New Oil Sands & Oil Shale Projects For Dec. 08
New Oil Sands & Oil Shale projects are reported monthly to Water & Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#NO26
subscribers. Here are the project titles for the month of Dec.’08.
OIL SANDS & OIL SHALE
UPDATE
December 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
Shell Chief Says Oil Exploration Still Worth It at $50 a Barrel
Carrizo Oil & Gas and Avista Forms $300 Million Marcellus Shale Joint Venture
Schlumberger and American Shale Oil Sign Technical Cooperation Agreement
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
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
BP Eyes Further Acquisitions in Oil Sands
China’s Expects Big Boost from Oil Shale to 7.3 Million Bpy
The UK’s Xtract Energy Enters into Two Joint Oil & Gas Ventures
Jordan Freezes Oil Shale Proposals for 18 Months
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