OUR GREAT MINDS
OUR GREAT MINDS
Over the next 25 years, the economic contribution from the Canadian oil sands is estimated to reach over 2.1 trillion dollars, injecting its effects nationally as well as internationally across […]
Oil sands tailings ponds have received a great deal of media attention in connection with two types of environmental problems: how they impact ecosystems while active, and whether or when […]
The Canadian oil sands have significant potential and are, by far, one of the best options for meeting growing world oil demand. However, further development of this large resource faces […]
Despite much wishful thinking to the contrary, the world’s economies rely heavily on oil and will continue to do so into the foreseeable future. Although there has been some limited […]
Located in the heart of Canada’s West, the province of Alberta continues to hit national records with its robust and booming economy, low unemployment, nonstop influx of skilled workers and […]
Mary Clark Shepherd, daughter of Dr. Karl Clark, talks about her father seeing possibilities in pioneering the hot water process for the oil sands. Learn more about Suncor Energy’s oil […]
At first glance, Alberta’s oil sands are just deposits of bitumen mixed with sand and clay. But if you look deeper, you’ll see the progress, the possibilities and the people […]
Learn what the oil sands are and how they’re developed as well as whats being done to protect the environment, pioneer technology, reclaim land, engage communities, and provide economic opportunities. […]
In his newly-released book, Black Bonanza: the Race to Secure North America’s Energy Future, noted historian and publisher Alastair Sweeny sees Canada’s vast oil sands resource as a calming, stabilizing force in the world.
Canada’s oil sands have been valued for millennia—18th century explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie passed through the area and reported locals using bitumen and spruce gum to seal their canoes.
