Ontario's oil and gas industry, from its beginnings in the 19th century to the present day, will be the focus of the 2000 SIA Fall Tour, Oct. 19-21, 2000.
SIAers will stay in Sarnia, Ontario, one of Canada's main petro-chemical centers. Tentatively scheduled Friday tours include the Bayer rubber manufacturing facility (formerly Polysar); the Imperial Oil refinery (petroleum test lab and control room): and, Safety Cleen, a state-of-the-art hazardous waste incineration and burial facility.
On Saturday, the focus shifts from the new to the old when SIAers will travel to the towns of Oil Springs and Petrolia, home to North America's earliest oil industry. We will be welcomed at Fairbank Oil, an active company using older methods of extraction. There are plans to demonstrate the pulling of a well using the original system of a three-pole derrick and horses. Tour participants will also visit Bain's Machine Shop, Petrolia Oil Well Supply Company, the Petrolia Discovery Historic Site and the Oil Museum of Canada.
Registration materials and more details will be sent to members later this summer.
For further information: The Petrolia Discovery, Box 1480, Petrolia, Ontario N0N 1 R0, Canada; (519) 882-0897; fax (519)882-4209; e-mail: petdisc@xcelco.on.ca; Web site: www.petroliadiscovery.com