Via 60 Minutes, your neighbor to the south has recently learned about your oil sands. Prepare to be invaded under some ridiculous pretense, say sometime before the next big election. You have been warned.

Oh this is not good. The south park kids wrote the theme song for this invasion a few years back, probably during the preparation phase. I am afraid we will be hearing Blame Canada on the air waves soon.

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Er.. so... Friendly Canada is about to be invaded by Evil America??

I so don't understand whether this is a joke....

Insert dancing bananas here as I thought they might be nice, but still can't find what happened to the smilie thingy.

I'm figuring it is a joke.

Oil sands?

Oil sands?

yeah... my question as well..

First Ottawa tries to steal our oil, now the U.S.A.

...yeesh. ;)

I am no geologist but I vaguely remember a shell oil commercial back in the 80’s talking about getting oil from shale (a type of sand stone). I think some sands have high oil content, maybe. Well if Canada has some I’m sure we will want it.

They are actually Tar Sands, sand innundated with heavy crude oil.

I'm not worried though, as soon as the Pentagon buys a new map which actually shows Canada they'll see that the oil sands are mostly located up North, where the temperature usually drops to about -50C (about -58F) from November to February, and say forget it, let's invade a warmer country.

forget it, let's invade a warmer country.

they already did, and it didn't work.

they already did, and it didn't work.


Tee hee!

That'll teach em!

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I am no geologist but I vaguely remember a shell oil commercial back in the 80’s talking about getting oil from shale (a type of sand stone). I think some sands have high oil content, maybe. Well if Canada has some I’m sure we will want it.

I 'am' a geologist (student:p) and oil can reside in any type of rock it wants to if the porosity of the rock is high enough, and the rock body is contained so the oil won't run away... Sandstone can have high porosities, so it can contain oil.

They are actually Tar Sands, sand innundated with heavy crude oil.

I'm not worried though, as soon as the Pentagon buys a new map which actually shows Canada they'll see that the oil sands are mostly located up North, where the temperature usually drops to about -50C (about -58F) from November to February, and say forget it, let's invade a warmer country.

Yes, lol, -50C, let them think that.
I work in the Oilsands of Northern Alberta.... should I be worried? :dizzy:

no, but you should dress warm:p

Yes, I should, shouldn't I? But I am much to cool for winter boots and a touque! Plus, I look great with rosy cheeks. :o
We wouldn't be able to do what we do here, in the oilsands, if it ever got that cold! Even iron will bust at -50C!!

what kind of work do you do?

The company I work for, is a contractor for one of the major oil companies.
We are building a SAGD (steam assisted gravity drainage) expansion to their current oil sands mine, north of Fort McMurray. We are constructing SAGD facilities for the oil extraction and refining.
My company does all of the earthworks: building roads, wellpads and the plant sites, plus site maintenance like road grading and snow removal.
My role is the site administration, although when I first came here I ran a rock truck and my husband runs heavy equipment.

I came here almost 5 years ago, I was a road builder previously, mostly running equipment on the Alaska Highway reconstruction in the Yukon and Northern B.C. I really don't know too much about the oil extraction process, I know how to move dirt!

FlareKat, c'mon I live 6 hours south of the Municipality of Wood Buffalo (FortMac) and I've seen -50C, not this year mind you, but keep it up and we'll take back your parka and mukluks and ship you off to Iraq to build roads there.

FlareKat, c'mon I live 6 hours south of the Municipality of Wood Buffalo (FortMac) and I've seen -50C, not this year mind you, but keep it up and we'll take back your parka and mukluks and ship you off to Iraq to build roads there.

What on Earth is that supposed to mean exactly?

Mukluks, are they the new ugly fashionable shoes, after the uggs?

It means, we have to keep up the act about the inhospitable climate or we'll be over run with Americans coming here, and there's no room left since the Newfies showed up.

You weren't serious though, about it not being -50C were you?

...we have to keep up the act about the inhospitable climate...
Act? *Throws mukluk at a polar bear* Where are you guys?

It means, we have to keep up the act about the inhospitable climate or we'll be over run with Americans coming here, and there's no room left since the Newfies showed up.

You weren't serious though, about it not being -50C were you?

Gotcha. I married a Newfoundland I met in Fort McMurray, by the way.
And yes, -50 is very, very normal. :think: