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Keystone XL Pipeline Project: A Three-Way Collision of Interests — American vs. Canadian vs. Albertan
Part One – The Keystone Pipeline System “As the State Department made clear last month, the rushed and arbitrary deadline insisted on by Congressional Republicans prevented a full assessment of the pipeline’s impact, especially the health and safety of the … Continue reading
Canadian Retail Gas Pricing 101
(Or “Talk To Me About Gas Retail Pricing—Like I’m in Grade Four”) Last year back in April-May, when I visited family and friends in Hamilton, Ontario, regular gas was being retailed at the $1.37 to $1.45 per litre range. … Continue reading
Posted in geoLOGIC, oil and gas, petroleum, supply-demand equilibrium
Tagged Canadian gas retail prices, consumer retail pricing, free economy, fuel taxes, gas price differences, law of supply and demand, mixed economy, Porter 5 Forces, price competition, rack pricing, substitute products
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Northern Alberta’s Toxic Wasteland – Vast and Growing “Vaster” Everyday—Courtesy of Oil Sands Operators!
a.k.a. Alberta Oil Sands, By Any Name …. By Any Standard (Part Two) “ITS ADDICTION to oil drives the world capitalist economy to ever more devastating destruction. And the new oil rush in the Canadian province of Alberta is ripping … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethical Oil, geoLOGIC, geology, Industry Best Practices, Oil & Gas, Technology
Tagged Alberta, boreal forest, Calgary, development philosophy, geoLOGIC systems ltd., geoSCOUT, information processing; data processing; decision-making;client and customer needs; consulting, land disturbance, land reclamation, land restoration and regenerati, oi sands technology, pembina institute
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ALBERTA OIL SANDS, BY ANY NAME … BY ANY STANDARD (PART ONE)
…. Or Some Notions, Perceptions, and Misinformation (NPMs) vs. Facts About the Alberta Oil Sands Mention “Alberta oil sands” and you would probably evoke in most hearers’ or readers’ minds a negative image, maybe even a sinister one. We may attribute … Continue reading
Posted in Ethical Oil, geoLOGIC, geology, Oil & Gas, Oil Sands, petroleum, Public relations
Tagged Alberta, alternative fuels, coal, congressman henry waxman, dirty oil, ethical oil, fossil fuel, GHG, keystone xl project, nuclear energy, oil patch historian david finch, oil sand misinformation, oil sands perceptions, renewable energy, tar sands vs oil sands, us ambassador david jacobson, US EIA, US energy disposition, virtual carbon footprint, virtual water footprint, water pollution
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Analyze This, Visualize That ……
And Why Not “Scenarize”, Simulate, and Virtualize Them, Too? (Part Two of Data Deluge, Insights Drought) “Over the next 24 months, executives say they will focus on supplementing standard historical reporting of data with emerging approaches that convert information into … Continue reading
Posted in Data Management, database, geoLOGIC, geological data, geology, Oil & Gas, Oil and Gas technology
Tagged Data, Data Architecture, data deluge; insights, data visualization, flow visualization, geology, geovisualization, information graphics, information processing; data processing; decision-making;client and customer needs; consulting, information visualization, scientific visualization, Technology
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Rebranding Canadian Oil and Gas: “The Ethical Choice”
“Governments must not only do well; they must also be seen as doing well.” – Source/author undetermined. Ceteris Paribus*, Who Has a Tougher Job – A Business Executive or a Government Executive? At a graduate Marketing Management course which I attended … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethical Oil, geology, Industry Best Practices, oil and gas, Oil Sands, petroleum, Public relations
Tagged Alberta, CANADA, democracy, ethical oil, geology, iran, key performance indicators, key results area, MBA, MIDDLE EAST, MPA, north africa, perceptions, performance appraisal, planning and budgeting, public relations, rebranding, Saudi Arabia, venezuela
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Tell Me Again, Please – What Business Are We In?
“The railroads collapsed because they thought they were in the railroad business, when really they were in the transportation business. They let others take customers away from them because they assumed themselves to be in the railroad business rather than … Continue reading
Posted in Customer Education, Customer Support, Data Management, database, geology, Industry Best Practices, oil and gas, petroleum, Product Development, software, Technology
Tagged British Petroleum, business strategy, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, development philosophy, Exxon Mobil, geology, geoSCOUT, information processing; data processing; decision-making;client and customer needs; consulting, innovation, marketing myopia, Shell, Suncor, Technology, Ted Levitt, Total S.A.
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Data Deluge, Insights Drought
Why MUST Enterprises Continually Grow Their Corporate IQ? And How? (Part One of Three) “As the well-documented ‘data deluge’ deepens, many executives have shifted from feeling overwhelmed (60% say they “have more information than we can effectively use”) to recognizing that the … Continue reading
Posted in Data Management, database, geology, Industry Best Practices, oil and gas, petroleum, Product Development, software, Technology
Tagged Analytics, Data Architecture, data deluge, Data Storage, decision-making, Foresight, geoLOGIC systems ltd., Hindsight, information processing; data processing; decision-making;client and customer needs; consulting, Insight, PPDM, problem solving, scenarios, Sense-making, simulation, Visage, visualization
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A Business Case for Sustainability: Attention Alberta Oil Sands Operations
Moral and Ethical Side of Sustainability “The first principle of good banking good energy is to have principles.” Regarding this prefatory quote — it is just me toying around with the hugely popular Citizens Bank advertising campaign in the US supporting much-needed … Continue reading
