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Gold/Mining/Energy : Canadian Oil & Gas Companies -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Snowshoe who wrote (20837)	1/24/2013 2:34:52 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24905

Sure.. I regularly took the train.. was involved in derailment. Very exciting... really ... flames everywhere.. (was in first class right behind the engine) ... people screaming ... All were OK.. Had to hike about 4 klics through scrub too safety.. helping woman with one shoe...(The Good Canadian LOL) Imagine if that was a freight train full of tankers.. Just takes one...

To: Snowshoe who wrote (20837)	1/24/2013 2:48:26 PM
From: Cal Gary	Respond to of 24905

Marketing material from CN rail: cn.ca " Connect to your markets in North America and overseas CN offers the most extensive network to and from the oil sands regions of Peace River, Athabasca, Cold Lake and Saskatchewan. This outstanding connectivity is complemented by our transcontinental network. It reaches into markets throughout Alberta, the rest of Canada, the U.S. Midwest and Gulf coast. Add the power of our alliance partners and you have access to the majority of refining and terminal capacity on the U.S. Gulf coast. Expand your horizons and use our unparalleled port connections on three coasts to support your international trade initiatives. We speed your crude oil products to marketWe can deliver your crude oil products from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf coast up to five times faster than you might expect. Thanks to our precision railroading model, you'll get reliability, velocity, time, and value for money. Our Crude by Rail service is ready to benefit you today. "

To: Snowshoe who wrote (20837)	1/24/2013 9:40:46 PM
From: westslope	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24905

"Here in the USA we use railroad tanker cars as a work-around for the lack of crude pipelines. Couldn't they use that in Canada to ship oil east?" -Snowshoe Good question. Would guess that the rail option is too costly. That and matched refineries or ship loading facilities do not currently exist. I am waiting for the interventionist Parti québécois government in la belle province to devise a master industrial strategy whereby the provincial government would green-light a series of bitumen and heavy oil refineries. This kind of grandiose project would likely receive considerable public support from both federal and provincial governments. Québec has Utica shale natural gas that could provide cheap power. Enviro-movement permitting......