Tar Sands Information and Resources

Information on the Alberta Tar Sands, as presented by various sectors and organizations, is largely incomplete, inconsistent and often inaccurate and misleading. These links with differing points of view from industry, government and NGOs in Canada and abroad have been compiled as a resource.

INDUSTRY

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers www.canadasoilsands.ca

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers www.capp.ca

Canadian Natural Resources Limited www.cnrl.com

Strategy West - up to date list of tar sands projects www.strategywest.com

Petro-Canada www.petro-canada.ca

Shell Canada www.shell.ca

Suncor www.suncor.com

Syncrude removed pictures of its herd of buffalo from its first page about 18 months ago www.syncrude.ca

Canadian Oil Sands Trust www.cos-trust.com

Nexen www.nexeninc.com

Imperial www.imperialoil.com

Conoco Phillips www.conocophillips.ca

Statoil www.statoilhydro.com

Canadian Association of Oil Well Drilling Contractors www.caodc.ca

Connacher Oil and Gas www.connacheroil.com

Enbridge www.enbridge.com

Encana www.encana.com/

Husky Energy www.huskyenergy.ca

Japan Canada Oil Sands www.jacos.com

Whitesands Petrobank www.petrobank.com/heavy-oil

Petro China www.petrochina.com.cn

Athabasca Oil Sands Corporation aosc.com

China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation sinopec.com

Ivanhoe Energy (Tamarack) www.ivanhoe-energy.com/s/Tamarack

TOTAL E & P Canada www.total-ep-canada.com

UTS Energy Teck Cominco www.uts.ca/ourprojects

Sunshine Oil Sands www.sunshineoilsands.com

MEG Energy Corporation www.megenergy.com

Northwest Upgrading Inc www.northwestupgrading.com

Southern Pacific Resources www.shpacific.com

Devon Canada Corp www.devonenergy.com

E- T Energy www.e-tenergy.com

Oil Sands Quest www.oilsandsquest.com

NGOs, ORGANIZATIONS & INDIVIDUALS

The Pembina Institute - probably the most credible NGO on this issue www.oilsandswatch.org

Oil Sands Truth - good resource, continually updated. oilsandstruth.org

Alberta Federation of Labour www.afl.org

Energy Bulletin - on peak oil - www.energybulletin.net

Oil Drum www.theoildrum.com

Environmental Defence www.environmentaldefence.ca

Sierra Club Prairie www.sierraclub.ca/prairie/

Forest Ethics www.forestethics.org/tar-sands

Polaris Institute www.tarsandswatch.org

Indigenous Environmental Network www.ienearth.org

Corporate Ethics International businessethicsnetwork.org

Mostly Water mostlywater.org

Mining Association of Canada www.mining.ca

Mining Watch Canada www.miningwatch.ca

USCAN Climate Action Network www.usclimatenetwork.org

Global Governance Watch www.globalgovernancewatch.org

USCAN Climate Action Network www.usclimatenetwork.org

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - Northern Alberta Chapter cpawsnab.org/campaigns/LandUse/oil-sands

Alberta Environmental Network www.aenweb.ca info on Nuclear power plant plans for Northern Alberta

Discover the Peace Country www.discoverthepeacecountry.com/htmlpages/nuclearpower

Nuclear Free Alberta www.nuclearfreealberta.ca

Parkland Institute Edmonton www.ualberta.ca/PARKLAND

Andrew Nikiforuk - author www.andrewnikiforuk.com

Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute www.cdfai.org Tom Flanagan Resource Industries and Security Issues in Northern Alberta

KAIROSCanada www.kairoscanada.org

Tar Sands Free BC tarsandsfreebc.org

No Dirty Energy (US) www.nodirtyenergy.org

Fort McMurray Online (Infomine) www.fortmcmurrayonline.com many useful links

American Petroleum Institute www.api.org/aboutoilgas/oilsands/

Ecojustice www.ecojustice.ca/about-ecojustice

Centre for Energy www.centreforenergy.com/AboutEnergy

CONRAD Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development www.conrad.ab.ca

Oil Sands Tailing Research Facility www.ostrf.com/

Wikipedia Athabasca Oil Sands wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_Oil_Sands

Infomine - list of companies oilsands.infomine.com/companiesproperties/

Oil Sands and Heavy Oil Technologies Conference www.oilsandstechnologies.com

Oil and Gas Journal www.ogj.com

Oil Sands Review www.junewarren.com/publications/oilsands

Oil Sands News www.oilsandsnews.com

Diocese of St Paul (Fort McMurray) Bishop Bouchard's Letter: The Integrity of Creation and the Athabasca Tar Sands www.dioceseofstpaul.ca

Website created by 85 year old Liz Moore. Syncrude forced her to remove her photos taken during a mine tour. www.oilsandsofcanada.com. For story oilsandstruth.org/grandmother-colorado-versus-syncrude

Connexions & Contradictions, a blog about environmental and social justice issues: connexionsandcontradictions.blogspot.com

GOVERNMENTS

Government of Alberta - www.energy.alberta.ca

Government of Alberta Oil Sands Secretariat www.treasuryboard.alberta.ca/OilSandsSecretariat

Government of Alberta - Energy Resources Conservation Board www.ercb.ca/portal/server.pt?

Government of Alberta Fort McMurray Oil Sands Discovery Centre www.oilsandsdiscovery.com

Government of Alberta - Elections Alberta www.elections.ab.ca at 21.5% Fort McMurray - Wood Buffalo had lowest voter turnout in 2008 provincial election

Fort McMurray www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca

Athabasca Tribal Council atc97.orgdas

Fort McKay www.fortmckay.com

Government of Canada - Foreign Affairs www.international.gc.ca/enviro/energy-energie

Government of Canada - Foreign Affairs - Minister of Natural Resources letter to State of Califorina

Government of Canada - Natural Resources Canada nrcan.gc.ca/eneene no references to oil or tar sands

Government of Canada - National Energy Board www.neb.gc.ca/clf-nsi/

House of Commons Parliamentary Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development, Oil Sands and Canada's Water Resources Report www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications testimony: Conservative MPs attacking Dr. John O'Conner and Andrew Nikiforuk

Government of Canada - Elections Canada www.elections.ca - at 35.8% Fort McMurray - Athabasca lowest voter turnout in Canada in 2008 election

Government of Saskatchewan ww.er.gov.sk.ca/oilgas

Conservative Party of Canada www.conservative.ca good luck finding references to oil or tar sands

Liberal Party of Canada www.liberal.ca good luck finding references to oil or tar sands

New Democratic Party of Canada www.ndp.ca/vision/environment

Green Party of Canada www.greenparty.ca some comments and press releases but no specific policy on the tar sands

Alberta Progressive Conservative Party www.albertapc.ab.ca no reference to oil or tar sands

Alberta Liberal Party www.albertaliberal.com/policies

Alberta NDP Party www.albertandp.ca/whereWeStand_tarsands

Government of California LowCarbon Fuel Standard Program www.arb.ca.gov/fuels