Oil Brings Wealth to Canadian North
OIL boom in Canada's frozen
northland puts a giant egg in remote
Vegreville, a flashy Rolls in
Edmonton, and an artificial island
complete with oil rig in the
Beaufort Sea. Petroleum wealth
has brought the good life to the
province of Alberta making frills
like the egg and luxury car possible.
The giant Ukrainian Easter
egg was created by Prof. Ronald
Resch, a computer scientist at the
University of Utah. Townspeople
helped him erect it. A freewheeling
spirit convinced Jack Cohen
to offer his car, with himself as
chauffeur, to the highest bidder
in a campaign to support the arts
in Edmonton. More riches flow
from places like the Beaufort Sea
where drillers commute to work
aboard a Hovercraft.
Photographs by Lowal! Georgia
© National Geographic
Giant Energy Piggy Bank Lures Canadians North
The rush is on to crack
Canada's treasurer-laden piggy
bank of the north.
For years companies have
invested huge sums to find
major new fields of oil and
natural gas in Canada's frozen
northland; the Beaufort Sea,
the Mackenzie River Delta, and
Arctic islands so far north that
a compass is useless. Now
they're eager to make withdrawals
from this vast energy
bank.
In the Beaufort Sea, roughnecks,
sometimes living on
barges anchored in the water,
drill for gas and oil on
man-made islands. r ^ ®
Islands Harbor Wealth
In Canada's Arctic islands, a
token summer supports little
more than mosquitoes and
scanty vegetation, yet beneath
the forbidding but beautiful
land lie from 40 to 240 trillion
cubic feet of natural gas and up
to 20 billion barrels of oil,
reports Robert Paul Jordan in
the National Geographic.
Getting all this oil and gas to
markets thousands of miles
away is a problem for such
far-reaching companies as
Panarctic Oils Ltd. Panarctic"is
considering pipelines and
supertankers, although both
may be far in the future. The
company has, however, already
located enough gas to justify
-coitetMUJtfcirof tpipeline.
Nearly 800 miles to the
southwest, another possible
pipeline would bring gas from
the Beaufort Sea and the
Mackenzie River Delta up the
valley of the Mackenzie.
To tap the gas and oil.
Panarctic had to invent new
techniques for drilling offshore.
Workers have pumped seawater
onto the ice to increase
its thickness to 16 feet, enough
to support a 500-ton drilling rig.
Off Melville Island, a drill was
lowered through 1,000 feet of
water to the seafloor and then
went another 2,000 feet down
to find six trillion cubic feet of
gas—Canada's largest field.
Gushers of Skyscrapers
Edmonton, the gateway to
Canada's "now" frotitier and
the oil-rich capital of the
^Province of Alberta spouts
gushers of skyscrapers and
high-rises. Says Mayor Terry
Cavanagh, "This is the
jumping-off point. This is the
source of the engineering;
expertise and the lunch-bucket
people."
In recent years Alberta has
grown wealthy beyond its
wildest dreams. It grows richer
everyday, piling up a billion
dollars and more annually in
petroleum royalties.
The province contains nearly
90 percent of Canada's crude oil
and 80 percent of its natural
gas—most of it flowing from
fields' around Edmonton and
northward.
The bitumen in Alberta's
Questioning Too
Much Can Ruin
Conversation
Questions have their place.
Rut if we want to communicate,
the use of questions often
defeats our purpose.
"In our everyday conversation.
questions are a poor
substitute for more direct
communication," remind extension
human development specialists.
North Carolina State
University.
Most questions are incomplete
and indirect. Some, like
"How are you?", are most often
statements of greeting and
neither help nor hinder
communications.
Our questions are otien
ineffective messages that breed
defensive reactions and poor
communication. We often use
questions to manipulate in
some way, convince of some
truth or convict of some error.
"Have you spoken to him
about it?" may mean "You
should speak to him. and soon!"
"How long will this meeting
last?" usually means "I'm
feeling bored and uninvolved.
Let's get to the problem or
adjourn."
"We often feel in control of a
conversation when we're asking
the questions, but actually
we aren't," the specialists
points out.
As questioners, we focus
attention and put responsibility
on the other person instead of
examining and expressing our
own feelings. We replace
what's going on inside us with
what's happening outside.
"We're caught by surprise
when- the other person
responds defensively to our
questions," the specialists add.
"And we often aren't aware
that we're excluding ourselves
from the exchange and giving
away our decision-making
power."
Watch your questions in the
future. Say what you mean and
'expqps your feelings. That's
communication, the specialists
conclude.
8«tt»r can be kept frozen up
to a month.
^ast deposits of tar sands
contains more crude oil—an
estimated 600 billion barrels—
than the total reserves of the
Middle East. At least 25 billion
barrels are economically extractable.
Amidst environmental
concern, a plant to
extract the oil is now under
construction near Fort McMurray.
The sands once were part of
an age-old sea bottom that
teemed with marine organisms.
Indians used the tar to seal
their canoes. Now thousands of
construction workers are preparing
what may be the world's
largest open-pit mine: in 1978
giant draglines will begin
gouging the ancient seabed to a
depth of 200 feet.
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DEAR FRIENDS,
I want to know how you feel about
the issues that are before the
Legislature. It would be a great
help if you would complete the
following questionaire and add
your comments and suggestions.
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Do You Favor The Equal Rights Amendment?
Do You Favor Legislation Giving Public School Teachers
The Right To Bargain Collectively And To Strike?
Do You Favor Changing The North Carolina Constitution To
Allow The Governor To Succeed Himself And Serve Two
Terms Instead Of One As Now- Provided By Our North
Carolina Constitution?
Do You Favor Changing The North Carolin&£mstitution To
Allow The Office Of The Superintendent Of Public
Instruction To Be Appointive RatTfer Than Elective?
Do You Favor Liquor By The Drink In Your County Or Any
Other County In North Carolina?
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Voters. Do You Favor Judges Being Appointed Rather Than
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Notify Issuer
Fast If Credit
Card Is Lost
Many consumers rely on
credit cards to provide a ready
cash substitute when they need
it most.
But credit cards also provide
a ready cash substitute for
thieves.
If your credit cards get stolen
or used without your authorization,
it could cost you plenty of
money and headaches, reminds
Dr. Thelma Hinson, extension
family resource management
specialist. North Carolina State
University.
'The law states that you're
liable for up to $50 of
unauthorized use on each of
your credit cards," the
specialist adds.
"But if you notify the card's
issuer immediately after you
discover your card is lost or
stolen, it could cost you less."
Dr. Hinson observes.
"If a thief has purchased less
than $50 with your credit card
before you give the issuer
notification, the most you can
be responsible for is the amount
of the unauthorized purchases,"
she adds.
Keep a record of your credit
cards and who to contact in case
they Ret lost or stolen, and
notify the issuer as soon as your
card is misplaced.
Prompt action can save you
money and headaches.
Cotton Growers
Reach Milestone
There are far fewer North
Carolina farmers growing far
fewer acres of cotton than a few
years ago. but those that
continue to grow the old
favorite apparently are doing it
better than ever.
It isn't official yet because
the last remnants of the 76
crop are still being brought to
the gins, but Tar Heel farmers
may have reached a longsought
milestone last year.
Preliminary estimates indicate
that for the first time ever,
the state average yield may
have reached a bale per acre.
The estimate is for 68.000
hales, whjch would be 22,000
more than the 1975 crop. If this
holds up through the final bale
count, the per acre average
from the state's 68.000 acres
will be 480 pounds, or one bale
per acre. '
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Cost-Sharing Requests
Being Accepted By ASC
1977 Agricultural (onaervatieo Pr<(rui
The Warren County ASCS Office it accepting requeata for
cost-sharing under the 1977 Agricultural Conservation
Program. The objective of the program is the same aa for the
1976 ACP, to cost-share with public funds the perforatum of
enduring soil and water conservation measure* on farmland <
that the farmer would not perform without coat-sharing, thus
assuring that the public tax dollar is buying needed
conservation beyond that which the farmer would aecompliah
with his own resources.
Farmers who are interested in requesting cost-sharing
assistance should file requests prior to starting the practice.
Practices included in the 1977 program are: Establishing
Permanent Vegetative Cover, Improving Vegetative Cover,
Planting Trees, Improving a Stand of Forest Trees,
Stripcropping, Constructing Terrace Systems, Diversions.
Sediment Chemical or Water Runoff Control Measures,
Application of Lime, Water Impoundment Reservoirs, Interim
Cover Crop and Lagoons for Animal Wastes.
Forestry Incentive Program [FIP]
Farm owners interested in establishing a stand of trees or
improving a forest stand on their farms may request
cost-sharing under the Forestry Incentive Program.
Peanut Lease And Transfer
The final date to transfer peanuts, release peanuts and
request additional acreage is March 10. If you plan to lease
peanuts, be sure to do so by this deadline.
New Farm Allotments
Applications for new farm tobacco, peanut, cotton, and feed
grain allotments for 1977 must be filed at the ASCS Office by
February 15. Eligibility requirements for new farm allotment*
are available at the county office. One of the requirements is
that a farmer cannot own or operate another farm with such an
allotment for the current year.
Lease And Transfer Of Tobacco
Tobacco lease and transfer agreements are being accepted at
the county ASCS office and will continue through June 14.
After June 14, transfers may be filed provided both the
transferring and receiving farms have planted at lease SO
percent of the effective allotment or the basic quota is 2,000
pounds or less.
A list of producers who wish to lease and transfer tobacco is
being maintained in the ASCS Office. This list contains the
addresses and telephone number of producers wishing to lease
and transfer tobacco. Anyone wishing to be added to the list
may contact the office.
The maximum pounds of flue-cured tobacco that can be
transferred to a farm by lease is determined by multiplying the
farm yield by the acreage computed by subtracting the basic
tobacco allotment from 50 percent of the cropland. This
limitation is not applicable when leases are filed after June 1.
Farm Changes In Ownership Or Operation
Farmers buying, selling or changing their farm operations for
1977 are requested to come by the county office so that our
records may be updated for current program operations.
Retraction
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