Oil Pipeline
The Mackenzie River has long attracted the interest of Exxon Mobil and its subsidiary Imperial Oil. In 1942, the oil company worked alongside the U.S. military’s 388th Engineer Battalion to provide a secure source of oil for the wartime effort. The battalion’s role was to construct a road and lay four inch pipes along the [...]
Continue reading about Mackenzie Pipeline: same as the Canadian Oil Road?
Last Spring, someone from the Canadian Environmental Agency typed out a memo addressed to the top level of the Canadian government, urging a public inquiry into the proposed Enridge Gateway project. I believe that this memo should be out there for us all to read, especially considering that the Port of Kitimat is privately operated [...]
Continue reading about Alberta Tarsands to Port of Kitimat – dual pipeline planned
PetroChina and Korea National Oil Corporation are the main supporters of the plan by Enbridge to build a pipeline to carry crude oil (bitumen) from the Tar Sands in Alberta to Kitimat where it will be shipped to Asia. Kitimat is located at the base of one of Canada’s longest fjords, the Douglas Channel. Last [...]
Continue reading about Crude oil pipeline planned for earthquake zone
