Tue, 14 May 2013 11:29:02 CDT rt.com
After 210,000 gallons of heavy crude spilled into an Arkansas community, ExxonMobil assured residents that toxic chemicals have remained at safe levels. But locals say they are ... "My throat and nose and eyes were burning really bad .
Mon, 13 May 2013 13:16:25 CDT ogj.com
After completion of the project, the refinery, which now runs light and medium crude oil, will be able to process 210,000 b/d of heavy and extra-heavy crude oil from Venezuela's Orinoco region.
Wed, 08 May 2013 14:05:08 CDT bloomberg.com
Canadian heavy crude strengthened for a second day on speculation that a restart of units at BP Plc (BP/) 's refinery in Whiting, Indiana, will increase demand for imports..
Mon, 06 May 2013 18:32:01 CDT bangordailynews.com
But industry officials including Larry Wilson, the president of the Portland-Montreal Pipe Line Corp., said the oil is little different from the heavy crude the company already moves in its pipelines by the millions of barrels each year.
Wed, 01 May 2013 14:09:45 CDT arktimes.com
The Sierra Club said today that the ExxonMobil cleanup effort after the pipeline break at Mayflower remains several thousand barrels short of accounting for the estimated 5,000 barrels of heavy crude from Canadian tar sands territory that spilled before the pipeline was shut off. The Sierra Club release follows.
Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:40:49 CDT ameinfo.com
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Aramco Total Refinery & Petrochemicals Co (Satorp) has said construction of its refinery in Jubail is 97% complete. The $14bn, 400,000 b/d full-conversion refinery will process Arab heavy crude and yield petrochemicals as well as high-quality fuels. It will be Saudi Arabia's first producer of petroleum coke and paraxylene.
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:18:43 CDT nbcnews.com
The Keystone pipeline, a project to transport heavy crude from Canada to the Gulf Coast, is expected to provide hundreds of temporary construction jobs in the U.S., but critics say the oil it carries comes at a terrible cost. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:22:59 CDT huffingtonpost.com
Officials estimate the spill released more than 200,000 gallons of the thick tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada-referred to by Exxon as Wabasca Heavy crude but considered tar sands by authorities in Canada.
Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:07:58 CDT wgrz.com
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore sits on the south shore of Lake Superior in Michigan's upper peninsula. Lake Superior is the largest, deepest and coldest of the Great Lakes. Two oil projects would ship heavy crude along Lake Superior.
Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:02:34 CDT indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
The Pegasus pipeline can transport up to 90,000 barrels per day, and when it sprung a leak it was carrying Canadian Wabasca Heavy crude, a "heavy bitumen crude diluted with lighter liquids to allow it to flow through pipelines," according to Reuters.