Wins and losses for sands sector

Industry gets boost from study estimating employment, economic spinoffs; runs afoul of chemical producers, who demand single standard

Gary Park

For Petroleum News

The Alberta oil sands, as is so often the case, are being pulled in opposite directions, quietly ramping up production, while unease builds as the sector awaits greenhouse gas regulations from the Obama administration and a loosely knit coalition in Canada challenges any attempts to give the resourc....

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