d - oll sands upgrading plani- near Edmonton ‘instead of ata c ay "a atudy fied rar ihe’ federal government: Suggests huge Alberta all sands projects ‘whieh. s . fell. victim to falling oil prices and high development costs 7 - gould be revived on a smaller scale. me ‘The study said it might be more economical to locate an ibeorbed by Techini a The: second stage, \ remote mine sife, Bitumin would: be piped 400 hme south. to be turned into-synthetic. crude oil. * The, study was completed earlier this year. by. Techman “Engineering. Ltd. of Calgary, part of the foram: Groiip,-a major Sontractor on the defunct Aleands all sands. project. . It is the first stage of @ two-part look. at ways to revivé - -heator chemicals fo make the thick deposits flow. They ar "study, sald the aetiil fei was ro, 000, ‘The differences was, 2 “oll production too uncertain to Justify: the ‘Hake of, a large, a 7 long-term ihvestment.' vo“: Since then. the Alberta and federal . ‘governments have . 188. “heen looking for ways to make the Projects more digestible. ; ia... The Alberta Oil San y Studying 1 ” Impetial | Oil Ltd's cata Lake’ reserves; are extracted using The Herald, Thursday, April 14, 1983, Page 3 - t re nsors felt the costs were too and relurn on- upgrader Iarge enough to justify commercial, production hasibeen'a major stumbling block. Technology Research’ Authority’. is aeW. “techndlgy options. ’: The: Techman ° , tludy assessed the general : feasibility: of small-gcale’ plants.’ hoi ~The study presented eight development options of varlous sizes from: 25,000: barrels. to 100,000: ‘barrels ‘a day,: with * was ‘most’ appealing. upgraders al or Away ‘from. the mine | site.’ "types of plants:. a . David Brown, ‘director. of CANMET’s ‘mineable oil sands development: ‘It was: funded: by the . Department. CANMET spent $450,000 on the. project, “although “st : Wirth, former. Alsands Project director who headed Ee: mn ‘then pumped up through Conventional ‘oil wells.” Canada Centre’ for-.Mineral: and’ “Energy Téchnology, - research arm of the federal Energy, Mines and ‘Resources’ ’ ‘The'oil industry ‘generally, believes’ 100,000-barrel-a-da production is the smallest’ economically. feasible mineable i “oll sands. project using current technology. . But the $13-billion Alsands project; which whi to produie® ; 140,000 barrels. 1 A day. bya the late. 19908, dled’ last” year’ ~ ‘development — scaled up in stages: -- - Publicly- -traded company profits decline TORONTO (CP). — Profits for 382 Canadian publicly- traded companies in 1982 amounted to about half the 1961 total, says the Globe and Mail, but fourth-quarter results indicate corporate health is beginning to improve. _— A, survey by the newspaper's: ‘Report on Business shows fourth-quartet profita totalled $1.61 billion, up 48 per cent fromthe $108 billion earned in the previous quarter, - That was.also an improvement over 1962 ‘first-quarter ; profits of $1.49 billlon and becond-qarter, profits of $1.35. billion, Clark. encouraged by new ‘poll ‘profit impravements ‘and only five — gas‘and electrical: "utilities, pipelines, beverages, trust companies and other - .gonsumer products — had higher profits for 1982 compared ~ with the previous year. ‘While supporters of. Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney clashed Wednesday in a small Quebec town, Clark was in Hamilton, Ont., boasting that the latest public opinion poll shows him with more Quebec support than Mulroney, said to be his chief rival for the federal Tory leadership, —- Clark said he is encouraged by the poll because it in- dicates “the strength and support that I have. believed I've won for the party in Quebec is there in fact and that it would translate into seats in an election.” : While he was speaking, supporters of the two contenders clashed in St, Mathiag-Sur-Richelleu;. located in the a _ Chambly riding about 90 kilometres southeast of Montreal. About 860 angry Clark supporters bulled ‘their way lnto a. meeting hall after being told a meeting to pick delegates to _ the Conservative leadership convention had been cancelled. Shoves were exchanged a8 the crowd surged into the rented dance hall and a table partially blocking the’ en- ; trance was overturned. No one was injured in the melee: | A'representative ‘of the neutral leadership. campaign co-' . ofdinating committee, Jean-Jacques Croteau, ordered the meeting cancelled after Mulroney organizers insisted that a cheque. to cover the membership fees of 850 newly enlisted a jack supporters had bounced, Oaly paid members can vote at the meetings for the Sune convention in Ottawa. artes scuffilng at the door, the: crowd settled into, chairs e-spraw hall and was told that _ceellontialeetnipaian Teen: Rio Wootd: te aeed 6 inet foritial’rulihg on thd’etigibility of the Clark supporters.” In Halifax, Riou said procedural wrangling and misin- terpretation of rules — not dirty campaign tricks — are . causing probleris,, The eight-member credentials committee began’ in- vestigating charges that some camps in the leadership race - are using questionable tactics to gain an edge. A total of 52 protests have been lodged nationally about . problems involfing delegate-selection meetings. In Hamilton, be also shrugged off reaults of one poll suggesting Ontario Premier. William Davis — who Bays he has no plans to run-but has not ruled it out entirely — — would: do better than he would. “What I read into the poll is that of all the candidates in the field, I’d do a much better job in every region of the * country," Clark sald. . Walesa silent GDANSK (cP) — Danuta Walesa, wite of Solidarity leader. Lech’ -Walesa, refused ‘today to ‘answer police inquiries into her husband's activities during 244 hours of - questioning, ' She had been advised by her husband not to respond to the: questions, Mrs. Walesa’s summons follows the ‘union - leader's own questioning by authoritles about a meeting he had last weekend with Solidarity’s five-man underground leadership, ' On. Tuesday Mrs. Walesa read western journalists a statement about that meeting and today told them she was” asked about the communique for.the foreign press: 0° “But [said I knew nothing about it,” Mrs, Walesa sald outside, the provincial police headquarters, . She also said she told the interrogators she . did not know" where her husband had been: for. three days last weekend ‘and added: “They searched me before the questioning like they did my husband’ yesterday." Ms, Walesa, 39, was taken by police from his home in Gdansk and returned after being questioned about his meeting last | weeker with the Provisional Co-ordinating: Commission, which has-organized opposition: to martial law, : _ He .told reporters he refused 0: answer questions, Justifying this with a statement by government spokesman Jerzy Urban that nieetings. between people are not ilegat - unless {t is shown there is. criminal intent. - an A government statement issued Wednesday night: sald only thal Western news organizations had reported Walesa met with the commission, a. meeting announced by Walesa. on Monday. - ng magia BS It added that ‘“‘a talk’t.. was held. with: Waleda at the. Gdansk police headquarters :{‘during. ‘whith«he- dig ‘dot confirm” the meeting took place. - i Yo It waa the first reported meeting between Walesa andthe five. underground - organizers since his. release: from An ternment last November.. Soda fa iaee a ene In Warsaw on Wednesday, 4,000 people-attended the mass held at the Church of the Holy Crosson. the: 13th of. avery month since the declaration of martial law Dec, 13, 1961. eo Martial law: was eased a year later. CORRECTION ; ril 13 edition the price of - _ STEER MANURE should be $2.44 NOT | $1.44. We apologize for - any Inconvenlence this may cause : customers “Of Canada Safeway. cos Wednesday tit Meanwhile, yearly profits totalled $5.4 billion, compared ; with $10.9 billion ‘In 1981,.the survey showa.’ 2 Most of the companies surveyed say they don’t expect first-quarter reguits for 1983 to provide much relief but th “Becond quarter and, second half of the year should be more . rewarding, . While 239 of the 332 companies surveyed posted profits in "the fourth quarter, for a total of $2.38 billlon, m4 suffered losses totalling §771 million... Only 55 of the companies inaneged to co through the last “The poll was conducted last month for an unidentified . ellent by Canadian Facts, a Toronto-based research company, . - The survey of 1,256 adults tested the Tories’ popularity ; under Clark, Mulroney and Davis against the Caberals under former finance minister John Turner. A Gallup. poll released today contradicts Canadian. tacts : : and suggests Joe Clark would have the moat support among. ‘decided voters across Canada if the public had a say at the convention. However the pall, done in early March, indicates the - biggest response — from 49 per cent of those polled — — Was “Don’t know”: when asked: ‘What one person: would: you: like to see a8 leader of the P.C. party?"” ; ofl ws “Deeg eG * 504 ~ April 20th and Ap mil arth v«.tickets eligible. a REGULAR WINSDAY CASH PRIZES PLUS BONUS VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDERS our quarters without: suffering any ‘quarterly losses. resources and manufacturing sectors. 114.3 million, forest products $70 million; steel $66 million, financial institutions and four. retailers, managed to post folr consecutive: quarters of proflt improvement. | Of the 37 industry groups, only 12managed fourth-quarter . Sectors showing fourth-quarter improvementa but profit . deciines on the yea? include ‘integrated oils, oil and gas" - producers, ail and gas field services,. other mines, clotting and textiles, home’ furnishing and appliances and banks, Earlier Wednesday, Statistics Canada also reported signs: of improvement on corpdrate balance sheets during. the. ‘fourth quarter of 1982... The federal agency sald profits of industrial corporations totalled $2.5 billion, down 23.7. per cent from $3.3 billion a. year earller. But it noted the decline was smaller than the ‘drops of 51.2 per cent and 58. 3 per cent in the Previous two quarters. AD stasaansp teeth ee fis ~ Apel 20th and April 27th . ‘tickets are eligible for the =» April27thbonus draw. '- On the Western Express draw of April 27th, 1983, 250 Seny Betamax and 260 Panasonic . VHS.Video Cassette Recorders willbe offered as Bonus Prizes! Your chance to win one of 500 new Sony or Panasonic Video Cassette Recorders in the Ae 500 VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDERS varled from a a single emall operation to. ane which could be. ‘Wirth -said the ‘study’ showed. smaller ‘projects were. economically: ‘attractive,. as: was the concept of modular _ — increasing the size. of'a project:in stages. . Mobile equipment might be used.to' mine the oil sands. :,» Upgrading oil sands into synititie crude accounts for +, Biggest’ fourth-quarter. wittiérs ‘were integrated oll ‘companies, whose profits rose 58 per. cent to $279 million, _ : The big money losers in the period | were in natural © Mining companies lost a total of $168 million: machinery - automative $63 million and cement, and Concrete $82.7 | ‘million. - -Swenty companies, including five telephone utilities, four. - ' The Board of Trustees... requests. that all -children registering - for = “Kindergarten or otherwise enrolling In School District’ No.68 for the first. time should be - immunized ‘for measles. and proof of such. Immunization, or a doctor’s ‘cariifleate fiat a child ~ KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION SCHOOL DISTRICT. oNO,88 (TERRACED ANNOUNCES. KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION DAY will be on WEDNESDAY, "APRIL 20, 1983. for children living in. 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The ost of an 7 The study’ ‘8 conclusions are preliminary. The. necoid . stage, Lf: ‘approved, will focus more sharply: on. the : technological options and the exact costs of smaller plants,’ - “ laboratory, which oversees oil sands research,. said ivan - | *. aay : interview from Ottawa a phased approach to development. - we While the firat stage might: use existing technology: future ’ a a could sone newer, more effictent ‘processes. - Se ee