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A few years ago, astronauts orbiting the Earth started seeing a strange patch of lights flickering in a formerly dark corner of North Dakota. The region is going through an oil boom and the lights, which are spread over an area larger than Minneapolis, are flares burning up natural gas from hundreds of new oil wells in the Bakken shale formation.

Science and innovation have played a key role in the development of Canada’s oil sands resources from the very beginning. The first scientific assessment of the oil sands was conducted in 1848, more than 150 years ago. Since then, the spirit of innovation and the application of science and technology have allowed Canada to become a world leader in the responsible production of unconventional resources like the oil sands.

A little over a year after President Obama announced the initiative to help “plug Africa into the grid of the global economy” by doubling the number of people on the continent with access to electricity, Power Africa is already a high-voltage operation.

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The hydraulic fracturing industry remains a high growth sector. But its use of water pre- and post-production has come under scrutiny as the world edges closer toward a global water crisis.

It’s widely expected that offshore gas will catch up to offshore oil in importance as the world’s energy demands continue to grow in the years ahead.
Global energy use is expected to grow by 56 percent from 2010 to 2040, and there aren’t enough vessels to meet the fast-growing global demands for LNG. Ninety-six vessels were on order last year—representing a 25 percent growth to the global fleet of around 370 vessels.

Liquefied natural gas could do to diesel-powered locomotives what the latter did to steam engines: put them into the history books.
A report from the Energy Information Administration said that LNG “will play an increasing role in powering freight locomotives in coming years.”

A few months ago, I visited one of our rail customers to discuss our locomotives. At their request, I spoke to a group of leaders and managers in the transportation industry. I have addressed thousands of customers in my career but something has changed.

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Sheryl Sandberg’s Leanin.org recently created a series of images with Getty to introduce more realistic portrayals of women in the 21^st century. They break gender stereotypes and make a strong statement challenging the make-up of traditionally “male” roles such as engineering and physics.

Africa has been hailed by Time Magazine as “the world’s next great growth engine.” China’s trade with Africa is gigantic at over $166 billion. The U.S. is the continent’s second largest trading partner at $126 billion. Other nations, including India, Japan, Brazil, Malaysia, Turkey and the Gulf Arab states, are in hot pursuit of Africa’s oil and gas, timber, coal, minerals and farmland.

The world’s energy needs are in rampant ascent. Despite the U.S. boom in shale gas production and advanced technologies unlocking previously untapped global energy reserves, the International Energy Agency is predicting that the demand for energy will continue to grow by one-third by 2035.

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