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Synthetic crude from Athabasca tar sands will not come on stream in big quantities as early as forecasters expected a few years ago. Giant scoop is sh(...)
Synthetic crude from Athabasca tar sands will not come on stream in big quantities as early as forecasters expected a few years ago. Giant scoop is sh(...)

Synthetic crude from Athabasca tar sands will not come on stream in big quantities as early as forecasters expected a few years ago. Giant scoop is sh(...)

Date1/3/1973
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  • Synthetic crude from Athabasca tar sands will not come on stream in big quantities as early as forecasters expected a few years ago. Giant scoop is shown working at Great Canadian Oil Sands property; but cost inflation; political troubles have delayed the more ambitious project of Syncrude consortium. In general; major producers predict earlier crunch on supplies than they used to; but disagree on details.
  • Synthetic crude from Athabasca tar sands will not come on stream in big quantities as early as forecasters expected a few years ago. Giant scoop is sh(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Synthetic crude from Athabasca tar sands will not come on stream in big quantities as early as forecasters expected a few years ago. Giant scoop is shown working at Great Canadian Oil Sands property; but cost inflation; political troubles have delayed the more ambitious project of Syncrude consortium. In general; major producers predict earlier crunch on supplies than they used to; but disagree on details.
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