Part 22: Pipeliners, Part II

Pipelines are the vital arteries of Canada's petroleum industry, with just under 200 thousand kilometers of pipe laid down across the countryside. The politics of the pipeline is an often intense and contentious world, and becoming more so as conventional sources of crude oil tap out and new ones, such as the reserves north of 60, are discovered.

Oil companies have constantly hunted for new sources of oil, Companies like Dome Petroleum have drilled for it in the frozen arctic while companies such as Syncrude and Suncor have researched and refined methods of extracting it from such reserves as the Athabasca tar sands.

Learn about the techniques and challenges surrounding oil transportation and extraction, and how such development holds a vital place in the ongoing evolution of the Canadian petroleum industry.

This episode features the voices of Jack Browning, Gordon Connell, Frank Dabbs, George Govier, Stan Harding, Charles Hetherington, Charles Lee, Fin Lineham, Jim Livingstone, Hoadley Mitchell, Carl Nickle, Lauder Nowers, Maurice Paulson, Ed Phillips, Les Rowland, Vern Taylor

Part 23: Roughnecks Around the World

Peru, Columbia, Algeria, Iran...these are but a few of the many countries around the world where Canadians have served in the international petroleum industry. While the technical atmosphere in foreign lands reminded many of the Canadian workers abroad of home, there was a lot to learn about the social, political, and even environmental conditions of the places where they worked.

Oil industry pioneers share their world travel experiences, recounting the pleasures and the perils of working and living outside of Canadian borders.

This episode features the voices of Bill Allen, Peter Bawden, Swede Black, Jack Browning, Carl Chapman, Charles Hetherington, Doug Layer, Scov Murray, Jack Pierce, James Warke, Hal Yurksa

Part 24: The End of an Era

In this final episode of the Roughnecks, Wildcats & Doodlebugs series, a retrospective of the Alberta and Western Canadian oil industry is presented.

The highlights of the Alberta petroleum industry evolution are recounted, from the early beginnings outside Medicine Hat in 1883 and the first major oil reserve discovery at Turner Valley in 1914, to the turning point in Alberta's resource history with the tapping of Leduc No. 1. Later developments, such as the blowout at oilwell Atlantic #3 to the controversial National Energy Program, are also explored.

Listen as former workers recall their experiences, and muse over the end of a simpler time in the Alberta petroleum industry. While some contend that things today are not what they used to be, there is a profound sense of optimism and excitement when speculating on the future of the Alberta oil industry.

This episode features the voices of Bill Allen, Jeff Andrews, John Ballem, John Ballachey, Ed Baltrusaitus, Elmer Berlie, Frank Dabbs, Garnet Edwards, Lloyd Gilmour, Aubrey Kerr, Eddie Laborde, Fin Lineham, Jim Livingstone, Archie Miller, Scov Murray, Carl Nickle, Lauder Nowers, Jack Pettinger, Jack Pierce, Ed Phillips, Jack Porter, Tom Wark, Hal Yurksa