Re: Is Athabasca a unique formation?

From: quibbler (quibbler247_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/14/04 

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 06:22:09 -0600

In article <caic4j0vi0@enews4.newsguy.com>, ericgisin@graffiti.net
says...
> Alberta and Siberia both have oil sands (bitumen).
>
> Anyone know why Russia's are not being developed? Both have the same cold
> climate, but alberta has an existing oil and gas infrastructure.

I suspect it's because Alberta is much closer to the USA. Canada is our
largest trading partner, Bill O'Reilly's ignorance notwithstanding. 

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