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Synthetic crude from Athabasca tar sands will not come on stream in big quantities as early as forecasters expected a few years ago. Giant scoop is sh(...)

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Synthetic crude from Athabasca tar sands will not come on stream in big quantities as early as forecasters expected a few years ago. Giant scoop is sh(...)

Date1/3/1973

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Lennon, Frank (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Synthetic crude from Athabasca tar sands will not come on stream in big quantities as early as forecasters expected a few years ago. Giant scoop is shown working at Great Canadian Oil Sands property; but cost inflation; political troubles have delayed the more ambitious project of Syncrude consortium. In general; major producers predict earlier crunch on supplies than they used to; but disagree on details.

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