Fourth, is portability – the easier large consumer of energy – energy consumption it is to transport or dispatch, the more attractive per capita in Canada is amongst the highest in the energy source. [...] The recession, the sharp drop in the price of crude oil (from a record-high of US$147 per barrel in July 2008 to around US$50 at present) and the global credit crunch are having a material impact on near-term production and investment. [...] Approximately 44 percent of the employment generated by oil sands investment is outside of Alberta – 16 percent in Ontario, 11 percent in the rest of Canada, and 17 percent in foreign jurisdictions. [...] Facilities Also promising is the possibility of pumping in Alberta (including those in the oil and gas water several kilometers below ground and sector) that emit more than 100,000 tonnes of exposing it to hot rocks in the earth’s crust to greenhouse gases annually will have to reduce heat it. [...] The central and eastern Canada for cost reasons (it is Yukon and the Northwest Territories also contain cheaper to obtain coal from the east and central modest deposits of coal that remain unexplored regions of the United States than it is from the and undeveloped.
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