Internet Usage in Academic Achievement

Instructor: Brendan Sweeney

June 16, 2010

Introduction:

Canada’s oil sands and heavy oil resources are among the world’s great petroleum deposits. They include the vast oil sands of northern Alberta, and the heavy oil reservoirs that surround the small city of LIloydminster. The extent of these resources is well known, but better technologies to produce oil from them are still being developed. Oil sands are a type of bitumen deposit. They are found in large amounts in many countries throughout the world, but are found in extremely large quantities in Canada and Venezuela. Oil sands reserves have only recently been considered to be part of the world's oil reserves, as higher oil prices and new technology enable them to be profitably extracted and upgraded to usable products. Fort McMurray is a unique Canadian mining town. The opportunities to succeed still outweigh the challenges, but there is a definite sense that the pace of life is too quick and that the area is out of breath. These challenges are not limited to small businesses, but affect the multi-billion dollar oil sands operations as well. Earlier in this century, oil sands were regarded more as a geological curiosity than as valuable natural resource. The Alberta oil sands which represent one of the world’s largest hydrocarbon deposits are found in three regions in northern Alberta, Canada. These are the Athabasca sand that surrounds the town of Fort McMurray, the Peace River sands to the west, and the Cold Lake sand to the southeast (Jergeas, 2008 p. 95).

The purpose of this research paper is to discuss the background and context of the Alberta oil sands, as well, this paper attempts to investigate Suncor Energy and the Local 707 Union. I will try to describe and briefly explain the Communication, Energy and Paper workers Union of Canada (CEP).This research paper has 12 pages included which can be broken down into four sections. This paper is organized as I describe here. Section one...