The Abasand Fiasco : The Rise And Fall Of A Brave Pioneer Oil Extraction Plant

The Abasand Fiasco : The Rise And Fall Of A Brave Pioneer Oil Extraction PlantThe Abasand Fiasco : The Rise And Fall Of A Brave Pioneer Oil Extraction Plant, Darlene J. Comfort This book documents the history of Abasand Oils Ltd., an early and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to commercially extract oil from Albertas Athabasca oil sands near Fort McMurray. Beginning with early twentieth century investigations into the potential uses of oil sands, the narrative follows the development of extraction methods, including the hot

and a catalogue and description of animal remains (written by Jean Hourston-Wright)

Jim McAuley

Unlike many local histories

Jensen explains his holistic philosophy that optimal health comes from eating natural

this edition presents Peter Skene Ogden’s day-by-day journals from his 1827–28 and 1828–29 expeditions in the Snake Country—an area centred on the Snake River Basin in what is now  Washington

the Marlin district

And Loss Of Aboriginal Life

Douglas Ellasser

and edits an array of perspectives on Loon Lake’s history

government officials

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