Alberta Oil Sands Development (1967–2015)

1. GCOS opens first commercial oil sands plant

   Sep 30, 1967Labels: Great Canadian, Fort McMurray

   • GCOS Wiki
   • Energy Heritage

2. Alberta adopts Oil Sands Conservation Act

   Jan 1, 1971Labels: Oil Sands, Alberta

   • CanLII
   • QPA

3. Construction begins for Syncrude Mildred Lake

   Jan 1, 1973Labels: Syncrude, Mildred Lake

   • Energy Heritage
   • Syncrude Wiki

4. AOSTRA created to develop in-situ technology

   Jan 1, 1974Labels: AOSTRA, Alberta Government

   • OSTI
   • AOSTRA Wiki

5. Syncrude Mildred Lake begins operations

   Jan 1, 1978Labels: Syncrude Mildred, Syncrude

   • Energy Heritage
   • Oil Sands Mag

6. National Energy Program launched amid federal–provincial conflict

   Oct 28, 1980Labels: National Energy, Federal Government

   • Canadian Enc
   • OSTI

7. AOSTRA launches Underground Test Facility for SAGD

   Jan 1, 1983Labels: AOSTRA, Underground Test

   • Energy Heritage
   • SAGD Wiki

8. Underground Test Facility opens near Fort McMurray

   Jan 1, 1987Labels: Underground Test, Fort McMurray

   • Energy Heritage
   • Oil Sands Mag

9. Suncor schedules Steepbank Mine expansion project

   Sep 1, 1998Labels: Suncor, Steepbank Mine

   • ETDE OSTI
   • Suncor Base

10. Muskeg River Mine feeds first ore for Albian Sands

    Aug 15, 2002Labels: Muskeg River, Albian Sands

    • CMJ

11. Directive 074 issued to tighten tailings requirements

    Feb 3, 2009Labels: Directive 074, Alberta Energy

    • Directive 074
    • Scribd copy

12. Suncor and Petro-Canada merger becomes effective

    Aug 1, 2009Labels: Suncor, Petro-Canada

    • AB Academies
    • Hart Energy

13. Syncrude found guilty over 2008 duck deaths

    Jun 25, 2010Labels: Syncrude, tailings pond

    • Global News
    • Tailings Wiki

14. COSIA formed to share environmental innovations

    Mar 2, 2012Labels: COSIA, oil sands

    • COSIA release
    • Pathways Wiki

15. Alberta announces Climate Leadership Plan with oil sands cap

    Nov 22, 2015Labels: Climate Leadership, Alberta

    • IEA
    • CityNews