New Oil Sands & Oil Shale Projects For Dec. 08

 

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 subscribers.   Here are the project titles for the month of Dec.’08.

 

OIL SANDS & OIL SHALE

UPDATE

 

December 2008

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

 

OVERVIEW

Shell Chief Says Oil Exploration Still Worth It at $50 a Barrel

AMERICAS

U.S.

Carrizo Oil & Gas and Avista Forms $300 Million Marcellus Shale Joint Venture

Schlumberger and American Shale Oil Sign Technical Cooperation Agreement

Whiting Refinery’s $3.8 Billion Project to Process Alberta Tar Sands Moves Forward Despite Lower Crude Prices

Gas Firms Pull Rigs and Complain State Obstructs Marcellus Drilling

Bush Finalizes Regulations to Kickstart U.S. Oil Shale Development

Range and MarkWest Provide First Phase of Marcellus Shale Update

Petro-Canada Eyes U.S. Refining Buys for Oil Sands

CANADA

Chevron says Financial Crisis Re-enforces Construction Costs Advantages

Oil-Sands Spending to Fall 20 Percent as Projects Delayed

Flint Energy Gets C$50 Million Contract from StatoilHydro

New U.S. Administration Could be Bad News for the Oil Industry

Canadian Pacific Railway May Delay Plans for Oil-Sands Track

Fort Hills Puts Sturgeon Upgrader on Hold

Alberta Makes Royalty Deal on Syncrude Oilsands

Green Group Targets Canadian Banks' Oilsands Support

Think-tank Values Oilsands at $1.5 Trillion

CANADA / U.S.

BP Eyes Further Acquisitions in Oil Sands

ASIA

CHINA

China’s Expects Big Boost from Oil Shale to 7.3 Million Bpy

EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

TURKEY / MOROCCO

The UK’s Xtract Energy Enters into Two Joint Oil & Gas Ventures

JORDAN

Jordan Freezes Oil Shale Proposals for 18 Months

 

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