New Frontiers in Resource Technology - A Legal Overview
Author(s) -
Dallas Pettigrew,
J. C. Bjornson,
Elma K. Spady
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
alberta law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-8356
pISSN - 0002-4821
DOI - 10.29173/alr575
Subject(s) - frontier , resource (disambiguation) , oil sands , petroleum industry , energy law , business , relation (database) , fossil fuel , political science , natural resource economics , engineering , economics , law , environmental law , geography , waste management , computer science , archaeology , environmental engineering , computer network , asphalt , database
Three Alberta lawyers, representing different corporate entities in the oil and gas industry, discuss the approach to and treatment of technology de veloped in relation to oil sands, heavy oil and frontier exploration activ ities. Part One provides an introduction to some of the legal challenges created by new developments in resource technology, and examines the experience of Petro-Canada in its frontier operations. Part Two focusses upon the Syncrude project, and the unique problems to which it has given rise. Part Three discusses the role of the Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority.