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Conference kaosws::canada

Title:	True North Strong & Free
Notice:	Introduction in Note 535, For Sale/Wanted in 524
Moderator:	POLAR::RICHARDSON

Created:	Fri Jun 19 1987
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1040
Total number of notes:	13668

362.0. "The price of oil" by RTL::HINXMAN (In danger of the mego effect) Wed Oct 17 1990 08:05

    It has been estimated that if a shooting war breaks out in the
    Persian Gulf the price of oil would rise to about $65(U.S.) a
    barrel.
    
    With oil at this price, would extraction from the Saskatchewan
    tar sands be economic?
    
    Tony

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
362.1		KAOFS::M_COTE	Now I'm even more nasty	`Wed Oct 17 1990 10:45`	12
	Actually this has been looked into by the Canadian Indians.They have found technology which allows extraction of the TAR sands.Unfortunatly the new technology is very labour intensive.The breakthrough in the technology is the relatively short set up time required, once the technology is put into place.The unfortunate part is Kentucky Fried Chicken makes you buy a meal before they will hand out straws to the local indians. Mike C�t�
362.2	Why am I not surprised?	KAOFS::M_MORIN	DEQ - Digital Equipment Qu�bec	`Mon Oct 22 1990 16:25`	4
	Why have I come to expect replies like these from Mike? Mario
362.3		POLAR::RICHARDSON	He who laughs best	`Mon Oct 22 1990 18:52`	5
	I don't know, but I think you've got him over a barrel! Another crude joke from Richardson Industries
362.4	who is coat anyway...eh	POLAR::LACAILLE	YFM-350 the real Ultimate Warrior	`Tue Oct 23 1990 15:22`	12
	Recent petroleum price hikes and shortages have lead to major cutbacks in many sectors of the world economic market. Recent remarks from Richardson Industry insiders remark that "[our] company as being one of the hardest hit". As one employee was overheard to say "How can we be manufacture products up to our usual level of slipperyness and flamability without the stuff". Relief up until now has been carefully gleaned from the korlif barwunlke culture tanks. The new compound is said to be more flamable and almost as slippery as the crude.