Alberta's petroleum industry and the Conservation Board / David H. Breen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breen, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alberta. Energy Resources Conservation Board.

Alberta.

Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy--Alberta.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Gas industry--Government policy--Alberta.

Gas industry.

Petroleum conservation--Government policy--Alberta.

Petroleum conservation.

Natural gas--Conservation--Government policy--Alberta.

Natural gas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (863 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board, created by the Alberta government in 1938, ensured that the province's petroleum resources were utilized in a manner that protected the long-term public interest.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Conservation, Reservoir Characteristics and the United States Experience

PART I: THE CONSERVATION MOVEMENT IN ALBERTA, 1908-1938

1 Turner Valley "Waste" Gas and the Early Conservation Movement

2 The Turner Valley Gas Conservation Board and the Failure of Alberta's First Proration Program

3 Founding the Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board, 1937-1938

PART II: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS CONSERVATION IN ALBERTA, 1938-1959

4 Establishing a Regulatory Foundation, 1938-1947

5 The Leduc Discovery and the New Regulatory Environment

6 The Natural Gas Export Debate

7 Conservation and the Struggle to Expand the Market for Alberta Crude Oil

8 The Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board: Organization and Regulation of Field Development, 1948-1959

PART III: CONCLUSION

9 The Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board in Retrospect

Appendices

APPENDIX I: Board Chairmen, Deputy Chairmen, and Board Members, 1938-1962

APPENDIX II: Turner Valley Oil and Gas Production and Disposition, 1922-1960

APPENDIX III: Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board (PNGCB) Summary of Expenditure and Revenue, 1938-1958

APPENDIX IV: Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board: Order No. 63

APPENDIX V: Province of Alberta, Development and Exploratory Wells Drilled or Completed, 1900-1959

APPENDIX VI: Summary Tables

APPENDIX VII: Alberta Milestone Oil and Gas Discoveries, 1897-1959

APPENDIX VIII: Alberta Revenue from Energy Resources and Total Provincial Expenditure, 1938-1961

APPENDIX IX: Board Staff Distribution and Professional Recruitment

APPENDIX X: The Conservation Board and Field Management, 1948-1958

Chronology of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry in Alberta

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Selected Bibliography

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 752-761) and index.

ISBN:

1-4593-0403-9

1-4175-9291-5

OCLC:

226375602