tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-480286723085387632.post6036158998683878300..comments2023-07-04T03:57:58.886-07:00Comments on Alberta Real Estate Watch: Upgraders - Statoil updateBearClawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15714953167582532109noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-480286723085387632.post-52367680367628904132008-12-06T12:04:00.000-08:002008-12-06T12:04:00.000-08:00From Calgary Herald articleOilpatch loses another ...From Calgary Herald article<BR/><A HREF="http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/calgarybusiness/story.html?id=dd094001-8b4a-445f-99e6-6c03b3fe8cba&p=2" REL="nofollow">Oilpatch loses another upgrader</A><BR/><BR/><I>Oilsands projects delayed or dead - Shell canada's 100,000-barrel-per-day carmon creek in-situ oilsands project near Peace river: regulatory application withdrawn; - Shell canada's 100,000-bpd athabasca oilsands mining project expansion, Phase 2: decision delayed until costs come down; - Fort hills $25-billion mine and upgrader, proposed by Petro-canada and two minority partners: mine delayed, upgrader on hold; - Suncor energy's $20.6-billion Voyageur expansion: delayed by a year; - long lake integrated thermal oilsands project, Phase 2: Partners nexen and opti canada delay until next year a decision on twinning the $6.1-billion first phase; - total canada Joslyn mine and upgrader:mine delayed, upgrader on hold; - north west Upgrading's $4.9-billion redwater upgrader: on hold pending financing; and - Ba energy heartland upgrader: Partly built and then abandoned.</I>BearClawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15714953167582532109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-480286723085387632.post-13001386504852090012008-11-23T12:05:00.000-08:002008-11-23T12:05:00.000-08:00the surest way to determine what if any upgraders ...the surest way to determine what if any upgraders will be built is to keep your eyes focused on the mine sites..no mine no upgrader<BR/><BR/>going into the future it appears that the odds of any further upgrader capacity in the edmonton area is highly unlikely<BR/>the emphasis seems to be on pipelines so that the product can be upgraded elsewhere <BR/><BR/>the msm is just so full of it <BR/>all they were doing was giving people a false of sense of security<BR/>in as far as employment was/is concerned<BR/><BR/>tar pit activity has noticibly slowed down..some trades are experiencing increased and unwanted unemployment for the first time since 1998<BR/><BR/>to further peoples frustrations<BR/>there continues to be thousands of foreign workers still employed<BR/>and massive amounts of labour are being flown to and from eastern canadian cities<BR/>employing albertans appears to be a low priority in the eyes of ledcor and flint<BR/><BR/>anyhow there is no activity at any mine site at this time although there are still a few employed at fort hills <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.financialpost.com/news/story.html?id=981664" REL="nofollow">Strathcona County's victims of the credit crisis</A><BR>squidly77https://www.blogger.com/profile/05932628180799650933noreply@blogger.com