LEADER 02968nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910827525503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-470-67583-7 010 $a1-282-65352-0 010 $a9786612653520 010 $a0-470-16155-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000029571 035 $a(EBL)547173 035 $a(OCoLC)646788456 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412944 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11270693 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412944 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10388461 035 $a(PQKB)10096713 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547173 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547173 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10399078 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL265352 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000029571 100 $a20091104d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlack bonanza $eAlberta's oil sands and the race to secure North America's energy future /$fAlastair Sweeny 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aEtobicoke, Ont. $cJ. Wiley & Sons Canada$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-470-16138-8 327 $aBlack 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; Index 330 $aWhat 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 the 606 $aOil sands$xGovernment policy$zAlberta 606 $aOil sands$xEconomic aspects$zAlberta 606 $aOil sands$xEnvironmental aspects$zAlberta 606 $aOil sands industry$xTechnological innovations$zAlberta 607 $aAthabasca Tar Sands (Alta.) 615 0$aOil sands$xGovernment policy 615 0$aOil sands$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aOil sands$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aOil sands industry$xTechnological innovations 676 $a333.8/232097123 676 $a333.8232097123 700 $aSweeny$b Alastair$01720988 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827525503321 996 $aBlack bonanza$94120112 997 $aUNINA