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January 18
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Syncrude Canada Ltd. Is formed to take over Cities Service Athabasca Inc.'s sands research program; ownership of the new company is shared by Imperial Oil, Cities Service and Richfield Oil (each with 30%) and Royalite Oil (10%)
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April 8
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Saskatchewan Energy Minister A.C. Cameron and Scurry-Rainbow Oil Limited announce a new oil discovery at Midale - the first significant discovery in the province in eight years with a new horizon in the deeper Bakken sands
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April 30
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DOB maps Banff Oil Ltd.'s new find at 7-32-109-8 W6M near Rainbow in northern Alberta, rumours estimate the discovery of a six billion barrel oil field and five to 10 trillion cubic feet of gas
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July 8
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Alberta Oil and Gas Conservation Board releases reserves estimates to Dec. 31; oil reserves are expected to increase two billion barrels, mainly due to discoveries in the Pembina Cardium (630 million barrels) and at Swan Hills Beaverhill Lake (670 million barrels)
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July 28
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Trans Canada Pipelines (TCPL) announces agreement to sell at least 170 million cubic feet of Canadian gas per day to American Natural Gas Company of Detroit, a big step forward for TCPL's plan to build a pipeline to Eastern Canada and the United States; TCPL and American Natural Gas agree to form Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company
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August 16
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Ottawa approves gas export licences for TCPL, Canadian Montana and Alberta and Southern , and rejects concept of allocating specific export markets to particular provinces
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October 8
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Shell Canada produces one millionth ton of sulphur at Waterton plant, the largest plant of its type in North America
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October 25
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Alberta government revenues from oil and gas reach $192 million in the first nine months of 1965, breaking the previous annual record of $188 million set in 1964
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December 17
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J.F. D'Arcy, chairman of Canada's first petroleum exposition, advises industry orders for exhibit space are now being accepted
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December 31
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Industry posts record revenues of $962.7 million in 1965 and a record number of wells drilled at 3,542
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