A project aspiring to grow up into the next oil sands breakthrough includes the ultimate in substitutes for natural gas — pure heat. As oil sands manager and chief financial officer of Petrobank Energy and Resources, Chris Bloomer makes the earth burn. “It’s aggressive in the reservoir,” he said in describing the new production method at an industry conference and trade fair in Fort McMurray, the oil sands boom city 500 miles northeast of the Canadian gas capital of Calgary.
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Canadian Natural Starts New Mega-Mine for Oilsands
While stimulating research on substitutes and new processes, natural gas prices are not yet high enough to make Alberta oilsands developers blink. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is going ahead on the next bitumen mega-mine in northern Alberta, while acknowledging gas will be a major continuing expense.
November 8, 2004
Canadian Natural Starts New Mega-Mine for Oilsands
While stimulating research on substitutes and new processes, natural gas prices are not yet high enough to make Alberta oilsands developers blink. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is going ahead on the next bitumen mega-mine in northern Alberta, while acknowledging gas will be a major continuing expense.
November 8, 2004
Canadian Natural Starts New Mega-Mine for Oilsands
While stimulating research on substitutes and new processes, natural gas prices are not yet high enough to make Alberta oilsands developers blink. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is going ahead on the next bitumen mega-mine in northern Alberta, while acknowledging gas will be a major continuing expense.
November 8, 2004
Natural Gas One of Four ‘Horses’ Pushing CA’s Economy, State Official Says
The following substitutes for and corrects a report run in Daily GPI, May 21
May 24, 2004
Canadian Oil Sands Projects Eye Substitutes for Natural Gas, But Say No to Nukes
A proposal to substitute nuclear power for gas-fired generation has been laughed out of the northern Alberta oil sands — literally.
November 10, 2003
Canadian Oil Sands Projects Eye Substitutes for Natural Gas, But Say No to Nukes
A proposal to substitute nuclear power for gas-fired generation has been laughed out of the northern Alberta oil sands — literally.
November 10, 2003
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