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Oilsands innovations needed to deal with environment, costs: GE exec

Oilsands innovations needed to deal with environment, costs: GE exec

GE CEO says oilsands innovations lacking, industry slow to adopt new policies CALGARY – Costs and environmental pressures are making innovations in the oilsands more necessary than ever, says the CEO of GE Oil & Gas. Lorenzo Simonelli, who leads the hydrocarbons division of the industrial giant, says the oil-and-gas industry should be moving faster on both […]

Oil pipelines: Infrastructure of national importance

Oil pipelines: Infrastructure of national importance

Canadian oil pipelines mired in lengthy review processes By Glenn Booth Over the last five years or so, the Canadian petroleum industry has been seeking to build new pipeline capacity in order to reach tidewater and global markets. However, as many are aware, all the major projects have been stalled in lengthy review processes. The Trans […]