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AER expects 17 per cent growth in oil sands production by 2033

June 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 25, 2024. By Amanda Stephenson The regulator responsible for overseeing Alberta’s oil and gas sector has released a new report projecting the province’s oil sands [Read more]

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CER issues final authorization for Trans Mountain Expansion Project to operate

May 1, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on April 30, 2024. The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has approved the final pipeline leave to open (LTO) application for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP). [Read more]

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New technique could help decontaminate oilsands process water

October 31, 2019 Energi Staff

By Justin Dupuis This article was published by Folio on Oct. 29, 2019. New technology developed by engineers at the University of Alberta shows potential in cleaning and decontaminating process water from oilsands production. The [Read more]

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Calgary companies create process to ship undiluted bitumen

September 23, 2019 Energi Staff

Calgary based BitCrude has partnered with Melius Energy to use the BitCrude transportation solution to safely and economically transport undiluted bitumen to worldwide markets. According to BitCrude, the company has developed a process that includes [Read more]

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‘Revolutionary’ new oil sands mining process eliminates tailings ponds, lowers emissions by 40%, cuts costs

July 30, 2018 Markham Hislop

Current extraction process at CNRL Horizon oil sands mine. Photo: CNRL CNRL plans to share IPEP technology with other oil sands miners through COSIA Alberta is a hotbed of oil and gas innovation, a story [Read more]

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Alberta ready to embark on significant downstream diversification into petrochemicals, partial upgrading of bitumen

February 26, 2018 Markham Hislop

Notley Government hopes for 2 to 5 partial upgraders representing up to $5 billion in private investment Alberta plans to spend $1 billion over eight years to boost commercialization of bitumen partial upgrading technology, just one [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Great Wine War suspended for now but not because Horgan or Notley blinked

February 26, 2018 Markham Hislop

“I think that it is fair to say that in a small way, today, BC blinked…” Premier Rachel Notley No one blinked. But suspension of the Battle of the Wine between Rachel Notley of Alberta and [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

More Alberta refining, upgrading of heavy crude oil is never going to be economic, but partial upgrading might be

November 28, 2017 Markham Hislop

Full upgrading is a bust, new refineries are too risky, and converting existing refineries is constrained by US shale oil supplies Albertans should stop pining for more refining and upgrading of Alberta oil sands bitumen [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

Waste Heat Challenge example of how Alberta oil sands will lick GHG emissions issue

August 29, 2016 JZadmin

Technology competitions like Waste Heat Challenge are terrific policy for stimulating technical innovation When Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced her climate change policies last Nov., energy industry leaders promised they would “take the carbon out [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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