Arctic

Lower emissions and costs with winning oil sands SAGD heating technology

Innovation

“Challenge programs like these have been great for connecting COSIA members with innovators who may have potential solutions to the problems we are trying to solve.” AMSEnergy’s Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger (HPHX) technology is the winner of the final stage of the ARCTIC Waste Heat Challenge, Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre and COSIA announced in a press release. The technology is […]

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De-carbonized natural gas goal of next ARCTIC technology challenge

Markham on Energy

$500,000 in funding available for combined Challenge Sprint and Field Testing Natural gas is already the cleanest fossil fuel, but a new competition aims to “de-carbonize” Canada’s gas supply even further, possibly helping the country meet its Paris Climate Accord commitments. In this podcast, I interview Neil Huff of the Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre and

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NWT Premier blasts Trudeau government and Arctic drilling moratorium

Canada

“What works in the South doesn’t always work in the North” North West Territory’s Premier Bob McLeod didn’t mince words in a statement on his territory posted to the governments website on Tuesday. McLeod says that policies are being imposed by Ottawa and Southern Canada are threatening their economic potential and work on Indigenous reconciliation.

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API calls for more US Arctic leases as Norway expands Arctic drilling

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Arctic offshore energy development could add 27 billion barrels of oil and 132 trillion cubic feet of natural gas As Arctic countries like Norway ramp up their northern drilling programs, the American Petroleum Institute  is calling on Washington for more “forward-looking energy policy” that includes the Arctic. API Executive Vice President Louis Finkel addressed “flaws” in

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Obama visits Alaska to draw attention to climate change, oil and gas industry

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Obama trying to strike balance between Alaska energy industry, federal climate change initiatives With melting glaciers and rising seas as his backdrop, President Barack Obama will visit Alaska in the upcoming week to press for urgent global action to combat climate change, even as he carefully calibrates his message in a state heavily dependent on

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Arctic Gateway pipeline for Alberta crude oil being discussed

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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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