Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. List of Tables xiii
4. List of Figures and Maps xv
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Units and Abbreviations xix
7. Overview
8. Petroleum and the Petroleum Industry: What Are They? 3
9. An Overview of the Alberta Petroleum Industry 19
10. Alberta and World Petroleum Markets 35
11. Economic Analysis and Petroleum Production 53
12. Overview
13. Alberta’s Conventional Oil Resources 83
14. Crude Oil Output and Pricing 103
15. Non-Conventional Oil: Oil Sands and Heavy Oil 141
16. The Supply of Alberta Crude Oil 171
17. Overview
18. Government Regulation: Trade and Price Controls 223
19. Government Controls on the Petroleum Industry: Oil Prorationing 269
20. Economic Rent and Fiscal Regimes 289
21. Overview
22. The Alberta Natural Gas Industry: Pricing, Markets, and Government Regulations 351
23. The Petroleum Industry and the Alberta Economy 407
24. Lessons from the Alberta Experience 451
25. Notes and References 463
26. Index 479