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Nothing beats the thrill of finding new oil: Despite Imperial Oil's stepped-up research efforts, I'll trade you two research discoveries for an oil well any day, says company president Jim Livingstone
Nothing beats the thrill of finding new oil: Despite Imperial Oil's stepped-up research efforts, I'll trade you two research discoveries for an oil well any day, says company president Jim Livingstone

Nothing beats the thrill of finding new oil: Despite Imperial Oil's stepped-up research efforts, I'll trade you two research discoveries for an oil well any day, says company president Jim Livingstone

Date1/8/1981
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Solar heating system: Ontario Energy Minister Robert Welch, right, chats with Jim Livingstone, president of Imperian Oil, following opening of oil company's solar research project
Solar heating system: Ontario Energy Minister Robert Welch, right, chats with Jim Livingstone, president of Imperian Oil, following opening of oil company's solar research project
10/25/1980
Posing in front of his company's billboard, John Milnes, owner of Milnes Fuel Oils Ltd., sees nothing that's likely to raise oil prices.
Posing in front of his company's billboard, John Milnes, owner of Milnes Fuel Oils Ltd., sees nothing that's likely to raise oil prices.
10/30/1991
No let-up: Midnight's Oil's Peter Garrett tramped and goose-stepped from one end of the Concert Hall stage to the other, defending it as if it were the last bastion of sanity in this crazy world
No let-up: Midnight's Oil's Peter Garrett tramped and goose-stepped from one end of the Concert Hall stage to the other, defending it as if it were the last bastion of sanity in this crazy world
5/8/1988
Arden Haynes: Imperial Oil chairman rapped the hype on global warming and urged considerably more research to properly understand the so-called greenhouse effect
Arden Haynes: Imperial Oil chairman rapped the hype on global warming and urged considerably more research to properly understand the so-called greenhouse effect
4/23/1990
Likes oils, metals: New president of Toronto Society of Financial Analysts, Brian Hayes, says he likes metals and oil stocks, but political and economic uncertainties are making him cautious for the moment
Likes oils, metals: New president of Toronto Society of Financial Analysts, Brian Hayes, says he likes metals and oil stocks, but political and economic uncertainties are making him cautious for the moment
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Two works of Dr. F. C. Banting. Above are two oils from the brush of Dr. F. C. Banting, the discoverer of insulin, who for the moment has forsaken sci(...)
Two works of Dr. F. C. Banting. Above are two oils from the brush of Dr. F. C. Banting, the discoverer of insulin, who for the moment has forsaken sci(...)
2/1/1925
High altitude and high finance mix well for corporate executives Pat Howe, left, and Robert Quinn of Imperial Oil, one of many Canadian companies to f(...)
High altitude and high finance mix well for corporate executives Pat Howe, left, and Robert Quinn of Imperial Oil, one of many Canadian companies to f(...)
11/19/1976
Still hopeful: Imperial Oil chairman Donald McIvor says plans could be announced sometime this year for a scaled-down version of the oil company's shelved $12-billion Cold Lake oil sands project
Still hopeful: Imperial Oil chairman Donald McIvor says plans could be announced sometime this year for a scaled-down version of the oil company's shelved $12-billion Cold Lake oil sands project
4/22/1983
Still the boss, W. O. Twaits moved up yesterday from president of big Imperial Oil Ltd. to chairman of the board. He remains chief executive officer of company
Still the boss, W. O. Twaits moved up yesterday from president of big Imperial Oil Ltd. to chairman of the board. He remains chief executive officer of company
4/23/1970
Oil research: Derek Mitchell, right, chairman and chief executive officer of BP Canada Inc
Oil research: Derek Mitchell, right, chairman and chief executive officer of BP Canada Inc
7/29/1980
Black gold: Herb Campbell, a research engineer at the Canada Centre for inland Waters, pours oil produced from sewage sludge into a beaker. The novel concept could turn the sludge into a valuable resource rather than an expensively disposed - of waste. Petro Sun international Inc. is getting set to take the process out of the lab into the marketplace.
Black gold: Herb Campbell, a research engineer at the Canada Centre for inland Waters, pours oil produced from sewage sludge into a beaker. The novel concept could turn the sludge into a valuable resource rather than an expensively disposed - of waste. Petro Sun international Inc. is getting set to take the process out of the lab into the marketplace.
9/8/1987
Young Anna Platkais works in oils, water colors and other mixed media
Young Anna Platkais works in oils, water colors and other mixed media
6/21/1962