The eighth edition of the Heavy Oil and Oilsands Guidebook, the annual supplement to Oilsands Review, is now available. Published each year since 2006, the Heavy Oil and Oilsands Guidebook series is a must-have for anyone with an interest in the oilsands industry. The 2013 edition takes a deep dive into the industry’s challenges and [...]
IHS: Tight oil boom makes oilsands Gulf Coast access even more critical
The boom in American tight oil production is not creating an either/or situation versus the Canadian oilsands in supplying the massive U.S. market, but it is changing the dynamics of what supply coming in from Canada to the United States looks like. That’s according to the latest installment in IHS CERA’s Oil Sands Energy Dialogue, [...]
Video: Proposed rail link for bitumen to Alaska tidewater
In mid-November 2012, G Seven Generations Energy (G7G) announced it had secured support from affected First Nations for a new “purpose-built” rail line from the oilsands to Alaska designed to provide a tidewater export route alternative to the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline. “Studies have already demonstrated that a rail link to Alaska is a viable [...]
Environment Canada has confirmed oilsands contamination, and that’s a good thing
Reports are that Environment Canada has built on and confirmed the research by University of Alberta aquatic scientist Dr. David Schindler and team from 2010 that showed contaminants from oilsands operations not only exist in the Athabasca watershed but are increasing in intensity. This is clearly a positive development, evidencing as it does that real [...]
Voting now closed – Producer of the Year 2012
Voting is now closed for our 2012 Producer of the Year competition. One of the five finalists–Cenovus Energy, BlackPearl Resources, Devon Canada, MEG Energy, or Imperial Oil–will be revealed as this year’s winner in our December edition. Thanks for voting!
Vote now! Oilsands Review Producer of the Year 2012
You’ve been waiting for it, and here it is! Each year the readers of Oilsands Review select the sector’s leaders in production performance–the best of the best of oilsands project owners. The winner will be showcased in our December edition and celebrated at the Oilweek Annual Report Awards luncheon on November 15. You can skip [...]
Supplier of the Year – the vote is closed!
Voting is now closed for our 2012 Supplier of the Year competition. One of the five finalists–Baker Hughes Canada, Fluor Corporation, Horizon North Logistics, Keyera Corp., or Newalta Corp.–will be revealed as this year’s winner in our November edition. Watch for the results, as well as the start of voting for our 2012 Producer of [...]
Supplier of the Year 2012 – vote now!
It’s time for our annual Supplier of the Year competition! Please take a moment to voice your opinion in choosing the 2012 efficiency and quality leaders in the oilsands supply chain. The winner will be showcased in our November edition and celebrated at the Oilweek Annual Report Awards luncheon on November 15. You can skip [...]
Working in the oilsands: footage!
I came across this very cool video earlier today that shows actual footage of what it is like to be a heavy hauler driver at an oilsands mine, as well as a person living in camp. From the video of the camp it looks like Albian Village, part of Shell’s Athabasca Oil Sands Project, which [...]
Imperial Oil sanctions Kearl mine expansion, adding to growing heat in project costs
Imperial Oil is steadily moving closer to its goal of 345,000 barrels per day from its Kearl oilsands mine, despite the fact that first volumes have yet to flow. In late December the company sanctioned the 110,000 barrel per day expansion to the Kearl project. Construction on the 110,000 barrel per day Phase 1 is [...]
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