May 7, 2007 by Walter Schneider.

Arabianbusiness.com

by Stuart Matthews on Monday, 07 May 2007

The continued worldwide development of sour oil and gas reserves is having an impact on the global sulphur market.

According to Peter Clark, technical manager for Alberta Sulphur Research (ASR), voluntary sulphur production has almost ceased in the last few years. Speaking on the sidelines of last week’s Sour Oil & Gas Advanced Technology (SOGAT) conference in Abu Dhabi, Clark explained that the amount of sulphur created by sour oil and gas treatment exceeds world demand.

“Future development of heavy oil and bitumen in Alberta, Canada, has the potential to completely overwhelm the world market. We need to look at adopting new strategies.” ….

(The article goes on to explain that sulphur could be used as a fuel for power plants, with the sulphur-dioxide that will then be produced to be injected into the ground. Full Story — off-site)

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May 7, 2007 by Walter Schneider.

Edmonton Journal; Page A18 Opinion
(Original source-location)

Residents need protection from stockpiles of this flammable byproduct of oilsands processing

BY DENNIS MASCHMEYER
and BARRY EASTWOOD
(Full Story)

Posted in Explosions & Fires, Community & Industry, Pollution: Health Issues, Hazco, World Sulphur Glut, Sulphur-Dioxide | Print | No Comments »

May 3, 2007 by Walter Schneider.

Kilkenny Advertiser

Breakthrough in ‘miniature’ cattle case

By Naoise O’ DOnovan Coogan

A Castlecomer farmer has been vindicated after 16 years of not knowing why the cattle on his farm were not thriving…. [The culprit: Sulphur] (Full Story — off-site)
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See also: Recent cattle problems linked to by-product feeds; Tests prove sulphur feed poisoning, and Sulfur in Beef Cattle Mineral Nutrition

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May 3, 2007 by Walter Schneider.

Numerous updates and additions have been made to the web pages covering the massive land grab for a tenfold increase of the area zoned “heavy industrial” in the County of Lamont

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May 3, 2007 by Walter Schneider.

Statoil News

Statoil to acquire North American Oil Sands Corporation

Stock market announcement, 2007 04 27

Statoil ASA and North American Oil Sands Corporation (NAOSC) announced today that they have entered into an acquisition agreement whereby Statoil will make an all-cash offer to acquire all shares of NAOSC at a price of CAD 20 per share.

The total transaction value is approximately CAD 2.2 billion, equivalent to about USD 2 billion….

Full details of the offer will be included in a takeover bid circular and related documents which will be filed with securities regulators and mailed to NAOSC security holders by 15 May 2007.

The transaction is expected to close by the end of the second quarter of 2007….
(Full Story — off-site)

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May 2, 2007 by Walter Schneider.

Associated Press

A clean air plan that regulates emissions for the Four Corners Power Plant in northwestern New Mexico has been finalized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The plan announced Tuesday includes stricter limits on sulfur dioxide and it sets federal limits on nitrogen oxides, total particulate matter and opacity. The plant, which is on the Navajo Nation southwest of here, must also meet dust control requirements…

“Since the Four Corners plant will be emitting over 20,000 tons less sulfur dioxide per year than in the recent past, this action ensures that citizens in the Four Corners area will have cleaner air to breathe and that visibility will be improved,”….
(Full Story — off-site)

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