02968nam 2200649Ia 450 991082752550332120200520144314.00-470-67583-71-282-65352-097866126535200-470-16155-8(CKB)2670000000029571(EBL)547173(OCoLC)646788456(SSID)ssj0000412944(PQKBManifestationID)11270693(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412944(PQKBWorkID)10388461(PQKB)10096713(MiAaPQ)EBC547173(Au-PeEL)EBL547173(CaPaEBR)ebr10399078(CaONFJC)MIL265352(EXLCZ)99267000000002957120091104d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlack bonanza Alberta's oil sands and the race to secure North America's energy future /Alastair Sweeny1st ed.Etobicoke, Ont. J. Wiley & Sons Canadac20101 online resource (274 p.)Includes index.0-470-16138-8 Black Bonanza; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: All About the Oil Sands; Chapter 2: Origins-All Hell for a Basement; Chapter 3: Gearing Up-The Years of Frustration; Chapter 4: Pay Dirt-The Oil Sands Today; Chapter 5: King Ralph and the SAGD Revolution; Chapter 6: Tar Wars-Oil versus the Environment; Chapter 7: Peak Oil Terror and the Athabasca Answer; Chapter 8: Blue Shift-A New Frontier in Energy; IndexWhat if Canada 's so-called environmental nightmare was really an engineering triumph and the key to a stable and sustainable future? For years, Canadians have been hearing nothing but bad news out of the Athabasca Oil Sands. From 20th Century economists decrying it as a perpetual money-loser in the face of more easily-extracted foreign oil to green groups around the world declaring it the world's worst industrial enterprise, sometimes it seems as though no good could ever come from this so-called dirty resource. But what if developing Canada's Oil Sands was the key to bridging theOil sandsGovernment policyAlbertaOil sandsEconomic aspectsAlbertaOil sandsEnvironmental aspectsAlbertaOil sands industryTechnological innovationsAlbertaAthabasca Tar Sands (Alta.)Oil sandsGovernment policyOil sandsEconomic aspectsOil sandsEnvironmental aspectsOil sands industryTechnological innovations333.8/232097123333.8232097123Sweeny Alastair1720988MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827525503321Black bonanza4120112UNINA