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Originally Posted by Lubicon
Your story reminded me of another story that is related. Oil production in the Permian has ramped up so quickly that gas processing facility construction has not been able to keep pace leading to a huge amount of gas flaring.
If we're going to vilify our oil producers then we should also shed light on what's happening elsewhere.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-G...g-Problem.html |
The company I worked for was very active in the Permian as well.
For the record, they were not a Canadian company.
The amount of flaring going on down there is unreal.
They also had someone smoking above an open tank and blow themselves up in one of our Texas fields. The level of both environmental and safety standards are abysmal.
While I think innovating on the carbon intensity of Canadian oil is a very pressing issue, I have no doubt that most barrels of Canadian oil displaced by our inability to move it mean that we buy a barrel with all sorts of nasty human and environmental baggage.
EDIT: The other fun part of US oil is the insane water consumption. Sure, it's often non-potable water that is used, but that often isn't the case. Some places are using municipal water. It just seems insane.