Archive for 2009
In this video, www.WatchMojo.com speaks with Walsh about the tar sands, and their effect on the environment.
Tags: alberta, bitumen, carbon emissions, change, climate, climate change, climate-change, director, disease, documentary, environment, fort chipewyan, lifestyle, reason
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API conducted a tour of oil sands development in Alberta, Canada for reporters and bloggers. At Syncrude, they learned how a form of oil called bitumen is processed into 350000 barrels of oil per day, and about land reclamation efforts post production. To learn more about oil sands and energy development, visit EnergyTomorrow.org.
Tags: collapse, current, drop, environment, had, mine, reclamation, syncrude, twitter, ymm
“Is Oil Sands Development Ultimately Irreconcilable with the Environmental Agenda?” asked Calgary Enterprise Forum.
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The Canadian Tar Sands is the world’s largest, and dirtiest, energy project. Dirty oil sands crude generates as much as five times greenhouse gas as conventional oil. Yet, unless steps are taken by the US and Canada, both countries will become irrevocably addicted to the dirtiest oil on earth
Tags: alberta, day, energy, house, men, news, per, politics, tar, used, videos, web, workers
The Canadian Tar Sands is the world’s largest, and dirtiest, energy project. Dirty oil sands crude generates as much as five times greenhouse gas as conventional oil. Yet, unless steps are taken by the US and Canada, both countries will become irrevocably addicted to the dirtiest oil on earth
Tags: and, environment, greenpeace, jazeera, news & politics, oil, oil-sands, people, side, tarsands, videos
This is a story about the environmental impact of the Alberta oil sands, located in northern, Alberta, Canada. This sparsely-populated region of the country contains the second largest reserves of oil in the world, only surpassed by that of Saudi Arabia
Tags: adobe, arabia, bitumen, economy, Fort, Geographic, harrisonconstantinou, Megastructures, Minutes, news & politics, obama, power, sign-up, town
The tar sands also called oil sands are one of the largest remaining deposits of oil in the world. Developing the tar sands has created the biggest industrial development project, the biggest capital investment project, and the biggest energy project in the world
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A demonstration of how oil sand is separated using a hot water process. This demonstration is from the Oil Sands Discovery Centre in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Follow along with this fascinating process that takes you through the stages of raw oil sand to separating out the bitumen and then through the upgrading stages
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Technology is key to unlocking the potential of oil sands – a blend of clay, sand, water and bitumen. Discover how Shell extracts and upgrades bitumen from Canda’s oil sands and converts it to synthetic crude oil.
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Excerpt from Walking on Oil: Alberta’s Oil Sands from TMW Media to purchase this title on DVD, go to www.tmwmedia.com Summary: Discover the real truth about the biggest oil deposits in the world and the stunning environmental impact of oil exploration in the spectacular scenery of Albertas oil country. Concerns about the future supply of conventional oil have attracted new attention to the potential yield from “oil sands.” Walking on oil Alberta’s Oil Sands focuses on the Provinces crude bitumen oil sands estimated to be the World’s largest hydrocarbon deposits.
Tags: adobe, alberta, avi, core, gop, hole, please, production, red, side, tar sand, used, warming, work