Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name given in the Pennsylvania petroleum region to the beds of sandstone from which the oil is obtained by boring. See
petroleum .
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Examples
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Last month, the government approved a $9 billion oil-sand development project led by Total SA, but only after a six-year approval process.
Canada's Harper Vows to Speed Up Energy Projects Nirmala Menon 2012
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After first insisting that the pollution Mr. Schindler uncovered was naturally present, rather than created by the industry, the Alberta government admitted this year that its monitoring system, a joint-effort between the provincial government, oil-sand companies and native groups, was inadequate to measure the kind of pollution discovered in the region.
Canada Proposes Beefed Up Monitoring of Oil Sands Edward Welsch 2011
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Alberta and Canadian federal officials have worked to clean up the oil-sand industry's image.
Canada Readies New Plan for Monitoring Oil Sands Paul Vieira 2011
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Sunshine Oilsands, which was incorporated in early 2007 and isn't expected to produce any oil until next year, owns and controls 4,600 square kilometers of oil-sand leases in the Athabasca sands region in the Canadian province of Alberta.
Sunshine Oilsands Eyes $1 Billlion IPO Yvonne Lee 2011
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Sunshine Oilsands, which was incorporated in early 2007 and isn't expected to produce any oil until next year, owns and controls 4,600 square kilometers of oil-sand leases in the Athabasca sands region in the Canadian province of Alberta.
Sunshine Oilsands Eyes $1 Billlion IPO Yvonne Lee 2011
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Pursuing oil reserves further afield, PetroChina received approval from the Canadian government at the end of 2009 to purchase 60% of two oil-sand projects in Alberta, owned by the Athabasca Oil Sands Corporation.
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When oil prices were high, many producers scrambled to cultivate the rich oil-sand fields of the Athabasca basin in Canada's Alberta province.
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Under its proposed "intensity" caps to fight global warming, the Harper government predicts a near doubling in oil-sand emissions by 2020.
Peace, order and good government, eh?: February 2008 Archives 2008
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To boost reserves, it has bid for at least $7.8 billion of overseas assets in the last two years, including shale-gas and oil-sand acreages in North America.
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The energy developer expects its oil-sand and shale-gas assets in North America to start production in 2013, Im said.
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