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Category Archives: Tar Sands (Oil Sands)
Why Canadian oilsands will not help solve the energy crisis
Preface. I posted this back in 2011, but it is all still true, plus a lot more in my additional posts here. The Canadian oil sands are reputed to be the 3rd largest oil reserve (10%), and have a very … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Hazardous Waste, Pollution, Tar Sands (Oil Sands)
Tagged energy, hazardous waste, oilsands, pollution, tarsands
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Nafeez Ahmed: Venezuela’s collapse is a window into how the Oil Age will unravel
Preface. Ahmed is one of the best writers on the energy crisis and other biophysical calamities. He’s written about why many states are failing now in part due to peak oil, but also drought and other biophysical factors in his … Continue reading
Posted in Peak Oil, Tar Sands (Oil Sands), Venezuela
Tagged collapse, peak oil, Venezuela
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Why tar sands, a toxic ecosystem-destroying asphalt, can’t fill in for declining conventional oil
This is a book review of Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent by Andrew Nikiforuk. Many “energy experts” have said that a Manhattan tar sands project could prevent oil decline in the future. But that’s not … Continue reading
How long will the marriage of fracked oil and tar sands last?
[ Below is a post by Art Berman which I found interesting because I’m concerned about whether enough diesel can be made in the future to keep trucks running. Light tight “fracked” oil is better at making plastics and gasoline … Continue reading
Posted in Oil & Gas Fracked, Tar Sands (Oil Sands)
Tagged fracked oil, light tight oil, oil sands, tar sands
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House hearing on Canadian oil sands
House 112-128. March 20, 2012. The American Energy Initiative Part 17: A focus on the future of energy technology with an emphasis on Canadian oil sands. U.S. House of Representatives. [ Excerpts from the 203 page transcript ] President Obama … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, oil sands, tar sands
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Over and under-cooked oil — tar sands, “fracked” tight oil & gas
This article discusses why it’s so hard and expensive to extract difficult oils like fracked shale oil, Venezuelan and Canadian oil sands. These are at the bottom of the resource pyramid, so there may be a lot of it, but … Continue reading
Posted in Oil & Gas Fracked, Oil Shale, Tar Sands (Oil Sands)
Tagged Canada, fracking, oil sands, oil shale, tar sands, tight oil, Venezuela
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Tar sand EROI 2013 Poisson and Hall
Alexandre Poisson, Charles A. S. Hall. 2013. Time Series EROI for Canadian Oil and Gas. Energies 2013, 6, 5940-5959 [ This is an extract from this 20-page paper. Tar sands are the hope offered by techno-optimists that a great deal … Continue reading
Posted in Charles A. S. Hall, EROEI Energy Returned on Energy Invested, Tar Sands (Oil Sands)
Tagged EROI, Hall, oil sand, tar sand
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Mined Oil sands EROI 5, in-situ 2.9, or 1 if refinement, transportation, & environmental costs included
Nuwer, R. Feb 19, 2013. Oil Sands Mining Uses Up Almost as Much Energy as It Produces. InsideClimate News. EROI SURFACE MINED oil sands (20% of reserves) EROI 5 according to J. David Hughes research released Tuesday. EROI 5.5 to … Continue reading
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New Threat to Oil sand Projects
Newfound Threat to Oilsand Projects Researchers discover ancient salt formation key factor in Alberta steam fracking disasters. By Andrew Nikiforuk, 28 Jul 2014, TheTyee.ca Also See: Next Oil sands Threat: Cracking Caprock A new study suggests that naturally occurring upward flow … Continue reading
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Tagged caprock, geohazard, oil sands
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Oil Sands missed rosy production figures – AGAIN
Commentary: Canadian Oil Sands Misses Unrealistic Projection – Issues Another December 14, 2009 Tom Standing ASPO USA Peak Oil Review Canadian energy authorities have done it again. They missed their last rosy projection of future oil sands production, so they … Continue reading
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