Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword How Arne Nielsen Made His Own Luck; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; PART ONE EARLY YEARS; 1 My Parents; 2 Life on the Farm; 3 The Larger World; 4 The Army; 5 University; 6 From the Tower to the Field; 7 Professional Life; PART TWO EXPLORATION; 8 Before Pembina; 9 Discovering Pembina; 10 Pembina's Impact; 11 Oh, Saskatchewan!; PART THREE EXECUTIVE AND "POLITICIAN"; 12 The Corporate Fast Track; 13 Leading Mobil Oil Canada; 14 Sable Island; 15 My Political Initiation; 16 Political Tools; 17 The Lougheed Years
18 Behind the Bamboo Curtain19 Chinese Petroleum Frontiers; 20 The Famous Lawsuit; 21 Canadian Superior; 22 The National Energy Program; 23 The Alternative Energy Program; 24 The Homecoming; 25 New Frontiers; PART FOUR RETIREMENT AND BEYOND; 26 With the Independents; 27 Shiningbank and the Energy Trusts; 28 Lessons Learned; 29 Allies and Advocates; Epilogue; About the Author; Other Titles from The University of Alberta Press
Summary
Industry insider's candid account of the genesis and evolution of the oil and gas industry in Canada
