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High Prairie: The Road to Prosperity
EDMONTON - This is a story about a gravel road in the wilderness that now leads straight into the heart of Alberta`s newest oilsands area, the massive Seal Lake reserve north of town.
With $1.2 billion from China set to jump-start Penn West Energy`s existing project, the new Seal Lake Connector Road should get the credit for giving High Prairie the feel of a nascent Fort McMurray -- a small town sitting near a huge resource, High Prairie now calls itself the "gateway community" to the new oilsands and expects to double its population in the next few years.
With at least 136 billion barrels of heavy oil in place, the Peace River oilsands region -- about 400 kilometres northwest of Edmonton -- is Alberta`s third star, much less developed than the Cold Lake region and dwarfed by the Athabasca-Fort McMurray deposits.
The new section of all-weather road completed a circle route through Seal Lake, and was largely paid for by local residents who believed their area was in danger of being overlooked by the oil firms that had just one entry point from Peace River.
Read the full article here.
EDMONTON - This is a story about a gravel road in the wilderness that now leads straight into the heart of Alberta`s newest oilsands area, the massive Seal Lake reserve north of town.
With $1.2 billion from China set to jump-start Penn West Energy`s existing project, the new Seal Lake Connector Road should get the credit for giving High Prairie the feel of a nascent Fort McMurray -- a small town sitting near a huge resource, High Prairie now calls itself the "gateway community" to the new oilsands and expects to double its population in the next few years.
With at least 136 billion barrels of heavy oil in place, the Peace River oilsands region -- about 400 kilometres northwest of Edmonton -- is Alberta`s third star, much less developed than the Cold Lake region and dwarfed by the Athabasca-Fort McMurray deposits.
The new section of all-weather road completed a circle route through Seal Lake, and was largely paid for by local residents who believed their area was in danger of being overlooked by the oil firms that had just one entry point from Peace River.
Read the full article here.