Stories tagged with "Atlantica"

The Round-Up: July 3rd 2007

Posted by Stoneleigh on July 3, 2007 - 3:40am in The Oil Drum: Canada
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: atlantica, biofuel, bond rating, climate change, consolidated debt obligation, credit crunch, equalization, leveraged buyout, lng, private equity, resource royalties, smart metering, subprime loans, uranium [list all tags]

Dried-up Arctic ponds evidence of global warming, study says

A University of Alberta scientist has uncovered dramatic evidence of climate change in the Arctic, where ponds that have been part of the landscape for more than 6,000 years are drying up as global warming has nearly doubled the length of the brief northern summer.

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The Round-Up: June 19th 2007

Posted by Stoneleigh on June 19, 2007 - 7:02am in The Oil Drum: Canada
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: atlantica, climate change, coalbed methane, credit bubble, drought, emissions, ethanol, grain shortage, housing market, nuclear, spp, water [list all tags]

Royal Dutch Shell Inherits Explosive BC Conflict

When Royal Dutch Shell's directors took the reins of Shell Canada earlier this month, they inherited a brewing resource conflict in a remote corner of British Columbia that bears a striking resemblance to Royal Dutch's difficulties in other parts of the world.

The setting is a remote alpine basin southeast of Dease Lake, where the shared origin of the Nass, Stikine and Skeena Rivers gives the area its local name: the Sacred Headwaters. A stunning, expansive wilderness, it is the territory of the Tahltan people, who have hunted and trapped there for generations. It also happens to be underlain by one of British Columbia's largest potential coalbed methane deposits, to which Shell Canada -- and now Royal Dutch Shell -- holds drilling rights.

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The Round-Up: June 8th 2007

Posted by Stoneleigh on June 8, 2007 - 7:41am in The Oil Drum: Canada
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: atlantica, carbon tax, climate change, drilling, geothermal, pipelines, refineries, uranium [list all tags]

Drilling jobs scene bleak

Thousands of rig hands in Western Canada are waiting for callbacks from their drilling-company employers, but industry observers say the high Canadian dollar and a crash in the royalty trust and junior part of the oilpatch mean they could be idle for a long time.

While the drilling industry, which for years worked to build up its labour pool, is reluctant to talk in terms of outright layoffs because of the seasonal nature of its work, it's expected there will be almost 3,500 fewer roughneck positions this summer relative to last year, as the number of active rigs drops to 376, from 512 in 2006.

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