Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables vi
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction xiii
6. Early History of Oil Sands in Alberta 1
7. Abasand and the Federal-Provincial Conflict 25
8. Picking Up the Pieces: Reclaiming a Provincial Resource 55
9. From Scientific Project to Commercial Endeavour 79
10. "Within Reach" and "Beyond Reach" Markets: The Reluctant Expansion of the Oil Sands, 1960-69 103
11. Flexibility and Paralysis: The Oil Shocks, Government Policy and Intervention, 1970-77 133
12. Lost Decade: The National Energy Program and the Collapse of World Crude Prices 167
13. Competition's "Cold Shower": Remaking the Oil Sands Industry in the Era of Globalization and Free Trade, 1984-2001 197
14. Green Patch? Oil Sands Development in Post-Kyoto Canada 231
15. Afterword 243
16. Bibliography 247
17. Notes 267
18. Index 313