face of widespread government corruption and industry interests have won critical concessions to protect local villagers and the environment from being steamrolled by the development of the world's
biggest oil export
pipeline.
With spill after spill,
Big Oil has a dismal safety record when it comes to tar sands
pipelines.
But President Obama also has some other
big tools at his disposal: Rejecting the Keystone XL
pipeline, ending destructive
oil and gas drilling in the Arctic and on public lands, stopping mountaintop - removal mining, curbing fossil fuel exports, and closing loopholes that exempt drilling and fracking for
oil and gas from fundamental environmental protections.
The railroads are already gearing up
big - time to handle
oil out of the
oil sands if a
pipeline doesn't go thru.