Made in Canada
The first bitumen mega-plants built from scratch by Alberta firms prepare to start producing

Mission Impossible
Veterans wonder how to clear up the industry’s ‘dirty oil’ stigma

Rude Awakenings
History affirms that rough rides go with development in the oil sands

As the Pipeline Turns
On the golden anniversary of its national natural gas highway, TransCanada Corp. converts the original lane into an oil sands express route

FEATURES

All Work, All Play
An Edmonton crane firm is enjoying every minute as it enters the international big league of industrial heavy lifting

Sister Supplier
Offshore oil and sugar cane ethanol put Brazil in line to share U.S. energy markets with Alberta

If It Ain’t broke
Canada’s oldest oil company preserves antique methods

DEPARTMENTS

Projects
An American refiner tells why Alberta can’t have all the bitumen upgraders

Transactions
Industry captains watch frenzied oil trading from a safe distance

Champions
Eco-oil evangelist spreads gospel of clean, green efficiency

Passages
Don’t mistake today’s upheavals for the 1970s energy crisis

Final words
PSAC’s Roger Soucy offers his perspective on the view ahead

HOT TOPICS

Environment
An omen for the oil sands in new power plant rules

International
The North American natural gas market changes directIon

Services
This boom still has legs

DEPARTMENTS

Publisher’s Letter
New ownership, management, content and energy for Alberta Oil magazine

Editor’s Log
Editor’s Log: Trials and tribulations of ‘those tar sands guys’

Observer
News, trends and nuggets of the energy scene

Advances
Enbridge floats a new idea for a carbon-dioxide transport system

Policy
A historic transfer of power over Alberta’s natural gas pipeline grid

Operations
Oil sands beckon international technology merchants