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In 2008, oil sands production represented approximately half of Canada's total crude oil production. The
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The first Arctic Island well was drilled in 1961-62 by Dome
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The 100 million barrel tar sand deposit at Marie Bay (Trettin and Hills, 1966) on western
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175:Thomas Gentzisa, Fariborz Goodarzib (June 1993).
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294:"The Significance of Oil in the Sverdrup Basin"
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