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Title: |
We Gambled Everything |
| Sub-title: |
The Life and Times of an Oilman |
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| By (author): |
Arne Nielsen |
| ISBN10-13: |
0888645988 : 9780888645982 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
228x152x17mm |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Weight: |
.430 Kg. |
| Published: |
University of Alberta Press - November 2012 |
| List Price: |
25.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Subjects: |
Biography: business & industry : Memoirs : Economics : Business & management |
| "We gambled everything-our careers, our fortunes, the future of our nation-and every day brought new discoveries. It was like living on a frontier." -Arne Nielsen During his six decades in the business, Canadian Petroleum Hall of Famer Arne Nielsen witnessed critical events in the oil industry and influenced Canada's economic history. Nielsen's expansive knowledge of geology and the oil industry has made him one of the most influential figures of his time. He first made his mark with the discovery of one of North America's largest oil fields, near Pembina, Alberta. Later, as "chief executive politician" of a major oil company-oil and politics are inseparable-he represented the industry to the federal government on critical issues. Arne Nielsen witnessed the evolution of the oil industry that is a key driver of Alberta's contemporary economy. His memoir provides crucial details and unique perspectives on events that will be of interest to the next generation of oil industry executives as well as to consumers, economists, and ecologists. Arne Nielsen is a retired petroleum geologist and senior corporate executive. He earned his BSc and MSc in geology from the University of Alberta and went on to discover the Pembina Cardium oil field near Devon, Alberta in 1953. Arne Nielsen became President and General Manager of Mobil Oil Canada, then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Superior Oil, and was twice Chairman of the Canadian Petroleum Association. He was co-architect of the energy policies adopted by the Mulroney government after the contentious National Energy Program of the 1980s. He participated in Canada's first energy trade mission to China in 1972. He lives in Calgary, Alberta. |
| Awards / Prizes: |
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Petroleum History Society Book of the Year - Book of the Year
2013
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“Arne Nielsen, 87, is a Petroleum Hall of Famer. Nielsen was ‘chief executive politician’ of Mobil Oil Canada, as he puts it; discoverer of the Pembina No. 1 field at Drayton Valley, Alta.; twice chairman of the Canadian Petroleum Association; famed foe of the National Energy Program. His career spanned the biggest energy boom in history – a ‘golden age,’ Nielsen calls it.” - Holly Doan, Blacklock’s Reporter, November 6, 2012
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“Arne - everyone refers to him by his first name – is lucid, insightful and passionate. A member of the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame, his lively anecdotes and candid assessments of the many battles he survived fill his biography.” - David Finch, Calgary Herald, December 2012
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"Author Nielsen is a former CEO of a major oil company in Canada. During his 60-year career in the Canadian petroleum business, he discovered a major oil field in Alberta and helped develop the energy policies adopted by the Mulroney government. In this memoir he stresses political aspects of the petroleum industry, offering an insider's perspective on the motivations and machinations of key figures behind the scenes." Book News Inc., 2013
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"The oil industry is a tumultuous one, one that often calls for risk. We Gambled Everything is a memoir from Arne Nielsen who offers his insights.... [It] is a fascinating tale..." Midwest Book Review, June 2013
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#5 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of December 14, 2012.
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#1 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of January 12, 2013.
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#7 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of March 23, 2013.
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“The author, a prominent retired Canadian oil geologist and senior industry executive, captures in his memoirs the excitement of oil discoveries on the Alberta and Saskatchewan plains during the 1940s and ’50s
. [H]e shares the excitement of locating the multibillion barrel Pembina oilfield in 1953, that has become one of the most productive fields in North America
. Nielsen analyzes the changes in Canadian federal energy policies that have dramatically affected the level of oil and gas investment, exploration, and development in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, eastern Canada off shore, and in the Northwest Territories.” Allan Edward Ingelson, University of Calgary, Great Plains Research, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2014
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