Exploration of Oil: Alberta Canada
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- Tar Sands Alberta, Canada
- Social
- Costs
- Anti-Fur Campaign in the 90s caused trade to crumble
- Increased poverty amony Indigenous people
- Fishing Industries shut down
- Loss of local income
- Local economy suffers
- Loss of local income
- Fishing Industries shut down
- Increased poverty amony Indigenous people
- Erosion of ancient traditions
- New rare forms of cancer are appearing in Fort McMurray
- Fish are diseased - have sores
- Increased Immigration - 70 000 - many are from the USA
- Creates tension among Native Canadians and Migrants
- Increase in segragation (e.g. Polish Imigrants and the English from AS)
- Could Increase incidents of **** in the area
- Town has turned into a 'Boom Town' dominated by male workers and migrants
- Could Increase incidents of **** in the area
- Highest suicide rate for men aged 18 -24 in the country
- Local people aren't as skilled as their migrant counterparts so could turn to crime as most other exporting industries collapse
- Increase in drink/drug and violence related crimes
- Town has turned into a 'Boom Town' dominated by male workers and migrants
- Highest suicide rate for men aged 18 -24 in the country
- Women experience the highest levels of sposal abuse in Canada
- Town has turned into a 'Boom Town' dominated by male workers and migrants
- Town infrasturcture is ill-equipped to deal with increasing demand and pressure from increasing population 1999-2007 it increased from 36 000 - 65 000
- Exploitation of Workers - Longs hours/ poor accommodation/ lack of job security and remote locations
- Creates tension among Native Canadians and Migrants
- Increase in sex shops in Fort McMurray as Prostitution is legal in Canada
- 56% of people in a survey said that they weren't benefitting from the boom and that the wealth isn't being distributed fairly
- Anti-Fur Campaign in the 90s caused trade to crumble
- Benefits
- Created a 'Get Rich Quick' Atmosphere
- Investment into the town and its facilities
- Multiplier Effect
- Improve Standard of Living
- Costs
- Political
- Costs (before 2015)
- NGOs e.g. Greenpeace/ Pembina Institute have called for a hault in oil exploration until environmental damage can be mitigated.
- Greenpeace
- civil disobedience has lead to 37 arrests and the Government of Alberta threaten to unleash counterterrorism plan if activists continue
- On many occasions production has had to be stopped due to interference
- Greenpeace
- First Nations aren't consulted on developments of their land
- They argue that they aren't compensated adequately for the destruction of their land and water supplies
- Testing on Fish is done by the Oil Companies -they say that the levels are below the set values
- BIASED
- Locals are outraged as the results are clearly skewed
- BIASED
- Goverenment claimed ownership of of Fort McMurray's Land and sold leases to 90 oil companies incl. Shell and Exxon Mobil
- US Federal Law has banned the Government from purchasing non convetional sources, whereby the supplier produces more GHGs than their conventional counterparts
- NGOs e.g. Greenpeace/ Pembina Institute have called for a hault in oil exploration until environmental damage can be mitigated.
- Benefits 2015
- New Canadian Government - Democrats
- Negotiate New Climate Policies which will affect the oil exploration
- They shut down the deal for the Keystone XL Pipeline from Canada to the USA which has created a political wall
- Negotiate New Climate Policies which will affect the oil exploration
- New Canadian Government - Democrats
- Costs (before 2015)
- Economic
- Costs
- 25 per barrel to produce
- 1 barrel of oil is required to extract + produce 2 barrels
- Energy Depleting
- Only viable when the barrels = $30+
- 1 barrel of oil is required to extract + produce 2 barrels
- Fishing Industries shut down
- Loss of local income
- Local economy suffers
- Loss of local income
- Energy Depleting
- 25 per barrel to produce
- Benefits
- 1.3 billion barrels per day
- 500 million profit per year
- $3.56 billion is the Albertan's share of the profits and funds many local services (2012-13)
- Energy Sector (Oil/Gas) contributed 20% to Canada's GDP in 2012
- 500 million profit per year
- Production expected to double in next 10 years
- Increased contribution to Exports and economy
- North America - More energy secure?
- Increased contribution to Exports and economy
- 20% Canada's Exports
- 2010 16% North America's Energy Demands were met by the Tar Sands
- Expanded extraction area from 250m³ to 400m³ in 2013
- Investment from foreign companies and TNCs e.g Exxon Mobil, BP, Shell
- 160 billion in investment 2001-2012
- 1.3 billion barrels per day
- Costs
- 2nd Largest Oil Reserves in the World
- Social
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