Montreal-businessman Lloyd Champion incorporates Great Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. Sidney Kidder, Sidney Blair, George Hume, and Elmer Adkins (l to r) at the Edmonton portion of the Athabasca Oil Sands Conference at the University of Alberta, 1951 Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta, PA3152 Athabasca Oil Sands Conference establishes an Alberta oil sands policy and stimulates commercial interest in the resource.Alberta government issues report on oil sands potential.Ĭover of Sidney Blair’s Report on the Alberta Bituminous Sands commissioned by the Government of Alberta, 1950 Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta, 24.503.1950 Source: University of Alberta, 91-137-070 - detail
The completed Alberta Government Oil Sands Project plant, ca. Alberta Government Oil Sands Project Plant at Bitumount succeeds in separating crude oil from oil sands.Little was left of the Abasand plant after the fire. 1941 Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta, .S.DeskCopy.021 - detail oil sands separation plant on Horse River is completed.Ībasand Oils Ltd. 1940 Source: University of Alberta Archives, 89-120-008 Jones of Denver, Colorado, organize Abasand Oils Ltd.
Source: University of Alberta Archives, 77-128-13 Sidney Ells is placed in charge of mining operations. Karl Clark’s third model plant is relocated to the Clearwater River.
Federal and provincial governments cooperate to develop Clearwater River oil sands separation plant. Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta, PR1971.0356.544a,b.ProspectusOf.IBC.1 Prospectus for the International Bitumen Company Ltd., n.d. Robert Fitzsimmons founds the International Bitumen Company Ltd. Jacob Absher attempts in situ extraction of oil from oil sands.Ībsher’s set-up on Saline Creek, near Fort McMurray, 1929 Source: University of Alberta Archives, 77-128-27. Source: University of Alberta Archives, 69-97-457 Karl Clark and Sidney Blair built a model oil sands separation plant in the basement of the University of Alberta power plant. Karl Clark builds his first model hot-water separation plant. Source: University of Alberta Archives, 69-152-003 Henry Marshall Tory, the first president of the University of Alberta, was instrumental in founding the Scientific and Industrial Research Council of Alberta, n.d. The Scientific and Industrial Research Council of Alberta is founded. View of demonstration experimental pavement laid in Edmonton, Alberta, 1915 Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta, A3399 Throughout the 1920s, efforts to commercially develop the oil sands focused upon its possible use as a paving surface for roads and sidewalks. of Mines and Technical Surveys/Library and Archives Canada, PA-014454 Sidney Ells at Clearwater River tar sands plant, August 1931 Source: Canada. The federal government renews its investigation of the oil sands by sending Sidney Ells to Athabasca to conduct field and survey work. Alfred von Hammerstein is the first independent entrepreneur to attempt to capitalize on the petroleum riches of the oil sands.Īlfred von Hammerstein on horseback, ca. Drilling in search of a basement reservoir of oil is the initial focus of development in Alberta’s oil sands.ĭrilling plant at Victoria, Alberta, 1898 Source: Glenbow Archives, NA-302-11. Source: Geological Survey of Canada/Library and Archives Canada, PA-038166 
Tar Sands, Athabasca River, Alberta, n.d.
The Geological Survey of Canada initiates exploration of the oil sands of the Athabasca region on the part of the federal government.
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