“Lukewarmers are climate change experts [many Nobel Prize winners] who understand that increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases exert a mild warming pressure on the lower atmosphere. This has been known for 150 years. But lukewarmers have been aware for some time that something is not right with the climate projections made…
By Heather Douglas “It is now well understood that the ‘energy crisis’ of the 1970s was entirely the product of bad government policy … Federal price and allocation controls meant that disruptions in the oil market by OPEC were magnified here at home [the U.S.], with the result being artificial shortages.” Peter Grossman, U.S. Energy…
Many locations for field-based process instrumentation equipment in Eurasia, especially Siberia, can present the most extreme climatic conditions. Providing high quality environmental protection for such applications benefits greatly from experience. Intertec specializes in field protection enclosures to protect equipment and over its 40 plus year history, it has developed probably the most complete portfolio of…
Off Grid Energy, expert in the manufacture of rugged energy storage systems suitable for use across a range of applications from hybrid temporary power, EV charging, grid support services and decentralized mini grids, showcased its latest range of Universal Battery Energy Storage Systems (U-BESS) at the 2017 Low Carbon Networks & Innovation Conference (LCNI). The…
By Heather Douglas “Everything that can be automated Will be automated.” -Robert cannon, internet law and policy expert “Oil companies have been taking a longer view. For decades, they have attempted to rejig their entire value chain, harnessing technological advances in IT, communications (ICT), and engineering. The 1960s’ manual logging of operational data eventually evolved…
By Connie Pruden, association manager, GPAC Social Events Our 3rd Annual Winter Gala took place December 1 at the Calgary Petroleum Club with almost 100 attendees. It was a good mix of members, non-members …… The 5th Annual Curling Funspiel took place March 3 at the Calgary Curling Club with almost 60 people on hand…
