Crude Oil Resources In Alberta

The Alberta tar sands, is currently the largest construction project taking place in the world, and as such is a very important

There are great economic opportunity for the province of Alberta as well as satisfying the global need for oil. The oil sands carry with it a lot of ethical and environmental concerns because unlike regular oil that can be pumped direction from the ground, the extraction process have proved to be dangerously hazardous to human, environment, and other biodiversity. The development of this oil sands have also caused great changes to the way of life of First Nations and well as health risks. The process of extraction starts with digging huge amount of sand-bitumen mixture from the earth’s surface and then heating with hot water to separate the sands, bitumen, and other minerals. The bitumen is kept for oil and the slurry mixture of sand, oil, water is then return to the mine. It takes about 2 tons of sands to make 1 barrel of oil and only about 75% of bitumen can be extracted from the sands. In areas where oil sands is too deep for strip mining, a process known as “in situ”, or in place, is used by drilling deep into the ground and releasing hot steam or other heat inducing technology to release the bitumen from the sands which can then be pumped out. The extraction process requires huge amount energy to run heavy machinery and to heating water and steam making the break-even cost of $57 making it much higher Saudi

A Nation at a Cross- Road: The Canadian Oil Industry’s Impact on Canada The Overview: Diverse and multi-faceted, the Canadian business market is one of the strongest functioning mixed market economies in the world. Within the Canadian economy, the oil and gas sector stands as one of the largest and most influential sectors. The oil and gas industry is unique as it affects almost every person and sector of the economy worldwide, whether it is through commodity or material input costs. In Canada, this growing industry could allow for the country to be the one of the “biggest energy producers in the world” leading to a massive paradigm shift globally.

These factors result in several issues and challenges. These matters have brought a conflict between the various stakeholders in this industry (Oilsandstruth.org, 2015). This discussion aims to identify the primary issues associated with the Canada oil sands and the involved stakeholders. Secondly, the stakeholders’ political view will be established. Finally, the discussion will recommend policies that can be effective in solving the challenges associated with the issues.

Introduction: The oil sands development in northern Alberta has become a hot bed for debate between producers and environmental groups. With worldwide water crisis rapidly developing the use of water in the development Alberta’s oil sands begs the question, are the oil sands in northern Alberta being developed with social responsibility

There is a huge debate if the oil sands of canada are affecting canada positively or negatively.The social and community improvements are a result of the oil sands in alberta. The economic benefits are another positive that the oil sands bring. Finally the direct and indirect jobs created in the

The Alberta Oil Sands have affected many stakeholder groups such as government, residents, researchers and employees. However, we will focus on how it affects the Alberta Government; specifically, Ed Stlemech of the Conservative Government. As my stake holder, Ed Stlemech does not live within the Alberta Oil Sands area as

People that support the oil sands argue that they're beneficial for our economy, jobs and energy, but what happens when the oil sands are gone? Canada depends on the oil sands very heavily for those things so once they're gone we're going to be scrambling to find other sources to replace what the oil sands provides for us for so long. The oil sands are making around 23 billion dollars per year and makin 151 000 jobs which means Canada will need to find another way to make that money and jobs. Once the oil sands are gone, Canada will be desperate for somewhere to get money, jobs and

Through progress, Canadian Natural Resources Limited had progressed to primary heavy crude lands in 1993 and purchasing thermal in-situ areas 3 years later, becoming a leader in the in-suti crude oil developments. As of 2000, they sought out to acquire assets from The North Sea along with Offshore Africa while also creating gas conservation with equipment including "pipelines, pad compressors, booster compressors, gas plants, and fuel lines" (Canadian Natural Resources Limited Performance Presentation Primary Recovery Heavy Oil Sands Schemes, n.d.) While continuing to strengthen the Northwestern Alberta and British Columbia 's basins, Canadian Natural Resource Limited furthered their achievements by recognizing synthetic crude oil at the Horizon Oil sands, leading to a shipment of such into the sales pipeline. Also in 2008, Canadian Natural Resources seeked out the ‘Kirby In-Situ Oil Sands’, hoping for approval on another project. From the beginning Canadian Natural Resources has strived to achieve something different and make an impact. Throughout the history of the company, Canadian Natural Resources has continued to search for new and economic ways to improve the company, "predict[ing] an oversupply of natural gas could last as long as seven years, keeping prices low"( 2011, March. CNRL

Countries having the bituminous sand but the wide range of this sand are finding in Canada. The research show that this company is important for economy and showing robust future in the future because in 2004, the processing of engineered unrefined petroleum (SCO) and natural rough bitumen spoke to 41 percent of aggregate Canadian oil generation. At an accepted WTI cost of $32 for every barrel, the oil sands generation is relied upon to expand three fold by 2017, helping considerably more than 50% of Alberta's oil supply. The normal elevated amount of oil action ought to prompt gigantic budgetary development in the district and in addition in the area. The number of inhabitants in the locale (i.e., Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake Economic Region7) has expanded by 8 percent between 2000 and 2004. This contrasts and a development of 7 percent for the region, and 5 percent for the country over the same period. The development and improvement in the oil sands industry at the provincial level affects the common, national

Enbridge: Northern Gateway Pipeline Prabh Sidhu The production of oil is one of Canada’s greatest assets as it brings in lots of profit but British Columbia is one the most beautiful places in the world and is a prime tourism area. This leads to the question is oil transportation right for British Columbia? Enbridge plans to build two pipelines that will carry oil from “central Alberta to coastal BC” (Alternatives Journal, 2012). Enbridge Incorporated is a company that is a main transporter of natural gas, crude oil and other liquids in Canada, as well as a major operator of pipelines in North America. Their plan is to run two 1170-kilometer pipelines across BC that will eventually be moving about 520,000 barrels of oil per day; this

While the Alberta oil sands are critical to the Canadian economy, environmental policies must be strengthened in order to diminish the immense risk in the transportation of crude oil, the harming of human health, and the deterioration of the surrounding

Introduction The statement ‘Canada oil sands are much more of a blessing rather than a curse’ is not true because the disadvantages of oil sands outweigh the advantages. For this reason, this paper aims at indicating points against the statement. To understand the defects of oil sand exploration in Canada, one has to delve into the explanation of what oil sands are as well as how the entire process of mining and refining and thereafter, determine the disadvantages based on socioeconomic factors, environmental factors, as well as the infrastructure and energy required for its production.

Oil also plays a big role in Canadian’s everyday lives. Not only does oil fuel our vehicles, cook our food and heat our homes and generate electricity; it is also used in almost everything we use on a daily basis. From rain, snow or sunshine and from head to toes, you could be wearing petroleum-based products. There’s more than gas in your vehicle, tires, mud flaps, wiper blades, your vehicle is an oil and gas machine. From the time, you wake up and put your coffee maker on, until you set your alarm clock at night. You’re using oil products. We use hundreds of petroleum-based oil products every day from household appliances, electronics, personal products and much more. In an article about oil and Canada’s future it states “These along with

The shallow deposits are scooped up by electric shovels and then taken away to separate the bitumen from the sand. The waste is then dumped into lakes of pollution. When the oil sands are near the surface it leaves the area completely treeless and when it is harder to extract numerous steps like, steam plants are required to extract. The tar sands oil that they plan to extract is under the world largest intact ecosystems. This area is the Boreal forest in Alberta. The Boreal spreads over continents and many counties. It plays a significant role in the planet’s biodiversity and even its climate. The Boreal represents around 29% of the worlds forest cover and is home to 85 species of mammals, 130 species of fish, 32,000 species of insects, and 300 species of birds. This forest is not only an important part of the natural ecosystem but it as serves as an important carbon sink. The process that goes along with digging up tar sands oil the forests will be destroyed. Since the crude was discovered in 2000, nearly two million acres of this ecosystem have be clear-cut, and if the Keystone XL pipeline is approved much more of the forest will be lost. Not only will the world be losing a precious ecosystem, but it will also lose a significant carbon sink and biodiversity loss.