New Oil Sands & Oil Shale Projects For October ‘08
New Oil Sands & Oil Shale projects are reported monthly to Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets, http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n005 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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