On July 18th a severe thunderstorm hits Edmonton and Sherwood Park. It was on a Saturday night and we saw it pass by. Pretty Cool I though. The day after I heard it wasn't that cool at all. Golfballsize hailstones, broken trees falling on peoples homes and cars. Not nice at all. And a power outtage at several refineries. A week later they are up and running again but in the meantime the service-stations are running dry. Take into account the fact Edmonton has their own refineries, Shell, Petro-Canada.... We are consuming all that fuel pretty rapidly, with our big and bulky engines. On the other hand there will be no shortage of gasoline in the near future or should I say decades. All around Edmonton and in Alberta in general there is talk and actual projects are under construction to upgrade and upgrading the BPD (Barrels Per Day) output to secure future demand. There is a lot of oil (to be) in the tarsands of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Only 15-20% of the Alberta oilsands are being developped, so a huge potential still. And one day Saskatchewan and Manitoba will be developped too. And they all need steelstructures, large ones! And there I (we) come into play...... On my way home today I was thinking we made a pretty good decision, going to Canada. Where it will take us, permitwise, we will know shortly.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
A storm hits Edmonton...
On July 18th a severe thunderstorm hits Edmonton and Sherwood Park. It was on a Saturday night and we saw it pass by. Pretty Cool I though. The day after I heard it wasn't that cool at all. Golfballsize hailstones, broken trees falling on peoples homes and cars. Not nice at all. And a power outtage at several refineries. A week later they are up and running again but in the meantime the service-stations are running dry. Take into account the fact Edmonton has their own refineries, Shell, Petro-Canada.... We are consuming all that fuel pretty rapidly, with our big and bulky engines. On the other hand there will be no shortage of gasoline in the near future or should I say decades. All around Edmonton and in Alberta in general there is talk and actual projects are under construction to upgrade and upgrading the BPD (Barrels Per Day) output to secure future demand. There is a lot of oil (to be) in the tarsands of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Only 15-20% of the Alberta oilsands are being developped, so a huge potential still. And one day Saskatchewan and Manitoba will be developped too. And they all need steelstructures, large ones! And there I (we) come into play...... On my way home today I was thinking we made a pretty good decision, going to Canada. Where it will take us, permitwise, we will know shortly.
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friends from edmonton, spoke about the thunder storm
was asking myself why i wasn't read it on your blog
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