National energy strategy gives Alberta framework within which to work out compromise between energy development, climate change As of this morning, Canada has a new national energy strategy. Why should anyone care? Because it turns out that if you want to build oil pipelines across the country, politics really really matter. [Ed. – Why should American readers […]
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Montana oil train derailment near North Dakota border BILLINGS, Mont. – Three tank cars leaked an estimated 35,000 gallons of oil after a train hauling crude from North Dakota derailed in rural northeastern Montana, the latest in a series of wrecks raising concerns across the U.S. and Canada, authorities said Friday. No one was reported injured in the
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Kinder Morgan announced Wednesday it is buying out Shell’s interest in Elba Liquefaction Co. joint venture Natural gas from northeastern shale fields will be moving to New England via a new $3.3 billion pipeline to be built and operated by Houston-based Kinder Morgan. Kinder Morgan Inc.’s board of directors approved the investment Thursday, which was first proposed in 2014,
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Arctic Gateway pipeline would move crude to NWT, ship from Beaufort Sea The Northwest Territories government has been talking to pipeline companies about shipping crude oil through an Arctic Gateway pipeline, according to the territory’s minister in charge of resource development. David Ramsay and N.W.T. Premier Bob McLeod have for some time been touting the concept of
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Coal consumption is rising because developing Asian nations want North American-style economy, lifestyle Yesterday the Sierra Club issued a press release boasting about phasing out the 200th coal-fired power plant in America. Break out the champagne, global climate change defeated? Only if you ignore Asia, particularly China and India. The occasion for celebration was the announcement
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Oil train provision in bill would block new DOT train regulations WASHINGTON – At a time of record auto recalls and high-profile oil train wrecks, Republicans are working on legislation to roll back safety regulation of the auto and railroad industries. A bill approved this week on a party-line vote by a Senate committee brims with industry-sought
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Coal mines rules would prevent coal mining within 100 feet of streams WASHINGTON _ The Obama administration proposed new regulations Thursday designed to reduce the environmental impact of coal mining on the nation’s streams, a long-anticipated move that met quick resistance from Republicans, even as the administration projected only modest job losses in coal country. Current federal regulations
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Base gas is 30% to 50% of storage capacity, depending upon type of facility Because of the geologic properties of natural gas storage facilities, a certain level of base gas pressure is required to maintain reservoir integrity and to withdraw gas for commercial use. This pressure is maintained by keeping a certain quantity of gas
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Taylor Energy oil platform toppled by Hurricane Ivan WASHINGTON – Capitol Hill lawmakers from Louisiana have intervened on behalf of a New Orleans company that has failed to stop a decade-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico but lobbied for a refund of money reserved for spill containment work, according to letters obtained by The Associated Press through
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Shell sells 49% interest, subscribes to 100% of liquefaction capacity of Elba Liquefaction Company Kinder Morgan is buying the remaining 49 per cent interest in the Elba Liquefaction Company LNG plant and investing another $630 million in the facility as it awaits approval to export to non-free trade countries. Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) and Shell (NYSE: RDS.A, RDS.B)
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