New Oil Sands & Oil Shale Projects For October ‘08

 

New Oil Sands & Oil Shale projects are reported monthly to Water & Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#NO26 subscribers.  Here are the project titles for the month of October ‘08.

 

 

Oil Sands & Oil Shale Updates

October 2008

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

 

1. AMERICAS

 

            U.S.

Big Investor Asset Management Urges Shell and BP to Abandon Oil Sands

Congress Leaves Utah Waiting on Oil Shale

BLM Releases Final Oil Shale Development Plan

Denver, Western Slope Officials Cite Huge Water Resource Demands for Oil Shale

Petro Resources Announces Participation in East Texas Bossier Trend Project

Williams Completes $147 Mln Acquisition of Barnett Shale Natural Gas Reserves

Schlumberger Introduces StimMORE Diversion Technology for Shale Fracturing Applications

JV Partners EnCana, Conoco put up $3.6-Bln on U.S. Refinery to Increase Oil Sands Capacity

DEP Secretary Says Marcellus Shale Holds Tremendous Opportunity for Pennsylvania Economy

Ritter Says Bush Pushing Colorado Shale Development too Soon

 

 CANADA

Devon Energy Starts Phase 2 of Alberta Oil Sands Project

Petrostar's DHT2 to Be Tested by an Oil Sands Company

Canadian Natural Resources Investing Billions in Oil Sands Hits a Snag

Sulfur Emissions Cutting Costs Rise at Syncrude

Digester Invention to Make Oil-sands Extraction much Simpler

Exel and Syncrude Canada Design 5 Year Oil Sands Agreement

EnCana Names New Oil Sands Spin-off "Cenovus Energy"

Canada’s NDP Candidate Byers Wants to Bow Out from Tar Sands

Canada's Harper Pledges Ban of Asian, possibly U.S. Oil Sands Exports

Processing of Oil Sands Continues to Raise Environmental Alarms

   

U.S. / CANADA

BJ Services Establishes Shale Technology Team

 

2. EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

     

 NORWAY

StatoilHydro to Spend $8 Million on Oil-Sands Research

    

 MADAGASCAR

Madagascar Oil Completes Farmout Agreement with TOTAL

  

MOROCCO

Xtract Energy Enters JV to Develop Oil Shale Projects in Morocco

  

ISRAEL

IDT to Mine Israeli Oil Shale

  

JORDAN

Jordan’s NRA Signs Oil Shale Deals with Brazilian and French Companies

Jordan, Shell Nearing Accord for Oil Shale Exploitation

 

 

 

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