Enbridge Northern Gateway Project

[ASRG]

Tom: You might want to modify your letter to the pipeline hearings, about what a good record Enbridge has? Actually they have about the worst record in North America.....about 170 spills in the last five years? Do you remember the devastating spill in the Kalamazoo River? yea....that was Enbridge.

[Hopperbin]

In your opinion will you wish corps to pay a tax before profit?

[bduke]

Parsley... My letter... FWIW

Dear Panelists,
The media reports of the multitude of presenters and interveners of which you will be
adjudicating and reporting is greatly concerning me.

The folks out here have worked very hard, many times with little income, and have
sacrificed much lifestyle to develop this region.

Hopefully we will not be forgotten in this bureaucratic process.

We have earned our credibility and are not funded with foreign largesse, nor advised by
non-Canadian interest groups.

Rural people are honourable, trustworthy, practical and very conscience of our
environment.

Our stewardship is being noticed and envied, unfortunately, by many who have not been
nearly as responsible.

One of the most positive, safe, and effective developments has been our oil pipelines.

They have been instrumental in diversifying our economies, and saving our communities
and roads.

While the stewardship of this infrastructure has been good, today’s technology is
ensuring these lines are exceptionally well monitored and maintained.

We are immensely more inundated with our sewage pipeline breaks, overloads, leaks
and decrepitude than with our oil and gas lines.

Ask the anti-gateway presenters why a moratorium on sewer lines is not their priority.

I know Pat Daniel, the CEO of Enbridge, and I will attest to his unwavering dedication to
environmental stewardship, his absolute commitment to responsibility, and his history
of doing the “right things”.

Enbridge is very predominant in our region and is most highly regarded, in fact the
Enbridge lines cross our farm.

I expect you will hear many highly emotional and hyperbolically inundated presentations
and interventions.

Please don’t forget we working, responsible residents who pay our own bills.

Cheers and best wishes in your deliberations.
Bill Duke

[jackspratwhynot]

My personal opinion about Enbridge is that they are the cheapest SOB's on the face of the earth. They are the only oilfield company in Sask who doesn't pay a cent of compensation for their above ground facilities on private land.

Their corporate attitude is well known by the oil companies who must patronize their near monopoly crude oil pipeline network. They practically demand full crecovery of costs up front.
Leopards can't change their spots; and what need is there to attempt doing so.

[bduke]

ASRG.... Pat Daniel spent months in Wisconsin. He attended town and
community meetings, and spoke to homeowners.

When he first arrived the residents were furious, and rightly so.

He gave them his word that Enbridge would ensure they were without loss.

Pat bought about 150 homes... he offered to buy homes, relocate, fix
whatever.

These homes have been slowly selling, as people are now moving back to
the spill area.

His personal guarantee, his walking the talk, and his acceptance of the
accountability and responsibility of Enbridge was paramount.

Pat Daniel was named Canada's CEO of the year in 2011, and IMHO it
was most deserved.

BTW, the people of Wisconsin now attest to his credibility.

Cheers... Bill

[jackspratwhynot]

Maybe I'm wrong and Enbridge does compensate everyone for their crude oil battery site pumping stations; risers and pipeline obstructions within worked farm land fields etc. That company has been known to press "safety concerns" to the point of ridiculousness; and inconvenience and stall progress of contractors; SaskPower; and oil companies all at the same time.

Please inform me who to deal with within Enbridge; so that this matter may be remedied.

[ajl]

Without oil Canada would be a third world
country. Nothing else produces anywhere
close to as much wealth in a big hurry as
the oil industry. We as a nation need to
sell our oil to different markets in order
to stay a first world nation. To the
detractors what do they think funds things
like health care and education and
virtually everything else in this country
other than the oil industry.

[wilagro]

Hopperbin: Royalties are NOT taxes.

[ASRG]

Bill: It is good to hear Enbridge is trying to clean up its game. As I stated earlier I support this pipeline, but would like to see the process proceed without the government getting their big nose in it.
The hearing process takes 18 months....that shouldn't be a problem....we don't need the extra capacity until 2017.
Of course after that there could be court challenges from the native bands (likely), but that is the law and must be played out. Trying to put in "short cuts" will only cause more opposition (hopefully not violent!).
I have no skin in the game. I don't own any shares in oilsand companies, or Enbridge pipelines. I don't want a pipeline job. I won't have to live with a spill.
I don't understand the economics of shipping condensate in a continous loop from China to Fort Mac? Maybe we should try to get the Chinese to build a refinery at Fort Mac?

[bduke]

ASRG... I would also prefer our crude to be refined here.

Apparently the underutilized capacity in the Gulf, the tremendous cost of
world class/capacity refineries, and the prospects of importing preferences
changing is too risky.

A complaint of the Gateway line is the lack of customer signed long term
contracts.

Seems most buyers wish to keep their options open.

Allowing the buyers to refine secures the market.

Cheers.. Bill

[parsley]

I'm afraid I had to google Kathryn Marshall. LOL.

I view the oil industry as an integrated entity. Not
one project. They share machinery with each
other. They share research. They share
technology. They share seismograph technology
and drilling technology and exchange rigs and
even though companies compete, they co-
operate. The pipeline is essential. The Bakken
alone has more oil than carter has opills. We need
markets and routes and discovery and service
companies so we can pay off debts and save for
the future. Oil has an integrated approach to get
their jobs done and we live like kings in Canada,,
based upon an oil economy. Appreciate what
they contribute. My god, rig work is hard work,
and I am sick to bloody death of listening to some
snotty Occupy bitch on an iPhone trashing oil.
End of rant. Pars

[parsley]

Thanks for the effort Bill. You are so
conscientious I really hate to take a loonie off you.
Lol. Pars