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February 24
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Shell Canada forms consortium with 10 other companies to promote a third Athabasca tar sands plant
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April 5
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TransCanada Pipeline files with National Energy Board (NEB) to extend its gas system into Quebec
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June 8
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A Northwest Alaskan application to import Canadian gas from PanAlberta Gas is approved by the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commissin
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June 13
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Occidental Petroleum and Husky Oil agree to a share exchange involving 80% of Husky's common stock
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June 30
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Alberta Gas Trunk Line confirms 35% ownership of Husky shares
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August 1
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First synthetic oil from Syncrude Canada's $2.2 billion begins pipeline journey to Edmonton
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August 15
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Pan-Alberta completing gas purchase contracts to serve 1.04 billion cubic feet per day in short-term exports to Northwest Alaskan
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September 5
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Strikes and lockouts shut down Great Canadian Oil Sands project at Fort McMurray
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September 11
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Dome Petroleum stock climbs amid rumours of Beaufort Sea strike - Dome stock nears $105 per share before falling back to $95
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September 15
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Syncrude officially opens its 50,000 barrel per day plant despite a fire in a fluid coker the previous night
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October 23
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Q&M Pipe Lines file with NEB for service to Montreal and the North Shore by 1980 and full service to 130 communities by 1982
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November 14
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Pacific Gas seeks approval to prebuild the 160 mile American section of the Alaska gas pipeline known as the western leg
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November 28
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Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed agree to postpone a $1 per barrel hike in domestic oil prices scheduled for January 1, 1979, until July 1, with a second $1 increase January 1, 1980
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December 1
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Crisis hits federal-provincial oil price agreement as Trudeau and Federal Energy Minister Alastair Gillespie give mixed signals on whether future price increases will be automatic
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December 4
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Ottawa and Alberta step back from an oil price confrontation as Ottawa confirms increases for July and January, 1980
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December 15
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Alsands files with the Energy Resources Conservation Board for a $5.9 billion, 137,000 barrel per day oil sands plant
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December 18
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OPEC announces a 14.5% price increase for 1979 with increases in four stages beginning Jan 1
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December 29
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Iranian oil production grinds to a halt as petroleum workers' strike continues and anti-Shah elements press for the formation of a civilian government
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