Governments should support oil sands workers, not companies
by Ian Hussey | March 24, 2020
About two weeks ago, my new Corporate Mapping Project report on the future of Alberta’s oil sands industry was published. The report analyzes how the oil sands industry, in the early years of the mature phase of its business life cycle, is producing more bitumen with less capital and fewer jobs. The figure below, produced by earth …
Oil sands spending and productivity figures indicate majority of lost jobs not likely to return – new report
by Ian Hussey | March 10, 2020
As debate continues to rage over pipelines for Alberta’s oil, a new Corporate Mapping Project report analyzes how the oil sands industry, in the early years of the mature phase of its business lifecycle, is producing more bitumen with less capital and fewer jobs. “Since the 2014 oil price crash, advancements in extractive technologies and …
The Future of Alberta’s Oil Sands Industry: More production, less capital, fewer jobs
by Ian Hussey | March 10, 2020
As debate continues to rage over pipelines for Alberta’s oil, this report analyzes how the oil sands industry, in the early years of the mature phase of its business lifecycle, is producing more bitumen with less capital and fewer jobs. “Since the 2014 oil price crash, advancements in extractive technologies and modular facility design have …
by Corporate Mapping Project | March 5, 2020
Regime of Obstruction is a conference for researchers, activists and community leaders that looks at fossil fuel power and how we can challenge it. Hosted by the Corporate Mapping Project. Please join us at the University of Victoria, May 21 -23, 2020. Thursday, May 21: 7:30pm – 9:00pm Friday, May 22: 9:15am – 8:00pm Saturday, …
