From a battle over
an oil pipeline in the American mid-west to small Australian communities fighting for survival, Indigenous people are harnessing social media to take their stories global.
Even Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, an environmental leader, backs yet
another oil pipeline in order to maintain political support in oil - rich Alberta.
Kinder Morgan, developer of the controversial Trans - Mountain
oil pipeline in Canada, is the latest major company to take heat from shareholders over its climate impact.
Hauntingly beautiful in their documentation of the declining American terrain, Sambunaris's images celebrate the intersection of civilization, geology, and natural history, featuring trains in Texas and Wyoming, trucks in New Jersey and Wisconsin,
the oil pipeline in Alaska, uranium tailings in Utah, and a unique view of Arizona's Petrified Forest.
Horsfield and her colleagues were once conducting a routine assessment of
an oil pipeline in the North Sea, when they came across an unusual object.
The Niger Delta Avengers on Saturday claimed responsibility for the destruction of a major
oil pipeline in southern Nigeria, breaking a ceasefire the militant group had declared a month ago.
Niger Delta Avengers, on Tuesday announced a fresh attack on three crude
oil pipeline in Bayelsa State.
The group has also claimed responsibility for most attacks on
oil pipeline in Niger Delta and says it will destroy more till it gets a sovereign state.
In the event of an accident, Kinder Morgan has pledged to do no more than comply with federal laws, which stipulate that operators of a major
oil pipeline in this country must have a minimum of $ 1 billion in financial resources available to cover liabilities related to a land spill.
Martin Louie, a First Nations leader from Nadieh, B.C., speaks to first nation protesters and their supporters as they gather outside the Enbridge AGM during their continuing protest against proposed
oil pipelines in Canada's west coast, on Wednesday May 9, 2012.
Oil and gas stocks are also on the radar this Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed orders for new
oil pipelines in the country.
There has also been a massive buildout of
oil pipelines in the U.S., taking crude from the Bakken and the Permian to refineries on the East and Gulf Coasts.
Earlier, Shell and ExxonMobil temporarily halted production, following leaks and vandalism of
oil pipelines in the Niger Delta region.
The Niger Delta Avengers militant group claimed attacks on three
oil pipelines in southern Nigeria on Tuesday, saying they would slash the OPEC - member's production by 300,000 barrels per day.
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to fish out the real persons bombing
oil pipelines in the region.
There are several existing
oil pipelines in Turkey.
The provincial government has established, and maintains, strict conditions in order for British Columbia to consider the construction and operation of heavy -
oil pipelines in the province.
Of all
the oil pipelines in Santa Barbara County, only one of them doesn't have an automatic shut - off system.
: the protest by U.S. First Nations people against
oil pipelines in North Dakota and two new studies on some expected effects of climate change.
Not exact matches
Prime Minister Stephen Harper lent support to the 1,200 - kilometre, $ 6 - billion
pipeline that would carry more than 500,000 barrels a day of crude
oil from Edmonton through the Rockies to Kitimat, B.C., where it could be transported by tanker to markets
in the U.S. and Asia, including China.
New natural gas
pipelines do not face the same kind of opposition as
oil pipelines because the product is a gas and,
in case of a leak, it escapes into the atmosphere rather than fouling waterways and soil.
With the ability to refine and upgrade crude
in Canada and 75,000 barrels per day of committed capacity on the existing Keystone
pipeline, Husky says it can grow its heavy
oil production without exposure to the WCS - WTI discounts until at least 2021.
The Irvings had their hopes dashed
in October when plans were scrapped for the $ 15.7 - billion Energy East
pipeline, which would carry over a million barrels of
oil from Alberta to Saint John, N.B. every day, some of which would be processed at Irving Oil's refine
oil from Alberta to Saint John, N.B. every day, some of which would be processed at Irving
Oil's refine
Oil's refinery.
Production has risen
in the world's fifth largest
oil producer, but full
pipelines and a rail...
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.
There have been a number of high - profile derailments of trains — including one by UP — carrying shale
oil, much of which is produced
in new drilling areas without established
pipeline networks and must be moved by rail.
CALGARY, Alberta, May 2 - Suncor Energy Inc said on Wednesday that its current growth plan is not constrained by
pipeline bottlenecks and it does not expect to make any further major investments
in Canada's
oil sands until market access improves.
Her $ 8 billion division has 23,000 employees whose main business is partnering with Chinese companies across 34 joint ventures
in China that manufacture everything from wind turbines to
oil pipeline equipment.
Now TransCanada is staking a good deal of its future
in an
oil pipeline that could end up being rejected because of political considerations.
Later, on the sidelines of Suncor's annual general meeting, Williams said he hopes that «good sense and reason prevail» but added Suncor has a contingency plan
in case Alberta follows through with its plan to restrict
oil or refined fuel exports through the existing Trans Mountain
pipeline to B.C.
CALGARY, Alberta, May 2 - The chief executive of Canada's Suncor Energy Inc said on Wednesday he expected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to move
in the «next few weeks» to ensure that Kinder Morgan Canada's Trans Mountain
oil pipeline expansion goes ahead.
Grantham also has strong views on the
oil market, which isn't surprising for a devoted environmentalist who participated
in Keystone
pipeline protests and has called for the death of the «tar sands.»
Lewenza recommends buying stocks
in integrated companies — those that both produce and refine
oil, so that one part of the business is essentially benefiting from the misfortune of the other — as well as
in oil transportation, such as
pipeline companies.
From
pipeline operators to jobbers to brokers, everyone wants their fee, which doesn't automatically change with fluctuations
in oil prices.
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.
BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Carolina - based private security firm hired by Texas - based
pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners won't be banned from North Dakota, though a judge is still weighing whether TigerSwan operated illegally
in the state during protests against the Dakota Access
oil pipeline and might be subject to fines.
Canada supplies about US$ 66 million of pipe annually to the U.S. for use
in oil and gas
pipelines.
Environmental advocates have lately been arguing the numbers don't really add up for more
pipelines, based on slower growth
in Asia and worldwide trends bending the curve downward on
oil demand.
Environmentalists heartened by Barack Obama's refusal to issue a permit for the Keystone XL
oil pipeline didn't have long to bask
in their victory.
«This decision clearly flies
in the face of volumes of scientific evidence that shows the Keystone XL
pipeline would be safe, enhance environmental standards, and be a more cost - effective alternative to importing
oil from overseas,» said Michael Whatley of the Consumer Energy Alliance, which advocates for the energy industry.
Ann Cairns started her career
in the North Sea, designing and testing
pipelines for
oil rigs.
If the purpose of the
pipeline, from a shippers perspective, is to get world prices for
oil, then why would this have any effect on refinery economics
in Saint John?
We witnessed an analogous situation
in 2005 when PetroChina invested
in Enbridge Inc.'s Northern Gateway
oil pipeline project, then withdrew its support two years later (whereupon Enbridge shelved the project).
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In the midst of shock and sadness, already there are those who have concluded this is an advantage for the
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oil debate.
In April 2018, PDC entered into a firm
oil transportation agreement with Tallgrass Energy to transport 12,500 gross operated Wattenberg barrels per day via
pipeline to Cushing, OK and area refineries.
Railways, who added crude by rail capacity earlier this decade only to have the market vanish as
pipeline space opened up, have been slow to move back
in the
oil transport business, asking producers to sign longer - term deals.
To compare apples to apples, you'd have to include
pipeline tolls to the coast
in the hypothetical calculation of what we would have otherwise received for our
oil.
«Dakota Access estimates and targets that the
pipeline will be complete and ready to flow
oil anywhere between the week of March 6, 2017, and April 1, 2017,» company attorney William Scherman said
in the documents filed
in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
Given that the economic benefits of the
pipelines are, for the most part, due to an induced increase
in the price of
oil, the lion's share of these accrue to the Alberta government and to firms operating
in Alberta.