Calling that crap from Alberia oil sands is like calling the murder of innocent women and children collateral damage. It is white washing crap.
You could always burn BC coal in your old polluting truck.
Calling that crap from Alberia oil sands is like calling the murder of innocent women and children collateral damage. It is white washing crap.
Upgrading is needed for conventional heavy oil too. Refining is needed to ship heavy oil. Pipelines carry multiple refined products and crude at the same time. Any idea why?
So everything will be pretty much the same as it is now.. with few ripples.
Calling that crap from Alberia oil sands is like calling the murder of innocent women and children collateral damage. It is white washing crap.
That's not my point. Why would Suncor pull the plug on a $10 billion + project after already spending $3.5 billion ? The profitability wasn't there. That's not to say they couldn't make money at it, but they've obviously decided they can make more shipping out bitumen as they are now and leave further refining to someone else. Of course somebody somewhere is finishing off the refining process, the trick would be getting those people or someone like them to set up shop in Alberta and it's my guess they aren't doing that because they can do it cheaper somewhere else.
Ms. Notely playing a better political game than Mr. Prentiss.
That's not my point. Why would Suncor pull the plug on a $10 billion + project after already spending $3.5 billion ? The profitability wasn't there. That's not to say they couldn't make money at it, but they've obviously decided they can make more shipping out bitumen as they are now and leave further refining to someone else. Of course somebody somewhere is finishing off the refining process, the trick would be getting those people or someone like them to set up shop in Alberta and it's my guess they aren't doing that because they can do it cheaper somewhere else.
Funny how so many people think we must do more refining, manufacturing, upgrading in Canada. Until there is a proposal to build said facility within 10000 miles of their house.
That oil isn't going anywhere... Suncor will put it on hold until such time that they can maximize their position
Bitumen needs refined product to thin it so it can be pumped. Upgrading is just desulphurising. That's it.
I think I would have gone with "EXCLAMATION MARK."I don't care who's running the Government, Alberta is the best Province in Canada, and always will be. PERIOD!!
There is, of course. Don't they teach that in Canada?Why is there no proclamation mark?