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Alberta Oil Feb – Mar 2010

February 05, 2010
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ON THE COVER:
Photography By Colin Way
COVER STORY: Innovation Nation
The long-standing pedigree of oil sands ingenuity is fast approaching a crossroads. Improving efficiencies demand new technology. But novel ideas don’t come cheap

Connecting the Dots
A once-small trade show has mushroomed into a national forum for oil sands suppliers in the know
by Jeff Lewis

Trailblazers
Today’s top innovators shift boundaries and move mountains (no, not literally)

Talkin’ Revolution
The oil patch depends on new technology but is often slow to implement it. Gushor Inc.’s Steve Larter is pining for change

Eureka No More
Oil sands discoveries may have lost their anecdotal cachet but they are no less groundbreaking
by Bill Sass

Outposts of Progress
Environmental Refuelling Systems Inc. tackles logistics, long distances and remote worksites to keep the fuel flowing

HOT TOPICS

Environment
Whoever says minding the public interest is easy is a liar
By Cindy Chiasson

Economics
Unlimited supplies of oil and gas? A controversial Russian geologist posits that possibility
by Patrycja Romanowska

DEPARTMENTS

Editor’s Log
The unsung home of creative thinking is a well-kept secret
by Gordon Jaremko

Observer
Trends, news and views on the international and national energy scene

Services
Gas entrepreneurs turn to Quebec and the Maritimes

Advances
Carbon counters love their work

Policy
Nothing comes cheap in a clean energy template

Transactions
A new U.S. system tracks the price perils inherent in energy trading

Projects
A colossal storage site makes market coups possible

Champions
A lifelong oilman sees green in murky sands

Passages
Spies and secrecy color a pioneer legacy

Final Words
Alberta Enterprise Group’s Tim Shipton looks beyond the crossroads