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January 31
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Shell indicates another oil strike at Swan Hills
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February 3
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Borden Royal Commission on the oil and gas industry opens hearings in Calgary
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April 1
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Dome Exploration (Western) Ltd. Announces plans for underground liquified petroleum gas storage in Saskatchewan
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April 3
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Home Oil applied for permission to build a 125-mile crude oil pipeline from Swan Hills to Edmonton
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May 1
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Alberta Premier Ernest Manning outlines a provincial gas policy, saying the National Energy Board should not be empowereed to interfere in any way in regulation or control of production, wellhead or field prices or ultimate consumer prices
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May 5
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Imperial Oil tells the Borden comission shipping Western Canadian crude to Montreal would keep prices lover over the long term
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May 16
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Independent oil companies urge Ottawa to press for increasing shares of American markets
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July 19
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Four major oil companies seek approval to test a new secondary recovery scheme using a water flood
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August 25
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Borden commission favors an oil pipleline from Alberta to Montreal
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August 27
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West Maygill Gas & Oil changes name to Ranger Oil (Canada) Limited
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Septermber 10
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European considering increased drilling to offset reliance on oil from Middle East
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September 19
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Imperial Oil completes Sarnia petrochemical plant
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October 8
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Cities Service refinery in Ontario receives first crude shipment via Interprovincial Pipe Line
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October 10
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Westcoast Transmission and Alberta and Southern announce a $ 40 million gas transmission line from Alberta through British Columbia
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October 27
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Borden Commission recommends cration of a national energy board, propoeses methods for regulating peipelines and estimates Western Canadian gas reserves at 300 trillion cubic feet
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October 28
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Canadian Petroleum Association (CPA) objects to the formation of an energy board as needless government intervention
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November 24
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Pipeline completed from Swan Hills to Edmonton
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December 23
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CPA endorses Hays-Coffin Report calling for Canadian exemption from American import quotas
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