[Ost-news] "B.C. shale gas set to be next generation's tar sands"

[Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America]

B.C. shale gas set to be next generation's oil sands  
PATRICK BRETHOUR  
December 14, 2007

VANCOUVER -- In the remote north of the province, there is a vast warehouse of hydrocarbons lurking in difficult geology, waiting for the right combination of technology, economics and entrepreneurial guts to free them.

A generation ago, that description applied to Alberta and its oil sands. Today, that scenario is playing out in British Columbia and its shale gas fields where trillions - yes, that is a T - of cubic feet of natural gas could be on their way to market.

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    [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotbc-shale-gas-set-be-next-generation039s-tar-sandsquot

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