Exxon write down reserves due to large concentration in the oilsands

[Don Andersen]

Sundance,

Once again you have demonstrated your profound ignorance. I was born here as was my father and mother.
Tar sands was good for <> 85 years.
The tar sands it is.
How about you stop by sucking up to oil companies by bending the truth.

Don

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

Probably you don't know but calling our oil sands tar sands is an insult to Albertans. The tar name is derived from the anti Alberta Eco fanatics.

People.

Reserve write downs are a common part of the oil and gas industry.

It has nothing to do with leaving anything in the ground.

If written down you are saying with current commodity prices they don't envision developing anytime soon.

When prices rebound they get added back in.

Avb has yet again posted a story with a global warming agenda. Evil oil. Oil industry failing. Green power so yummy.

Lol

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by Don Andersen

Sundance,

Once again you have demonstrated your profound ignorance. I was born here as was my father and mother.
Tar sands was good for <> 85 years.
The tar sands it is.
How about you stop by sucking up to oil companies by bending the truth.

Don

What is your hands on experience in the oil industry?

The point is the Eco movement uses the tar sands term in a derogatory manner. Therefore preference in the current times is to use oil sands. That is a fact. Profoundly.

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

What is your hands on experience in the oil industry?

The point is the Eco movement uses the tar sands term in a derogatory manner. Therefore preference in the current times is to use oil sands. That is a fact. Profoundly.

And those of us in the Tarsands DO NOT use it as a derogatory term.
The anti oil people can call it anything the want t as far as I am concerned it will not change my Perception of them and and am pretty certain that they have a very different opinion of oilworker/hunter/carnivores like myself!
Cat

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by catnthehat

And those of us in the Tarsands DO NOT use it as a derogatory term.
The anti oil people can call it anything the want t as far as I am concerned it will not change my Perception of them and and am pretty certain that they have a very different opinion of oilworker/hunter/carnivores like myself!
Cat

I agree. However as albertans we need to recognize our jobs are under attack. Whether from US Eco groups to our own government. When we join in using the derogatory terms we undermine ourselves.

Names between friends can be ok. Use outside that group can perpetuate negative connotations and negatively impact public perception. Sad but all too true.

[rugatika]

Accepted regional nomenclature aside...tar refers to a man-made substance.

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

What is your hands on experience in the oil industry?

The point is the Eco movement uses the tar sands term in a derogatory manner. Therefore preference in the current times is to use oil sands. That is a fact. Profoundly.

I happen to have over 35 years hands on experience in the tar/oil sands industry, how much hands on experience do you have in the industry? I use either term interchangeably, and I don't find either term to be offensive. However, I find you trying to tell those of us that have lived and worked in the area, and the industry for decades that the tern tar sands is offensive to Albertans, based on what you have read ,to be annoying

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

I happen to have over 35 years hands on experience in the tar/oil sands industry, how much hands on experience do you have in the industry? I use either term interchangeably, and I don't find either term to be offensive. However, I find you trying to tell those of us that have lived and worked in the area, and the industry for decades that the tern tar sands is offensive to Albertans, based on what you have read ,to be annoying

You may be valid in annoyance that the world uses the term tar sands in a derogatory sense and may wish to ignore that fact or better yet try to reclaim its use in a positive way...however the fact remains it is used in a derogatory way when describing Alberta and the oil sands resource that we own.

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

You may be valid in annoyance that the world uses the term tar sands in a derogatory sense and may wish to ignore that fact or better yet try to reclaim its use in a positive way...however the fact remains it is used in a derogatory way when describing Alberta and the oil sands resource that we own.

I don't find the term tar sands the slightest bit offensive, so regardless of what some people's intent is in using the term, they aren't going to offend me. In fact, I actually feel sorry for anyone that does feel offended by the term.