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Canada's Alberta Unveils New Carbon Policy for Oil Sands Sector
Nov 24, 2015Canada's Alberta province Sunday announced a new "climate leadership" plan that includes a cap on greenhouse gas emissions by oil sands producers as it moves to overhaul its image and kick start export opportunities. The cap on emissions ...
Tags: greenhouse gas, oil sands, oil
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Obama Administration to Continue Keystone Xl Review, Despite Suspension Request
Nov 4, 2015The Obama administration on Tuesday said it will continue to process TransCanada's application for a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline, even as it considers the company's request to suspend the review. "We would like to finish this ...
Tags: Obama, Keystone XL pipeline, crude
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AISI is Urging to Move Ahead Toward Completion of The Keystone XL Pipeline
Jul 10, 2014The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and more than 40 other associations are urging the State Department to move ahead toward completion of the Keystone XL pipeline. In a letter sent Tuesday to Secretary of State John Kerry, in ...
Tags: Steel products, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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Health Exchanges in Washington State and New York
Feb 14, 2014Today's headlines include progress reports on health exchanges in Washington state and New York as well as poll results on Virginia's Medicaid Expansion. Kaiser Health News: Insuring Your Health: Advocates Worry That Drug Company ...
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Cushing Is Where Oil Futures Are Settled Physically
Oct 11, 2013Among other inconveniences, Washington's shutdown could make it harder to keep track of what is going on in a place just over 1,000 miles away from it: Cushing, Okla. Cushing, where several major pipelines meet, is where oil futures are ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Mineral
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Late Wednesday Plans to Expedite The Approval of The Keystone XL Pipeline
May 28, 2013Late Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed legislation to expedite the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline by a vote of 241-175. The House vote came despite insufficient support in the Senate, in addition to a threatened veto ...
Tags: pipe, tubular, USA, North America, opinion, steelmaking, San Diego
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US Oil,Natural Gas and Coal Industries Are Bracing for The Release of New Standards
Apr 1, 2013US oil, natural gas and coal industries are bracing for the release of new standards that could derail, postpone or at least create new legal hurdles for some of the country's largest planned energy projects, including interstate pipelines, ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil
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Hardline,Pro-drilling Arguments Be Hindering The Chances of Bipartisan Support for US E&P
Mar 27, 2013US Representative Kevin Cramer, a Republican and North Dakota's lone House member, believes that hardline, pro-drilling arguments from his own party may be hindering the chances of bipartisan support for increasing oil and gas production on ...
Tags: Drilling Rhetoric Hinders, Chemicals, Cramer
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President Barack Obama Can Show His Commitment to Climate Change Action
Mar 4, 2013The European Union's top climate change official said Thursday that President Barack Obama can show his commitment to climate change action by rejecting TransCanada's plan to build the Keystone XL pipeline. "I think that would be an ...
Tags: climate change, pipeline, oil industry
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West Texas Intermediate Will Stabilize and Trade at About $7/B Under Light Louisiana Sweet
Jan 28, 2013As southbound pipeline capacity is built and there's less demand in the Midwest, West Texas Intermediate will stabilize and trade at about $7/b under Light Louisiana Sweet, an industry expert said at an event Friday. Less demand for WTI, ...
Tags: Pipe Capacity, pipeline, Midwest
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Keystone XL Pipeline Route Has Been a Point of Contention
Jan 25, 2013On Tuesday, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman approved TransCanada's revised Keystone XL pipeline route through the state, which has been a point of contention due to the environmentally sensitive Nebraska Sandhills. Heineman sent a letter to ...
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Developing Energy From Shale Is Receiving Stronger Support From Americans
Jan 24, 2013In 2011, the United States became the world’s largest producer of natural gas, growing by 7.7% between 2010 and 2011. That represented the largest volumetric increase in the world, according to BP’s Statistical Review of World ...
Tags: natural gas, Natural Resource, gas industry
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Environmental Reviews Ignored The Pollution Potential of Petroleum Coke
Jan 21, 2013Environmental reviews of TransCanada's controversial Keystone XL pipeline have so far ignored the pollution potential of petroleum coke, a byproduct of the diluted bitumen that would get carried by the system, a group opposed to fossil ...
Tags: pipeline, petroleum coke, fossil fuels
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Alberta and Quebec's Separatist Government Will Study Benefits of Shipping
Dec 5, 2012Gulf News reported that Alberta, Canada's oil producing heartland and Quebec's separatist government will study the benefits of shipping the western province's crude to refineries in Quebec, a shift that could help cut the industry's ...
Tags: oil producing, Eastern Canadian refineries, energy industry
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Advances Will Benefit From The Development of Shale Plays
Nov 29, 2012Demand for oil and gas infrastructure equipment is forecast to rise 6.3 percent annually through 2016 to $12.1 billion. Advances will benefit from the development of shale plays, especially in areas that have not until recently been major ...
Tags: Oil and Gas Infrastructure, oil and gas infrastructure equipment