More than Dead Ducks and Tailing Ponds - Future of the Oil Sands
The Oil Sands as the Economic Driver to Clean Energy
11.04.2009 – Join Gordon Kelly, B.S.Sc., M.B.A., P. Eng., for a candid talk about The Oil Sands: Canada's Path to Clean Energy? at
7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12 at the Central Library, John Dutton Theater, (2nd Floor), WR Castell Central Library, 616 McLeod Trail SE. Admission is free.
An engineer and Harvard MBA who has traveled the world gives his views of the oil sands and how they can become Canada’s path to clean energy.
Given reasonable oil prices and proper direction, the oil sands will be generating thousands of new jobs over the coming years and have the potential to buy billions of dollars of new equipment, services and technology.
Alberta could become the world leader of environmental responsibility in oil sands development and the development of alternative energy sources.
Register online at http://calgarypubliclibrary.com or by calling 403-260-2620.
Books will be available on site from Pages Books on Kensington.
ABOUT THE OIL SANDS: Canada's Path to Clean Energy?
The oil sands in Alberta and Saskatchewan are not the environmental monsters described by activists. They are being developed in an orderly manner and can be the major economic driver for Canada towards the development of “clean” energy for the future. In The Oil Sands: Canada's Path to Clean Energy?, author Gordon Kelly examines how the world’s largest deposit of bitumen can lead to cleaner energy in Canada. He calls for Alberta to lead the way to help Canada research clean mobile power technology now to become key suppliers to the world in future.
Kelly believes that the world may hit Peak Oil around 2015, not because there is a shortage of oil, but because the environmentalists, NIMBY’s, politicians, low prices and National Oil Companies are going to prevent the drilling of enough oil wells to meet demand. The world is currently relying on 25 super-giant fields for a major share of its oil and these fields are declining. For the past 40 years, the world has not been replacing the oil it consumes. There are several large discoveries that will supply large volumes of oil after 2015, but the timing is such that a “supply crunch” may occur before they come on stream. It depends on how fast the world recovers from the economic disaster of Black October 2008.
The Oil Sands: Canada's Path to Clean Energy? outlines how the oil sands have been developed and how the technology is constantly evolving and improving. The consumption of natural gas, water, and land use is steadily declining, and many of the problems, especially tailings ponds, will be eliminated. The book shows how sequestration of the greenhouse gases (GHG) over the next few years can bring Alberta below its Kyoto targets and make the oil sands “clean”. The oil sands provide Albertans with the opportunity for Canadians to export clean energy to the world.
Canada is fortunate because it will have ample supplies of oil well into the 21st Century but it should also become the developer of hydrogen and electrical power sources for cars, trains, and trucks. Canada is the largest per capita user of hydrogen and Alberta is the largest user within Canada. The province should become a leader towards developing the “hydrogen and battery age”. Canada has the technical capability and the financial resources. The Alberta Heritage Trust Fund could supply the money for the research across Canada. The objective should be to make Canada a leader in clean energy in the 21st century.
ABOUT GORDON KELLY
GORDON KELLY is President of Integrated Planners Inc. a small consulting firm that is involved in international marketing. He is a mechanical engineer from the University of Toronto who has an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He has worked internationally with firms like Arthur D Little and the Touche consulting group. He also spent years with oil companies like Imperial Oil Limited and Dome Petroleum Ltd. He lives in Calgary, but his work has taken him throughout Canada, the U.S. and to over two dozen countries. He has been doing strategic and tactical planning for firms around the world for over 40 years. His objective in writing the book has been to present an unbiased view of what is happening in the oil sands and the benefits they can bring to both Alberta and Canada, not only in the short term but in the long term future.
Gordon Kelly is available for interviews from Calgary. He is planning a book tour to other cities in November. For further information, contact Lyn Cadence at 403.465.2345 or lyn@cadencepr.ca.
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- Gordon Kelly calls for Alberta to lead the way to help Canada research clean mobile power technology now to become key suppliers to the world in future.
- Canada is fortunate because it will have ample supplies of oil well into the 21st Century but it should also become the developer of hydrogen and electrical power sources for cars, trains, and trucks.
- Canada is the largest per capita user of hydrogen and Alberta is the largest user within Canada. The province should become a leader towards developing the “hydrogen and battery age”.
- Canada has the technical capability and the financial resources.
- For excerpts, interviews or review copies, contact Lyn Cadence at lyn@cadencepr.ca
- Gordon Kelly calls for Alberta to lead the way to help Canada research clean mobile power technology now to become key suppliers to the world in future.
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