tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952077824240445451.post191715745267657680..comments2024-02-01T01:41:38.306-08:00Comments on A Chemist in Langley: On Linda McQuaig's comments, Carbon budgets, and keeping oil sands “in the ground”Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439598281608282361noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952077824240445451.post-29011012608251782362015-08-13T03:14:28.954-07:002015-08-13T03:14:28.954-07:00By the way, I meant high efficiency energy. I was ...By the way, I meant high efficiency energy. I was thinking of new oil treating technology which reduces energy consumption, adding small amounts of butane to the steam (which allows much lower steam consumption), better reservoir definition to avoid steaming marginal zones, etc. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952077824240445451.post-45191878184585834752015-08-12T15:42:10.361-07:002015-08-12T15:42:10.361-07:00I think I may have mentioned that Canadian extra h...I think I may have mentioned that Canadian extra heavy (the 7 to 8 degree API "bitumen" is nearly identical to Venezuelan Orinoco Belt crude. Given the Venezuelan regime's human rights abuses it sure makes sense to reduce USA imports from Venezuela by giving Canadian crude as easy an outlet as possible. This somehow is contrary to president Obama's foreign policy. <br /><br />I do encourage Canadian authorities to slow down developments to allow modern high energy methods to be perfected and applied in the Canadian oil fields. Those methods are evolving slowly but in 5 to 10 years they'll be highly competitive. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.com