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January 2
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Shell Jumping Pound discovery placed on experimental flow tests
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January 19
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Alberta Petroleum Association predicts record oil development in the province in 1945
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January 26
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Home Oil, Shell Imperial, Anglo Canadian Oil and Socony Vacuum Exploration join forces for Brazeau test
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February 16
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Shell stakes new Jumping Pound test
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February 25
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Home announces critical North Turner Valley extension
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March 12
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MidContinent-East Crest No. 1 strikes oil south of Conrad in the first find of the year
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March 15
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American army abandons CANOLS project as the threat of a West Coast invasion is eased
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March 29
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Imperial Coalspur sets Canadian depth record of 12,056 feet and continues to drill; first commercial well found in Saskatchewan
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May 7
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Victory in Europe (V-Day) declared, ending 2,319 days of the costliest fighting in Canadian History
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June 8
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California-Standard stakes 400,000 acres in the Conrad and Medicine Hat areas
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June 5
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Alberta's Natural Gas Utilities Board forbids gas wastage at Turner Valley in attempt to maintain reservoir pressure
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June 22
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Fire at Abasands Oil Ltd,'s Fort McMurray plant causes $300,000 in damages
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June 27
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Empire-Pacific South Princess No.1 finds oil 800 feet above its original Devonian objective and tests 10 barrels of oil per hour plus over 25 thousand cubic feet of gas
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June 29
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Strike at Conrad extends field half mile south
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July 13
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Abasands takes over operations of tar sands pilot from Dominion government, commercial production problems "licked"
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August 31
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Government winds up Wartime Oils Ltd., originally created to encourage wartime drilling and find more reserves
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September 7
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British American buys Oil Co. of Canada, establishing a coast-to-coast marketing network
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September 25
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New Canadian depth record set by Hillborough, Prince Edward Island, well at 14,696 feet
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November 9
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Barzeau-Sunda Stolberg area becomes an industry hot spot as Home Brazeau test reaches critic levels
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December 14
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California-Standard adds 400,000 acres to its rights on southeast Plains, over 4.8 million acres of Crown rights now under reservation in the province
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December 28
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Oil controller announces a 45-cent per barrel increase in Turner Valley oil prices effective January 1
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