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Shell Technology Center Houston relaunches after expansion and renovation

09 Jan 2013

Shell today relaunched Shell Technology Center Houston, which has undergone extensive modernization and expansion to become one of the largest industrial technology centers in the world.

NEW YORK TIMES (NEWS)

 

2 Reports on Oil Sands Paint a Dire Picture

By JOHN M. BRODER

Emissions from mining, transporting and refining the oil fail to factor in the impact of petroleum coke, a highly carbon-rich byproduct, one report argues.

January 17, 2013

MORE ON OIL SANDS AND: TransCanada Corporation, Obama, Barack, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Keystone Pipeline System, Air Pollution, Oil Sands, Alberta (Canada), United States, Nebraska, Canada

Oil Sands Industry in Canada Tied to Higher Carcinogen Level

By IAN AUSTEN

Alberta’s oil sands industry has raised the levels of cancer-causing compounds in surrounding lakes well beyond natural levels, researchers reported.

January 13, 2013, Sunday

MORE ON OIL SANDS AND: Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Research, Oil Sands, Cancer, Water Pollution, Canada, Alberta (Canada)

Analysis-Canada's Foreign Limits May Hit Oil Sands Growth

By REUTERS

New Canadian rules limiting control of its oil sands by foreign state-owned companies may turn away some investors who now covet more than minority stakes just as the industry seeks massive amounts of capital to fuel its growth ambitions.

December 8, 2012, Saturday

Pipeline Protest Draws Pepper Spray From Deputies

By SAUL ELBEIN

Protesters at TransCanada’ s Keystone XL construction site in Texas were pepper-sprayed Monday by local sheriff’s deputies.

November 24, 2012, Saturday

MORE ON OIL SANDS AND: TransCanada Corporation, Eminent Domain, Oil Sands, Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots, Keystone Pipeline System, Texas

Canada Still Ponders Deal for Fuel Firm

By REUTERS

Canada said the bid for Progress Energy Resources by the Malaysian state oil company Petronas, did not provide the “net benefit” required by law but that negotiations were continuing.

October 22, 2012, Monday

MORE ON OIL SANDS AND: Progress Energy Inc, Petronas, Flaherty, Jim, Reserves (Natural Resources), Oil Sands, Foreign Investments, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Mines and Mining, Canada, Australia, Malaysia

Canada Says India Slow to Invest in Alberta Oil Sands

By REUTERS

Indian companies are lagging behind when it comes to investing in Canada's giant oil sands but could well start making deals within the next five years, Canadian Energy Minister Joe Oliver says.

October 7, 2012, Sunday

Williams Signs Gas Processing Deal in Canada Oil Sands

By REUTERS

U.S. energy infrastructure company Williams said on Wednesday it has signed a long-term gas processing agreement with a producer in the Canadian oil sands.

September 26, 2012, Wednesday

Peter Lougheed, Ex-Premier of Alberta, Dies at 84

By IAN AUSTEN

Mr. Lougheed turned Alberta into a major player in oil and gas and a pioneer in the development of oil sands.

September 15, 2012, Saturday

MORE ON OIL SANDS AND: Lougheed, Peter, Oil Sands, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Deaths (Obituaries), Alberta (Canada)

Shell to Test Capturing Of Carbon In Canada

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS

HOUSTON - In a bid to make oil sands production less polluting, Royal Dutch Shell announced on Wednesday that it would go forward with the first carbon capture and storage project ever tried in the fields of western Canada. The announcement of the Quest project after years of study comes just months before Washington will reconsider whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline to increase imports of heavy oil from the oil sands. Environmentalists have fought the project, arguing that refin...

September 06, 2012, Thursday

MORE ON OIL SANDS AND: CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION, OIL SANDS, ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC, CANADA

Shell to Proceed With Oil Sands Carbon Capture Project

By REUTERS

Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on Wednesday it has given final approval for its planned C$1.35 billion ($1.36 billion) Quest carbon capture and storage project in order to cut carbon-dioxide emissions at its 255,000 barrel per day Scotford oil sands upgrader near Edmonton, Alberta, by more than a third.

September 5, 2012, Wednesday

POSTER'S TO INFO

Creating posters (Steps)    

1. The text must be in English, including the summary paragraph in Spanish.
2. The dimensions of the poster are limited to 0.80 m (width) x 1.20 m (height).
3. Poster material must be prepared with print large enough to be easily seen from a distance of 1.40 m.
4. Each poster must have a label at the top, indicating: title, authors' names, the name of the presenting author should be underlined work, affiliations, city and country. The size of these titles and characters of authors should have at least 5.0 inches high.

PUMPING

The mechanical pump

Is a suction procedure and almost continuous transfer of oil to the surface, considering that the site has a certain pressure, which is enough for the oil reaches a certain level in the well.

Parts of the mechanical pumping process.

· Motor (1).
· Crank (2).
· Counterweight (3).
· Rocker (4).
· Headstock (5).
· Rein (6).
· Stem polished (7).
· Packing gland (8).
· Head (9).
· Exhaust pipe (10).
· Rod suction (11).
· Coater (12).
· Valve old (13).
· Pump (14).
· Fixed valve (15).
· Field (16).