New Oil Sands & Oil Shale Projects For Nov. 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 November '08.
OIL SANDS AND OIL SHALE
UPDATE
November 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

AMERICAS

U.S.
Halliburton Closes Acquisition of Pinnacle Technologies
Group Seeks Greater New Albany Shale Gas Output
One Old, One New U.S. Oil Refinery Plans in the Works
A Colorado University to Open New Oil Shale Research Center
Independent Gas, Oil Producers form Marcellus Shale Committee
Chief Oil & Gas Reveals New Drilling Rig for Marcellus Shale
Miller Petroleum Announces Successful Well in the Chattanooga Shale
Interior Department Drafts New Oil Shale Rules for Federal Lands
CSU to Get Close to $1 Million to Study Oil Shale Land Restoration
Suncor Energy CEO Predicts Failure of Some U.S. Oil Refiners
New Oil Technology Still Key, Even at Low Prices Discussed at Summit
Oil Shale Resonates as Rocky Mountain West Election Issue

CANADA
SNC-Lavalin Selects Pumps Vendor for Fort Hills Plant
Oilsands Quest Gives $1 Million for Research
Suncor Energy Reports Oil Sands Production Numbers for September 2008
Plunge Raises Fears over Oilsands Viability as Low Prices Challenge New Projects
High Stakes in Canada's Vast Oil-sands Fields with $100 Billion in Investments
New U.S. President Could Make Huge Oil-sands Deal with Canada
Alberta, GE Team up to Improve Water Use at Oilsands Sites
Canada's Vancouver Island University Receives $2.1 Million Grant to Assist in Tar Sands Work
Kodiak Energy, Inc. and the "Lucy" Horn River Basin Project is a Gas Shale Program
Nexen, OPTI's Long Lake Project Expansion Delayed by Financial Crisis
$6.1 Billion Long Lake Oilsands Project Officially Opened
Fungus may Have Potential for Remediating Oilsands in Alberta

EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

ESTONIA
WWF Report Includes Estonia as One of Top Ten Polluters

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