Blogs by data management Experts & Analysts | ZEMA Global Data Corporation
Blogs by data management Experts & Analysts | ZEMA Global Data Corporation
Blogs by data management Experts & Analysts | ZEMA Global Data Corporation
Blogs by data management Experts & Analysts | ZEMA Global Data Corporation
I recently attended the 20th Annual Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta (IPPSA) Conference at the Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta. As such, 20 was a key focus of the conference – it has been 20 years since the start of the restructuring process of the Alberta power market, and changes are ahead with the […]
Most oil companies have a dedicated team exploring new sources of energy, be it offshore crude, natural gas or any unconventional source. But, the inundating supply of crude from the Alberta oil sands and shale in the U.S. has redefined the scope and financial viability of offshore crude exploration. The official proven crude oil reserve […]
After eight years in the works, a sod-turning ceremony was held September 13, 2013 to celebrate the beginning of a new project that will result in a $5.7 billion refinery in Redwater, Alberta (about 50 km north of Edmonton) (The Globe and Mail). The Sturgeon Refinery is the first large-scale refinery to be built in […]
With all the talk about stemming the flow of greenhouse gas emissions, reducing the world’s population’s carbon footprint on earth, and the fight over global warming, the idea of simply storing carbon dioxide (CO2) gasses back underground – from where we originally took the oil and natural gases that we burn – almost seems too […]
Since Canada has one of the world’s largest oil sands projects (after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela), expected to pump out three million barrels a day by 2018 according to the western province of Alberta’s Government, it might come as a surprise that it is also a large importer of OPEC oil. In fact, Canada exports […]
Recently, I’ve witnessed the local impact that water can have on people and its potential implications for the oil and gas industry in Alberta (which I explored last week in Water Conservation, Contamination, and Alberta’s Flooding). In this blog, part 2 of 2, I’ll take a look at the “fracking” (hydraulic fracturing) industry and its […]
Growing up in the Canadian prairies, it was water cooler talk every spring to see if we had had enough snowfall or would get enough spring rain to keep our many farmers happy. However, this year, it was the over-abundance of water from the Bow and Elbow rivers that not only took over everyday conversations, […]
The ongoing debacle over the expansion of pipelines from Alberta’s oil sands to refineries in the US Gulf Coast has been back in the news of late. The pipeline is essential for the expansion of the tar-sands in the north of the Canadian province. The fallout from the past five years has contributed to sinking […]
