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1958 proposal to exploit oil sands in Alberta
Project Oilsand, also known as Project Oilsands, and originally known as Project Cauldron, was a 1958 proposal to exploit the Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta
Project_Oilsand
Oil and bitumen deposits in Alberta, Canada
attempts to implement it had varying degrees of success.[citation needed] Project Oilsand was a 1958 proposal to exploit the Athabasca oil sands using the underground
Athabasca_oil_sands
" Copied content from Project Oilsand; see that page's history for attribution. Project Oilsand, also known as Project Oilsands, was a 1958 proposal to
History of the Petroleum industry in Alberta
History_of_the_Petroleum_industry_in_Alberta
Explosive device not necessarily for military use
deposit, e.g. note the Canadian Project Oilsand. From 1958 to 1973 the U.S. government exploded 28 nuclear test-shots in a project called Operation Plowshare
Nuclear_explosive
U.S. program examining the peaceful applications of nuclear explosives (1961–1977)
Project Plowshare was the overall United States program for the development of techniques to use nuclear explosives and large non-nuclear explosions for
Project_Plowshare
Island oil sands Oil megaprojects (2011) Peace River oil sands Project Oilsand / Project Cauldron Rising Tide North America Suncor Energy Syncrude Tailings
List of articles about Canadian oil sands
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Type of unconventional oil deposit
sedimentary rocks Orinoco Belt Peace River oil sands Petroleum industry Project Oilsand Pyrobitumen RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values & Environmental Needs)
Oil_sands
Oil sands mine in Alberta, Canada
Retrieved April 28, 2013. "Imperial and Exxon to Spend $560 million on Kearl Oilsands Mine to Boost Production, Canada". JWN Energy. February 6, 2018. Retrieved
Kearl_Oil_Sands_Project
Hungarian-American physicist (1908–2003)
the tar sands in northern Alberta with nuclear explosions, titled Project Oilsands. The plan actually received the endorsement of the Alberta government
Edward_Teller
Stratigraphic unit in Canada
in the Clearwater Formation, including the Wabiskaw Member, can contain oilsand and heavy oil resources. Nearly complete specimens of plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs
Clearwater_Formation
company to produce it. This idea came remarkably close to reality. Project Oilsand received federal approval in Canada, and the United States Atomic Energy
History of the petroleum industry in Canada (oil sands and heavy oil)
History_of_the_petroleum_industry_in_Canada_(oil_sands_and_heavy_oil)
First Nations government in Alberta, Canada
(October 18, 2013), Update: Oilsands project faces months of delay: Athabasca stock crashes in wake of court decision on oilsands facility, Calgary Herald
Fort_McKay_First_Nation
Oil pipeline in North America
emissions because it will lead to the expansion of Alberta's carbon-intensive oilsands. and that over the proposed 50-year timeline of the pipeline, this could
Keystone_Pipeline
Alberta provincial corporation to counter criticism of the fossil fuel industry
there have been experimental projects where oil has been extracted using explosives. One such project - Project Oilsand - was proposed for Pony Creek
Canadian_Energy_Centre
Alliance of Canada's oil sands producers
respond to removal of their considerable greenhouse gas emissions, the oilsands industry has remained "largely silent" as of September 2024. The Canada's
Oil_Sands_Alliance
Oil refinery operated by BP
13 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015. Kyle Bakx (12 August 2015). "Oilsands companies feel the pain as Canadian oil price falls Alberta companies at
Whiting_Refinery
Bitumen processing facility
The Shell Scotford Upgrader is an oilsand upgrader, a facility which processes crude bitumen from oil sands into a wide range of synthetic crude oils
Scotford_Upgrader
Airport in Anzac
2012. "Nexen Energy announces $400-million expansion of Long Lake oilsands project". CBC News. The Canadian Press. June 20, 2018. Retrieved January 26
Long_Lake_(oil_sands)
Birch Mountain Resources' Muskeg Valley Quarry in Northern Alberta
Commission, U.S., 2 August 2006, Retrieved 25 August 2012 Whiteley, Don. "Oilsands with a Twist of Limestone"[permanent dead link],Stockhouse.com, Canada
Hammerstone_Project
Canadian oil producing company
Saleski oilsands project approved". Calgaryherald.com. Retrieved 12 August 2018. "Strata Oil & Gas | Junior Oil Stock | Penny Oil Stock | Oilsands And Resource
Laricina_Energy
Public research university in Edmonton, Canada
Clark developed a hot-water extraction process to separate bitumen from oilsands. Geology professor Charlie Stelck's idea to search for oil and gas deposits
University_of_Alberta
Canadian mining company
C$17-billion Fort Hills oilsands project, which will produce 194,000 barrels per day (bbl/day). Teck Resources had a 21.3% stake in the project alongside Suncor
Teck_Resources
Norwegian energy company
from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2011-10-21. "Statoil sells oilsands assets to Athabasca Oil in deal worth up to $832 million". CBC News. 2016-12-14
Equinor
Canadian petroleum company
systems, which include the Syncrude pipeline, Horizon pipeline, and Cheecham oilsands pipelines. Pembina Pipeline Corporation became an income fund (trust) in
Pembina_Pipeline
Oil sands mining project in Alberta, Canada
"2 oilsands workers killed in roof collapse". CBC News. Retrieved December 25, 2012. "Contractor dies in workplace accident at Horizon oilsands site"
Horizon_Oil_Sands
Alberta's most important intraprovincial highways. It is vital to the oilsands operation. The vast majority of the highways within the 1 to 216 series
List of Alberta provincial highways
List_of_Alberta_provincial_highways
Community with sudden economic & population growth
boomtowns include Fort McMurray in Canada, as the extraction of nearby oilsands requires a vast number of workers, and Johannesburg in South Africa, based
Boomtown
Waste management company
In December 2017, local residents and Métis leaders protested a planned oilsands landfill by the company outside of Conklin, Alberta. The protesters were
Secure_Energy_Services
Canadian oil and gas company
2012), Connacher Oil & Gas failed to operate independently in the oilsands: The oilsands is no country for old oilmen and junior companies, Canadian Business
Connacher_Oil_and_Gas
(link) J. Hall (September 12, 2007). "Work stoppages hit refinery row, oilsands". Edmonton Journal. canada.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04
Alberta's Industrial Heartland
Alberta's_Industrial_Heartland
Canadian senator and television journalist
Globe and Mail and CTV Inc. From 2007 to 2011 she served on the board of Oilsands Quest, Inc. and has also served on the board of Gluskin Sheff & Associates
Pamela_Wallin
Extinct family of armored dinosaurs
Bibcode:2016PPP...449..289A. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.02.033. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nodosauridae. Alberta oilsands discovery of 2011
Nodosauridae
Subspecies of American bison
Nature Alberta. Retrieved 2025-07-10. Lavoie, Judith (2019-03-25). "Three oilsands companies surrender land for new Alberta park to be co-managed with First
Wood_bison
Alberta". CTVNews. Retrieved June 9, 2025. Krugel, Lauren (June 2, 2025). "Oilsands companies evacuate workers, reduce production due to northern Alberta wildfires"
2025_Canadian_wildfires
Transportation of petroleum and derivative products
litres of crude oil over approximately 16,000 m2 at the company's Long Lake oilsands facility south of Fort McMurray. Although both pipeline and rail transportation
Petroleum_transport
Former Canadian politician
Retrieved October 23, 2015. "'Secret' Environment Canada Presentation Warns Of Oilsands' Impact On Habitat". The Huffington Post. 2011-12-22. Archived from the
Peter_Kent
Integrated system to drill wells
applications was mobilized by Deer Creek Energy Limited, a Calgary-based oilsands company. An auger drill is a spiral-shaped tool. Its main function is the
Drilling_rig
Canadian integrated oil and natural gas company
"2021 Annual Report" (PDF). 2021. "Strathcona Resources to buy Tucker oilsands project from Cenovus in $800M deal". Calgary. December 17, 2021. Retrieved
Cenovus_Energy
Town in Northwest Territories, Canada
to develop to re-establish a portage route to supply the Fort McMurray oilsands operations by river. The town is approximately 300 km (190 mi) southeast
Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Fort_Smith,_Northwest_Territories
Canadian and American musician (born 1945)
from Alberta to Texas. When discussing the environmental impact on the oilsands of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Young asserted that the area now resembles the
Neil_Young
Canadian student inventor
lab at the University of Calgary, where she had access to bacteria and oilsand tailings, and developed a sand bioreactor to break down naphthentic acid
Hayley_Todesco
August 1, 2026. "Scientists unearth when the first humans came to Alberta's oilsands". Global News. The Canadian Press. July 31, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2026
Quarry_of_the_Ancestors
Canadian provincial agency
(2 October 2023). "Imperial and Alberta regulator knew for years about oilsands tailings seepage, documents show". CBC Edmonton. Retrieved 28 November
Alberta_Energy_Regulator
on August 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-15. "Company plans more than 100 oilsands wells". The Vancouver Sun. 2007-04-13. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04
JACOS
American conglomerate corporation
Geoffrey (August 14, 2019). "Billionaire Koch brothers dump Canada's oilsands leases as foreign exodus continues". Financial Post. Mangan, Dan (December
Koch,_Inc.
expected to receive nearly exclusive supplies from a $2.5 billion oilsands project in Alberta by 2011. Toledo is also a target destination for supplies
Energy_in_Ohio
Canadian energy company
12-inch diameter pipe was constructed in 2006 and links the Long Lake oilsands upgrader to the Cheetham terminal as part of Enbridge's Athabasca system
Enbridge
Place in Alberta, Canada
between Fort McMurray and Edmonton. Due to the industrial demands of the oilsands, Highway 63 boasts some of the highest tonnage per kilometre in Canada
Fort_McMurray
Federal political party in Canada
original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013. "Prentice defends oilsands following National Geographic article". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Bloc_Québécois
2013). "Prominent U.S. Keystone critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to visit oilsands". Macleans. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved January
Views of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Views_of_Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.
Natural disaster in Alberta, Canada
two of the largest and oldest oilsands mining operations in the Fort McMurray area, and Syncrude's Mildred Lake oilsands mine is located 35 km (22 mi)
2016_Fort_McMurray_wildfire
South African bishop and anti-apartheid activist (1931–2021)
original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2013. "Desmond Tutu calls oilsands 'filth,' urges cooperation on environment". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Desmond_Tutu
Town in Alberta, Canada
adjoining Westlock Airport which would allow people to commute to the oilsand projects in Fort McMurray and other northern developments, but this has not
Westlock
Canadian oil sands production company
Archived from the original on 2008-10-26. "MEG Energy doubling size of oilsands project". 2010-08-10. "Oil sands company MEG plants $500 million senior notes
MEG_Energy
Chinese oil and gas company, Alberta, Canada-based subsidiary of CNOOC
2009. "Nexen Energy announces $400-million expansion of Long Lake oilsands project". CBC News. The Canadian Press. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 26 January
CNOOC_Petroleum_North_America
Canadian comics artist (born 1983)
jail': Cape Breton cartoonist Kate Beaton reflects on her time in the oilsands". The Narwhal. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved
Kate_Beaton
Book by Ezra Levant
resource, but raises the uncomfortable question of what alternatives to the oilsands these moralists prefer". On the other hand, David Suzuki, dismissing Levant
Ethical_Oil
German racing driver (born 1987)
24 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022. "'Over the top hypocrisy' of F1 oilsands protest helps Alberta's case, Kenney argues". CTV News. 23 June 2022. Archived
Sebastian_Vettel
American businessman and philanthropist (1882–1971)
necessity play an important role." Today, GCOS is known as the Suncor oilsands plant. He was awarded the Vermilye Medal in 1950.[citation needed] Pew
J._Howard_Pew
North American heavy crude oil stream
Canadian oilsands production. Repsol, which was the fourth main WCS producer, was one of many foreign companies and investors who exited the oilsands in 2024
Western_Canadian_Select
2009 Canadian documentary film
into the 'oily belly of the beast'; Director hopes to stir debate about oilsands". Calgary Herald, August 17, 2009. Bruce Kirkland, "Shorts make the Cut ;
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Petropolis:_Aerial_Perspectives_on_the_Alberta_Tar_Sands
National park in Alberta and Northwest Territories, Canada
Resources, Cenovus Energy, and Imperial Oil, voluntarily gave up certain oilsands and mining leases in the area, following negotiations with the Alberta
Wood_Buffalo_National_Park
Canadian producer of synthetic crude oil
Retrieved 13 April 2010. "China's Sinopec takes $4.65-billion US stake in oilsands with ConocoPhillips buy". Vancouver Sun. 13 April 2010. Archived from the
Syncrude
- Opportunities and Challenges to 2015: An Update (PDF), NEB "Alberta oilsands operators expand cautiously, Daily Commercial News, June 25, 2008". Archived
Oil_megaprojects_(2011)
British multinational oil and gas company
petrol stations BP, Greece". Fuelo.net. Retrieved 9 June 2019. "BP exits oilsands to focus on offshore; will sell Sunrise stake to Cenovus". Global News
BP
Bitumen processing facility
Refinery began producing diesel from synthetic crude upgraded Alberta oilsands feedstock, and by November 2018, was producing about 35,000 to 40,000 barrels
Sturgeon_Refinery
Artificial intelligence research and industry in Canada
automate up to 50% of job competencies in upstream oil and gas by 2040. Oilsands giant Suncor Energy operates a large fleet of autonomous trucks and has
Artificial intelligence industry in Canada
Artificial_intelligence_industry_in_Canada
Point in time when the maximum rate of petroleum extraction is reached
SEC. Retrieved 29 March 2010. Bob Weber (12 December 2009). "Alberta's oilsands: well-managed necessity or ecological disaster?". Moose Jaw Herald, The
Peak_oil
American energy company
1958. Advertisement.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) "The oilsands at 50: Will they still be producing in 100 years?". "Sunray Dx Oil Company
Sunoco
Dam in Alberta, Canada
compounds, and alkylphenol ethoxylates)." By 2012 Syncrude Canada Ltd had oilsands mining operations on three lease areas (Mildred Lake, Aurora North and
Syncrude_Tailings_Dam
Canadian energy think tank
denied the institute standing to express concerns about an in situ oilsands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta. The decision was appealed, and on October
Pembina_Institute
Canadian First Nation
The essence of the lawsuit is that approximately 17,000 approved oilsands projects will make hunting and fishing impossible for the 920-member band and
Beaver_Lake_Cree_Nation
Private Christian university in Edmonton, Canada
Desire, Culture Making, and The Alberta Oilsands. The Micah Centre also coordinates The Honduras Water Project, recipients of Alberta's Award of Distinction
King's_University_(Canada)
Canadian energy company
Retrieved June 12, 2010.[permanent dead link] "PetroChina offers $2B for oilsands stake". CBC News. August 31, 2009. Retrieved June 12, 2010. Alexander,
Athabasca_Oil_Corporation
Oil, Ivanhoe Energy Inc., Japan Canada Oilsands Ltd., Laricina Energy Ltd., MEG Energy, NEXEN Inc., Oilsands Developers Group, Royal Albert Museum, Shell
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Alberta_Biodiversity_Monitoring_Institute
Engineered dam and dyke systems used to capture oil sand tailings
Columbia—revealed that the estimated liability for the clean up cost for "oilsands mining operations facilities" was about $130 billion. The investigation
Oil sands tailings ponds (Canada)
Oil_sands_tailings_ponds_(Canada)
137 billion barrels; 56 billion barrels discovered bitumen initially-in-place Oilsands production". 2010-06-16.[permanent dead link] "Cenovus posts $172-million
Canadian_petroleum_companies
Canadian politician and former leader of the Opposition (born 1954)
(November 13, 2014). "Mulcair favours west-to-east pipeline for Alberta oilsands crude". CTVNews. Retrieved August 22, 2025. "Mulcair dismisses Tory charge
Tom_Mulcair
Newfoundland". Reuters. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017. "Statoil sells oilsands assets to Athabasca Oil in deal worth up to $832 million". CBC News. 14
Equinor_operations_by_country
Premier of Alberta from 2006 to 2011
"Stelmach won't 'brake' oilsands growth". Edmonton Journal. Markusoff, Jason (January 16, 2008). "Stelmach fights 'dirty' image of oilsands in Washington". National
Ed_Stelmach
banking and insurance" with extraction of non-conventional oil from the oilsands reaching an "impressive", all-time high in May 2018. With conventional
Economy_of_Alberta
Aspect of Canadian politics
backed away" from the campaign promise to "remove the 100-megatonne cap on oilsands emissions." According to the Calgary Herald, Bill C-48 regarding an "oil
Premiership_of_Jason_Kenney
Inactive oil or gas sites in Alberta with no solvent owner
February 21, 2023. McIntosh, Emma; Bruser, David (November 23, 2018). "Oilsands waste is collected in sprawling toxic ponds. To clean them up, oil companies
Orphan wells in Alberta, Canada
Orphan_wells_in_Alberta,_Canada
litres of crude oil over approximately 16,000 m2 at the company's Long Lake oilsands facility south of Fort McMurray. Although both pipeline and rail transportation
Petroleum_industry_in_Canada
Port in Canada
Specialty Chemicals Canada Inc., the Oil Sands Developers Group (now the Oilsands Community Alliance), ONPA Architects, Stuart Olson Dominions, Trans America
Port_Alberta
opposition to the Olympics, opposition to the seal hunt, opposition to oilsand development, support for safe-injection sites, saving Jordan River and
2010 Canada anti-prorogation protests
2010_Canada_anti-prorogation_protests
Ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Alberta, Canada
31, 2020. Slugoski, Kendra (April 15, 2020). "Three workers in Alberta oilsands camp test positive for COVID-19: Hinshaw". Global News. Archived from the
COVID-19_pandemic_in_Alberta
City in New Brunswick, Canada
of several wood mills causing many residents to migrate west. Since the oilsands boom in Alberta, many Miramichi residents split their time between the
Miramichi,_New_Brunswick
Highway in Alberta
and Bust". CBC News. Retrieved January 3, 2017. Even after commercial oilsands production began in the 1930s, the population remained small, with just
Alberta_Highway_63
Canadian energy company
24, 2014). "Canadian oil beats U.S. on costs, bank study says: Thermal oilsands ranked ahead of some American shale crude". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta
Baytex_Energy
Sovereign wealth fund of Alberta, Canada
"Fort Hills-produced oil named for its lower-carbon quality". JWN Energy. Oilsands and Heavy Oil. Retrieved November 24, 2019. Willis, Andrew; Jones, Jeffrey
AIMCo
Canadian athlete, businessman and politician from Alberta (1933–2016)
granted another nine-month cut from 12% to 1% in royalties at the Suncor oilsands. Most damaging to the government's reputation was the failure of the Principal
Don_Getty
Canadian politician
called for more oil to be refined and upgraded in Canada and for an end to "oilsands industry subsidies, and opposition to pipeline proposals to carry bitumen
Joyce_Murray
Canadian governmental organisation
their plan to split their 60-40 joint-venture in the Kai Kos Dehseh oilsands project, so that they would each control 100% of their own leasehold properties
Invest_in_Canada
Canadian chemical engineer (1930–2021)
2014. Boswell, Randy (April 30, 2008). "'National will' required to make oilsands development sustainable: expert". Dose.ca. Archived from the original on
Clement_Bowman
Canadian provincial crown corporation
separate oil from oilsands which is still in use today and for the impact it made to Edmonton who benefits from northern projects. During this period
Alberta_Innovates
Canadian activist (born 1976)
proceeded two other actions by Greenpeace in the oilsands region. The first was at Suncor's Millennium project, and the second at Shell's upgrading facility
Mike_Hudema
Canadian oil and natural gas company
Healing, Dan (January 23, 2015). "Lindbergh scaled back; Pengrowth delays oilsands expansion as part of cost-control program". Calgary Herald. p. D4. Healing
Pengrowth_Energy
Canadian oil group
Countries". IPSOS. Oilsands' carbon emissions rising Oilsands Review. "Study Says 45% Of U.S. Oil Supply Of Similar GHG Intensity As Oilsands". www.oilsandsreview
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Canadian_Association_of_Petroleum_Producers
Canadian politician
private company with Hatch as the majority shareholder. N-Solv is a in situ oilsands technology company that produces oil with 85% reduction in GHG emissions
Murray Smith (Alberta politician)
Murray_Smith_(Alberta_politician)
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