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PAGE TWELVE THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE i TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1981 AL Imperial 0i ~ Proudly Announces the Arrival in Ontario of the First Alberta Crude Oil! Imperjal began searching for oil in the Praries in 1919. Through the 20's, the 30's, the 40's, the search went on from one disappointing location to the next, encouragement being found only at Turner Valley and Fort Norman, N.W.T. Altogether 133 exploratory wells were drilled--all of them dry. Then on a cold February day in 1947 a illing crew found oil and mud spitting out of the hole of the 134th well. The fA ES oe 6 oii og 1951: THE ACHIEVEMENT When the "Imperial Leduc" steamed into Sarnia this week she made important news for all Canadians. The ship herself was news--the world's largest lake tanker on her maiden voyage. Even greater news was her cargo--the first shipment of Alberta oil into the Ontario market, oil which will soon be made into Imperial ESSO products. This new market for western crude will increase Canada's oil production by almost a half. It means a further saving in foreign exchange of 40 million dollars. It gives the Prairies a bigger market in the east for crude oil. It helps create a bigger Other discoveries followed. Soon there was enough oil for Alberta's needs; thenfor therest of the Prairies. To move the oil to larger markets, low-cost trans- portationwasrequired. In one of the greatest projects of its kind ever undertaken, a pipeline, 1,126 miles long, was built from Edmonton to Lake Superior. market in the Prairies for what the rest of Canada has to sell, Above all, it makes Canada surer of oil supplies in peace or war. Before the "Imperial Leduc" discharged her first gallon of oil, over a half a billion dollars had been spent. in finding and developing western oil fields,in building the pipeline and the tankers. That spending has, fostered new industries, expanded plants, created new jobs across Canada. The arrival of the "Imperial Leduc" at Sarnia means the beginning of a new chapter in the story of Canada's economic development--a nation more prosperous and more secure. To help carry the oil from the head of the Lakes to Imperial's ia refinery, the keels of two new tankers were laid at Collingwood and Port Arthur shipyards. The ships, built entirely by Canadian labour and from 95 per cent Canadian materials, each cost about $4,000,000. They are the largest fresh-water tankers «di, PRARIE REFINING CENTRES a ----E---- ANAL in the world. the sien THAT says [JJILH HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTS IMPERIAL 17 (ESSO nt-up pressures of an oil field a mile A grout aviary. of oll Sows uriensiound Saves ti great artery of oil flows UDA. CI08 138 SERVICE ow roared upward. This was the dis- covery well of the famous Leduc field, near onton--the turning point in Canada's petroleum development. SECC TANKER ROUTE Prairies.- Between 1,000 and 1,600 persons worked on the project to complete it in record time. The « Alberta crude now flowing through it and carried by tanker to Sarnia means that soon Ontario consumers will be able to buy Imperial ESSO products made from Canadian crude oil. IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED M /