1980s-1990s 2-D geological mapping is superseded by 3-D geological mapping to show thicknesses and properties of multiple-stacked layers in the subsurface, along with 3-D geostatical modelling.
1985 Imperial Oil Cold Lake’s cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) in situ oilsands extraction project starts.
1984 The Underground Test Facility is initiated by AOSTRA as an in situ SAGD bitumen recovery facility.
1986 The Canadian Heavy Oil Association is incorporated.
1980—1989
nineteen hundred
1985 Amoco Canada starts the Primrose CSS project.
1991 1993 The CHOA Reservoir Syncrude and the Handbook is published. Fort MacKay First Nation commence 1990-2000s a pilot project 4-D seismic where 30 wood becomes bison are repatriated commercialized. to live on reclaimed Alberta’s first oilsands mining application is landscapes. in SAGD
1988 NewGrade Energy Inc., a joint venture by Consumers’ Co-operative Refineries Limited and the Government of Saskatchewan, completes construction of a heavy oil upgrader. It starts operating in 1990.
1990—1995
nineteen hundred
1992 The Lloydminster Upgrader begins processing heavy oil.
1995 Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announces $25 billion worth of tax breaks for the oilsands industry.
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