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Vol. 8, No. 19 Week of May 11, 2003
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry

Rising costs force rethinking

Oil sands spending plans being slashed as challenges accumulate

Gary Park

Petroleum News Calgary Correspondent

Beset by an array of problems, Alberta oil sands players are now immersed in some deep soul-searching that is sharply reducing spending over the next four years and denting hopes that the 180-billion-barrel reserve is North America’s ace in the energy security hole. Against a background of breathta....

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Growing anxieties

Industry has been world leader

Possible cost-cutting measures

No government commitment to implementation beyond 2012


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