Economics, Canada, Canadian, State, Business & Finance, History, Government, Oil and gas, Petroleum 

Contents:
Foreword / G.J. DeSorcy -- Introduction: Conservation, Reservoir Characteristics and the United States Experience -- pt. I. The Conservation Movement in Alberta, 1908-1938 -- 1. Turner Valley "Waste" Gas and the Early Conservation Movement -- 2. The Turner Valley Gas Conservation Board and the Failure of Alberta's First Proration Program -- 3. Founding the Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board, 1937-1938 -- pt. II. Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation in Alberta, 1938-1959 -- 4. Establishing a Regulatory Foundation, 1938-1947 -- 5. The Leduc Discovery and the New Regulatory Environment -- 6. The Natural Gas Export Debate -- 7. Conservation and the Struggle to Expand the Market for Alberta Crude Oil -- 8. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board: Organization and Regulation of Field Development, 1948-1959 -- pt. III. Conclusion -- 9. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board in Retrospect. Appendix I: Board Chairmen, Deputy Chairmen, and Board Members, 1938-1962 -- Appendix II: Turner Valley Oil and Gas Production and Disposition, 1922-1960 -- Appendix III: Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board (PNGCB) Summary of Expenditure and Revenue, 1938-1958 -- Appendix IV: Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board: Order No. 63 -- Appendix V: Province of Alberta, Development and Exploratory Wells Drilled or Completed, 1900-1959 -- Appendix VI: Summary Tables -- Appendix VII: Alberta Milestone Oil and Gas Discoveries, 1897-1959 -- Appendix VIII: Alberta Revenue from Energy Resources and Total Provincial Expenditure, 1938-1961 -- Appendix IX: Board Staff Distribution and Professional Recruitment -- Appendix X: The Conservation Board and Field Management, 1948-1958 -- Chronology of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry in Alberta.