Oil Exploration In Canada

First Commercial Oil Well in North America (Ontario)

1858

https://uwaterloo.ca/wat-on-earth/news/field-tripping-north-americas-first-oil-well

Natural Gas Discovered While Drilling For Water (Alberta)

1883

http://history.alberta.ca/energyheritage/gas/creation-of-an-industry/accidental-industry/default.aspx

Oil Discovered in the Northwest Territories

1920

https://www.imperialoil.ca/en-CA/News/Imperial-stories/Operations/A-century-of-production#%E2%80%9CBituminousfountains%E2%80%9D

Karl Clark Creates Oil Sands Separation Technique

1929

http://www.history.alberta.ca/energyheritage/sands/unlocking-the-potential/the-scientific-and-industrial-research-council-of-alberta/the-hot-water-separation-process.aspx

Major Deposit at Leduc Oil Well Kicks Off Western Oil Boom

1947

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/leduc-oil-discovery-anniversary-oil-boom-history-1.3980331

First Commercial Oil Sands Operation (Suncor)

1967

https://www.suncor.com/en-ca/who-we-are/history

1973 Oil Crisis

1973

https://cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/1/1973_oil_crisis.htm

Roger Butler Creates SAGD Technology

1978

Gives Access To Deposits That Could Not Be Reached Previously
https://www.vistaprojects.com/blog/in-situ-thermal-technology/
http://www.history.alberta.ca/energyheritage/sands/underground-developments/in-situ-development/roger-butler.aspx

First Commercial SAGD Operation

2001

https://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2019/7/12/cenovus-first-sagd-producer-reach-one-billion-barr/

Companies Share Info For Oil Sands Innovation

2012

https://cosia.ca/about