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January 29
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Prime Minister John Diefenbaker announces formation of the National Energy (NEB) prior to completion of Borden Commission hearings
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March 3
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Canadian Petroleum Association (CPA) refutes claims by the City of Calgary that certain gas reservations are on its boundary
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March 11
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United States adopts mandatory import controls on crude oil and refined products
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June 18
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Town of Lac La Biche announces plans to operate it own gas delivery system
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June 27
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Govier forecasts a doubling of the market for Alberta crude by 1965
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July 28
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Home Oil uses world's largest drill collar on Marble Mountain Wildcat
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August 24
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Construction of Bowden refinery announced
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August 28
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Second Borden Commission report calls on the federal government to increase access to markets for Canadian crude and suggests using the threat off import restrictions against the U.S.
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September 8
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Alberta produces its billionth barrel of oil\
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September 14
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Sun Oil begins search for helium gas
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September 24
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Alberta Oil and Gas Conservation Board releases report on the potential for a nuclear explosion experiment beneath the McMurray Oil Sands
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October 8
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Imperial Oil prepares to open Calgary refinery, the city's largest single industrial project
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October 23
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City of Calgary applies for reservation of 1.13 trillion cubic feet of gas for use in thermal-electric generation
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November 3
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NEB created as Parliament passes the final reading of National Energy Bill C-49, Calgary's Ian McKimmon named first chairman
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November 5
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Canadian Husky offers to buy Husky Oil
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November 10
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Joint Canadian-US committee proposes gas trade treaty
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