Contents

Foreword

Publisher’s Note

Acknowledgements

Part One

Introduction

      Before Bitumount

      After Bitumount – Making the Blair Report

      Geological Research Advances

      Trace Metals in the Oil

      Interest of the Oil Companies Gains Momentum

      Moving Towards Industrialization

      Great Canadian Oil Sands

      Can-Amera – Royalite – Cities Service – Imperial Oil Limited – Syncrude

      Postscript

Sources

Appendix A

Appendix B (A brief summary of crucial historical events)

Part Two

Letters

Glossary

Further Reading

Index