(Khan and Islam 2003a,2003b;Thanyamanta 2004). The oil and gas activities are restricted by dozens of rules, regulations, and guidelines, such as the CanadaNovaScotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) and Environment Protection Agencies (EPA) guidelines. To meet these guidelines and regulatory ...
some of the kit that is deployed on say a production platform may be the same as that used in a refinery. This gives an apparent degree of comfort in that you are thus member of a community that extends to, say, the refinery. But but it may have a downside ...
The average cost of the heat it provides is less than one-third that of electric resistance and just slightly more than one-third that of my high efficiency oil-fired boiler [Nova Scotia Power's standard domestic rate is currently $0.1076 per kWh and as of my last fill, I pay $0.819 ...
In aletterto Hawaiian Electric, the regulators said that Oahu is expected to have enough energy to keep the grid reliable for the next few years thanks to the first two rounds of contracts for new renewable and battery projects. But, the letter adds, “nearly all Stage 1 and 2 project...
regulation to increase technical safety related to the petroleum industry but also to nuclear installations. Liability for companies has now increased to CAD 1 billion, while liability for the fault will remain unlimited. The provinces of Newfoundland, Labrador and Nova Scotia updated their acts ...
pump means connected to the inlet of the evaporation chamber for pumping waste oil into the evaporation chamber, and connected to and controlled by the first float means, to maintain the waste oil level in the evaporation chamber at a desired level; a heating control circuit connected to and ...
Though the first electricity from the $6-billion Lower Churchill Falls project is years away, Nova Scotia wants to be able to access the green energy to meet tougher provincial environmental laws. Newfoundland and Labrador’s energy company, Nalcor, plans to begin producing more electricity from ...
Pierre Clouthier, who lives on a rural property in Nova Scotia, hired a contactor to build a root cellar to store enough apples, beets, potatoes, carrots and parsnips to feed him and his wife from November to April. “I’m not a survivalist fringe nut,” he says, but he is concerne...
Best wishes to all affected and I trust NB Power, Nova Scotia Power and Maritime Electric will be lending a hand to help restore electrical service as quickly as possible. As mentioned, we were on the "warm side" of this front, so our temperatures shot up from near freezing to +16C in...
chairman and CEO Richard B. A11Priory said Sept. 21 that his company's goal is to build a North American energy network using Westcoast's 75 percent stake in the pipeline deliv- ering Sable gas field from offshore Nova Scotia to New England and its proposals to build pipelines out of th...