Sentences with phrase «proposed oil sands project»

Member of contract negotiation team for owner's proposed oil sands project; independently negotiated agreements with vendors, suppliers and contractors of owner; worked closely with in - house counsel of owner to ensure compliance with owner's internal risk guidelines.

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It adds that «approval or denial of the proposed project is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the rate of development in the oil sands, or on the amount of heavy crude oil refined in the Gulf Coast area.»

Without addressing those emissions overtly, the State Department suggests the issue may be moot because Canada will tap into its lucrative oil sands «with or without the proposed project.»

Analysts at Canaccord Genuity said Monday the project's $ 5.3 - bilion northern leg «is no longer a necessity» for Canadian oil sands producers, thanks to the sudden rise of crude - carrying unit trains and rival pipeline schemes proposed by Enbridge Inc..

Proposed carbon pricing legislation in the U.S. as well as low carbon fuel standards being adopted by California and other states could make many oil sands projects marginal or entirely uneconomic in future.

From a strictly legal perspective, the relevant question is not whether there is a sufficient connection to any particular existing or proposed oil sands development or other production activity, and certainly not whether such projects or activities were included in the Terms of Reference (ToR), but rather simply whether the GHGs associated with the production of bitumen that will be transported by the NGP are an «environmental effect» of that project (see NGP Report, Volume II, Appendix 4, Terms of Reference, which defines «environmental effect» very broadly to mean «any change that the project may cause in the environment.»

We did not consider that there was a sufficiently direct connection between the project and any particular existing or proposed oil sands development or other oil production activities to warrant consideration of the effects of these activities.

After my post last night got me reading Budget 1980 and the National Energy Program, I stumbled upon something completely fascinating: the hated National Energy Program proposed an indexed price for synthetic crude from oil sands projects which, had it been followed until today, would have been above the Canadian dollar price of WTI in -LSB-...]

In the wake of the high - profile protests against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and 1,250 arrests, some of the world's best - known Nobel Peace Prize winners are lending their voices in opposition to the 1,700 mile project that would bring Canadian tar sands oil down to Texas.

Based on information and analysis about the North American crude transport infrastructure (particularly the proven ability of rail to transport substantial quantities of crude oil profitably under current market conditions, and to add capacity relatively rapidly) and the global crude oil market, the draft Supplemental EIS concludes that approval or denial of the proposed Project is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the rate of development in the oil sands, or on the amount of heavy crude oil refined in the Gulf Coast area.

The U.S. oil industry is playing the «China card» in urging the American government to quickly approve TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, which will deliver oil sands crude to Gulf Coast refineries.

If oil sands oil eventually finds an easy outlet to the Gulf Coast — perhaps through the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project — the price for upgraded synthetic oil will likely rise to reflect the world market value, currently $ 110 per barrel.

«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.

The project is the Northern Gateway pipeline that would bring oil from the tar sands of Alberta to a proposed tanker terminal at the coast - an initiative supported by China, which could end up the main beneficiary of the oil.

Proposed carbon pricing legislation in the U.S. as well as low carbon fuel standards being adopted by California and other states could make many oil sands projects marginal or entirely uneconomic in future.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is proposing to strike a joint climate - change pact with president - elect Barack Obama, an initiative that would seek to protect Alberta's oil sands projects from potentially tough new U.S. climate - change rules by

Notes that projects like the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline send the wrong message to our communities and citizens who work hard to lessen our dependence on oil, using innovative conservation, efficiency and other measures.

'' Oil sands are high - cost, high - carbon projects, being proposed at a time when both costs and emissions are under pressure to shrink; as such they should immediately hit an investor's higher - risk screen,» warns James Leaton, Research Director at Carbon Tracker.

TransCanada, the «energy transfer company» responsible for getting the incredibly dirty diluted bitumen oil from the tar sands in western Canada, and also potentially Bakken crude, to refineries in Quebec City and St. Johns, New Brunswick, has notified the Canadian government that it is cancelling its proposed Energy East pipeline project, citing slowing growth in -LSB-...]

EA processes and decisions have been increasingly subject to lawsuits, criticism and protests, with the target of dissent being either the project (say, Kinder Morgan's controversial proposed oil sands pipeline) or the reviewing body (e.g., the National Energy Board).