IMPERIAL OIL OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES IP-14d-1969-1970
IP-14d-69-5 Retirement presentation of 40-year button to Bill Wallace, advertising department. Don Twaits to the left, Bill Wallace in the middle. Esso Reporter story. – January, 1969
IP-14d-69-6 Imperial Oil’s public affairs advisor, Larry Iveson, reading the Edmonton Journal in his office, Edmonton, Alberta. Review story, – January, 1969
IP-14d-69-7 Vicki Innes, a permanent member of the Review’s writing staff. Review story. – February, 1969
IP-14d-69-8 Judy Messer, secretary to the Review office. Review story. – February, 1969
IP-14d-69-9 Thelma Dickman, a former Review staff writer, now contributes to serveral Canadian magazines and hosts her own CBC Radio show every Friday morning. Review story. – February, 1969
IP-14d-69-(10-13) Airplane landing and refueling at Vancouver International Airport. Review story. – February, 1969
IP-14d-69-14 Jean-Paul Beaudry, Provincial Minister of Industry and Commerce, opens new pipeline at Bourcherville, Quebec. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(15-21) Manufacture of politie rope at Poli-Twine Corporation, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(22-24) Manufacturing of ceiling-light panels with micro plastics at Building Products of Canada Limited, Acton, Ontario. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(25-46) Imperial Oil’s seismic party #23 during operations at Shingle Point, located on the Arctic coast, Yukon Territories. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(47-52) Views of Imperial Oil’s drilling rig at Tuktoyaktuk, situated on the Arctic coast, northeast to Inuvik. – 1969
IP-14d-69-53 Close-up view of drilling pipe with Imperial Oil’s rig in the background, completely covered in ice fog. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(54-60) Close-up view of drilling crew running pipe at Imperial Oil’s drill rig site at Tuktoyaktuk. Men are working in temperatures as low as 60 degrees below zero. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(61-66) Imperial Oil’s drilling rig at Tununuk, situated on the Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories. – 1969
IP-14d-69-67 Crew’s living quarters at Imperial Oil’s drilling site at Tununuk, located on the Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories. Harry Rowed, photographer, is seen in the foreground, with the Tununuk rig looming in the background. – 1969
IP-14d-69-68 Imperial Oil’s drilling rig at Tununuk, situated on the Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories. – 1969
IP-14d-69-69 Princess Grace of Monaco and Imperial Oil’s D.F. Kindellan, regional manager of the marketing department, present trophy at the Esso Grand Prix, Quebec City. – 1969
IP-14d-69-70 Oil rig cufflinks made of sterling silver. – 1969
IP-14d-69-71 New Arlberg 20-horsepower snowmobile demonstrations at Upland Golf and Country Club at Thornhill, Ontario. – 1969
IP-14d-69-72 Ice palace made of 5,000 blocks of ice weighing 400 pounds each, at the Quebec Winter Carnival. Review story. – February, 1969
IP-14d-69-73 Carnival queen, Colette Picotte (centre, front) with duchesses. Review story. – February, 1969
IP-14d-69-74 High noon at Resolute, Northwest Territories. Located 500 miles north of the Arctic Circle, it is pitch dark from the beginning of December until the end of January. Review story. – February, 1969
IP-14d-69-75 Gerald Hiscock, Woodward’s agent for Imperial products, sorting oil drums in Resolute. In the foreground, a couple of explorers prepare for a trip to the North Pole. Review story. – February, 1969
IP-14d-69-76 Gerald Hiscock, who has spent a sex-month tour of duty at Imperial Oil’s farthest outpost at Resolute, works for Woodward’s Limited. Review story. – February, 1969
IP-14d-69-77 In the polar darkness, lights burn 24 hours a day at Resolute, a supply base for Arctic weather stations and an aircraft refueling stop. Review story. – February, 1969
IP-14d-69-78 Imperial Oil’s ASC service centre at Kingsway and Wellington, Burnaby, British Columbia. – 1969
IP-14d-69-79 Ken Marcus, Jim Ellis, Gerry Moses (head of graphics) and George Henderson receive the first new bilingual Imperial Oil stock certificate. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(80-84) Tom Braybrook, utility man, attending to his duties at the Rigel natural gas field, situated 30 miles north of Fort St. John, British Columbia. Review story. – February, 1969
IP-14d-69-326 View of main gate area at Imperial Oil’s fertilizer plant near Redwater, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(327-328) View of Imperial Oil’s fertilizer plant near Redwater, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69(329-336) View of Imperial Oil’s fertilizer plant taken from across Gypsum pond, near Redwater, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(337-338) Phosphate rock receiving and storage building at Imperial Oil’s fertilizer plant near Redwater, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(339-341) Piping with the sulphuric acid unit at Imperial Oil’s fertilizer plant near Redwater, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(342-343) Views of tall tower forming part of the sulphuric acid unit at Imperial Oil’s fertilizer plant near Redwater, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-344 The phosphoric acid unit and phosphate shipping plant with railway cars in the foreground at Imperial Oil’s fertilizer plant near Redwater, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-345 The phosphate plant and shipping building at Imperial Oil’s fertilizer plant near Redwater, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-346 Employees’ lunchroom in the main office building at Imperial Oil’s fertilizer plant near Redwater, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-377 View of coker complex (to the left) and the conversion project (to the right) at Imperial Oil’s Sarnia Refinery. – 1969
IP-14d-69-378 Retirement photograph of Alan Cameron Harrop, Imperial Oil vice president and director, after 44 years. Esso Reporter story. – March-April, 1969
IP-14d-69-379 Gordon McKean, editor of Imperial Oil’s Fleet News, holding the latest issue. Esso Reporter story. – March-April, 1969
IP-14d-69-380 Gerry Moses, Imperial Oil’s art director, posing with marble busts. Esso Reporter story. – May, 1969
IP-14d-69-381 View of front end of automobile. Esso Reporter story. – May, 1969
IP-14d-69-382 Harry Brown, Imperial Oil’s Building Administration Department, receiving a retirement gift from Ward Cosburn. – 1969
IP-14d-69-383 Esso dealer, Rudy Gatien, on Highway 400 north of Toronto near Maple, lends a hand to a passing motorist. Review story. – June, 1969
IP-14d-69-384 Esso dealer, Bill Tunbull, located east of Toronto on Highway 401 near Newcastle. Review story. – June, 1969
IP-14d-69-385 Esso dealer, Jim Nisbet, located on Highway 401 near Ingersoll, Ontario. Review story. – June, 1969
IP-14d-69-(386-392) Imperial Oil’s diamond drill site in the Kimberley area, British Columbia. – 1969
IP-14d-69-393 Geologist, Bill Hill, using a compass to take readings of an out-cropping at Imperial Oil’s diamond drill site in the Kimberley area, British Columbia. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(394-396) Geologist, Bill Hill, examining core samples at Imperial Oil’s diamond drill site in the Kimberley area, British Columbia. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(397-399) Views of crew working Imperial Oil’s diamond drill site in the Kimberley area, British Columbia. – 1969
IP-14d-69-400 Construction work on Churchill Falls hydroelectric power project, Labrador. Review story. – August, 1969
IP-14d-69-401 The houses in Churchill Falls are trailers ranged along streets, just like suburban bungalows in the married section of the camp, or formed into dormitories to accommodate the single men. A permanent town is being built. Review story. – August, 1969
IP-14d-69-402 A thousand feet underground, miners drill holes for dynamite to blast out rock for Churchill Falls powerhouse, Labrador. Review story. – August, 1969
IP-14d-69-403 Silhouetted against the Churchill River, still frozen in April, a truck hauls its 20- yard load of rock out of the tunnel and away to the dump. – Review story. – August, 1969
IP-14d-69-(404-405) Oliver Yallop, truck driver for the Inter-City Truck Lines, on a 250-mile run from Toronto to Sudbury, Ontario. Review story. – August, 1969
IP-14d-69-406 Oliver Yallop, truck driver for the Inter-City Truck Lines, stopping for coffee on a 250-mile run from Toronto to Sudbury, Ontario. Review story. – August, 1969
IP-14d-69-407 Oliver Yallop, truck driver for the Inter-City Truck Lines, strolls down both sides of the rig to check its 22 tires and make sure the wheel nuts are tight, on his 250-mile run from Toronto to Sudbury, Ontario. Review story. – August, 1969
IP-14d-69-408 Oliver Yallop, truck driver for the Inter-City Truck Lines, reaches Sudbury at 3am in a light rain. Review story. – August, 1969
IP-14d-69-(409-416) Exterior and interior views of coker complex at Imperial Oil’s Sarnia Refinery. – Review story. – August, 1969
IP-14d-69-499 Art work for Avitat facility to open at Dorval airport, Montreal, Quebec. – October 30, 1969 IP-14d-69-(500-501) The “SS Manhattan” in ice on Davis Strait. With help from the icebreaker Canadian Coast Guard ship the “John A. Macdonald”, the ship was on a mission to gather information as to whether an all-season, commercial Northwest Passage route was economically feasible. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(502-515) Views of Imperial Oil’s fertilizer plants near Redwater, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(516-517) Worker filling 28, 50-pound bags per minute, at Imperial Oil’s fertilizer plants near Redwater, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-518 Men loading bags of Engro phosphate fertilizer onto a truck for shipment at Imperial Oil’s fertilizer plants near Redwater, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-704 Technician J. Sugden blowing glass for use in Imperial Oil’s laboratories, Calgary, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(705-708) J. Sugden carries our experiments with a mass spectrophotometer apparatus at Imperial Oil’s laboratories, Calgary, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(709-712) Harold Taylor conducting experiments in the purification of solvents and extraction of hydrocarbons from source rock at Imperial Oil’s laboratories, Calgary, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-713 Petroleum research at Imperial Oil’s laboratories, Calgary, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(714-715) Ivan Kelly carries out research with the automated C4 and C7 integrated analysis system at Imperial Oil’s laboratories, Calgary, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-716 Betty Gannon, foreground and Yvonne Hardy, background, are bottling samples which are to be examined for micro-fossils at Imperial Oil’s laboratories, Calgary, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(717-725) Views of Sewell’s Esso Marina operations at Horseshoe Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia. – 1969
IP-14d-69-726 A fisherman trying his luck in one of Sewell’s rental boats in Horseshoe Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia. – 1969
IP-14d-69-727 A fisherman on Sewell’s wharf returning with his day’s catch. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(728-734) Views of the Big Muddy Valley, Saskatchewan. Review story. – December, 1969
IP-14d-69-(735-740) Views of kerosene lamps. Review story. – October, 1969
IP-14d-69-(740-741) Launching of the 4,500-ton “Imperial Skeena.” – November, 1969
IP-14d-69-742 Ski outfit partially made from synthetics. – 1969 (Review story February, 1970)
IP-14d-69-(743-744) Miss Avitat, Lynne Jessop, hostess, receptionist and the traveller’s girl Friday, stands in front of the company’s new airport building at Montreal’s Dorval International Airport. – 1969
IP-14d-69-745 Avitat refueling trucks at the company’s new airport building at Montreal’s Dorval International Airport. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(746-749) Interior views of Avitat’s new airport building at Montreal’s Dorval International Airport. – 1969
IP-14d-69-752 Pilot and passenger in the cockpit of Imperial Oil’s Piper Aztec which is based in Edmonton, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(753-759) Views of Imperial Oil’s Piper Aztec which is based in Edmonton, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(760-773) Views of Imperial Oil’s Caribou plane, based in western Canada. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(774-784) Views of Imperial Oil’s F-27 plane, based in Calgary, Alberta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(785-786) A mechanic services Imperial Oil’s twin-engine Otter at Inuvik airport. – 1969
IP-14d-69-787 Unloading Imperial Oil’s twin-engine Otter near one the company’s outlying seismic camps. – 1969
IP-14d-69-788 One of Imperial Oil’s three twin-engine Otters flying over the Mackenzie Delta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-789 Two field supervisors discuss seismic sites during a flight from Inuvik aboard one of Imperial Oil’s three twin-engine Otters. – 1969
IP-14d-69-790 Aerial view of seismic camp from one of Imperial Oil’s three twin-engine Otters. – 1969
IP-14d-69-791 Supplies for one of the company’s seismic camps being unloaded from one of Imperial Oil’s three twin-engine Otters. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(792-793) One of Imperial Oil’s three twin-engine Otters flying over the Mackenzie Delta. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(-794-795) One of Imperial Oil’s three twin-engine Otters taking off from Inuvik. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(796-797) George Burry, pilot of one of Imperial Oil’s three twin-engine Otters, checks weather at Department of Transport office at Inuvik. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(798-799) Loading one of Imperial Oil’s three twin-engine Otters at Inuvik. – 1969
IP-14d-69-(800-804) One of Imperial Oil’s three twin-engine Otters flying over the Mackenzie Delta. – 1969 IP-14d-69-(805-807) Captain G.C. Kehler uses a high-pressure hose to spray a mixture of water and corexit into an oil slick during press demonstration at Sarnia. – September 24, 1969
IP-14d-70-(249-255) Views of the drill rig at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. The well was spudded in on December 20, the day before mid-winter, when the sun never appears and the only daylight is a glow on the horizon that lasts about an hour. When the oil discovery was made on January 14, the sun was just beginning to show over the horizon. – 1970
IP-14d-70-256 View of rig from the well floor at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-256B Woolen face masks are the order of the day for crew members at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. With extreme below zero temperatures and strong north winds, the wind chill factor sometimes reaches the minus 100 degree mark. – 1970
IP-14d-70-257 Core samples are being taken by one of the members of the drill crew to the geologist’s hut for examination and evaluation. In the background is Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-258 Gary Manick of Edmonton, Alberta, roughneck at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H- 25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-259 Members of the drilling crew at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(260-264) With temperatures hovering at the 35 below mark and a north wind blowing in off the Arctic Ocean, the job of adding drill stem at Imperial Oil’s Atkinson H-25 well becomes an endurance contest with the elements. – 1970
IP-14d-70-265 Alex Czapp, roughneck at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-266 Elijah Harley, camp attendant at Imperial Oil’s drilling site at Atkinson Point, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-267 Elijah Harley, camp attendant at Imperial Oil’s drilling site at Atkinson Point, cleaning walkway of drifting snow, 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-268 Assistant tool push Doug Maxwell of Onoway, Alberta talks to Edmonton by radio-telephone during a period when the air is clear of the atmospheric conditions that often cause communications blackouts, at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-269 In the geologists trailer at the drill site, geologist Gary Staples examines samples from Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-270 In the geologists trailer at the drill site, geologist Gary Staples (at microscope) and technician Len Reeves examine samples from Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H- 25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-271 In the hallway between the trailers, assistant tool push Doug Maxwell (hard hat) talks to camp attendant Elijah Harvey at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-272 Camp attendant Elijah Harvey in the hallway between trailers at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-273 Drill crew relaxing in the recreation trailer at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(274-275) Drill crew member mending his shirt in sleeping quarters at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(276-279) Camp kitchen and dining facilities at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-280 Jim Budd washing up in the camp wash trailer at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H- 25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-281 Camp attendant Elijah Harley putting towels throughIP-14d- the wringer washer in the camp wash trailer at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-282 Camp cook Mrs. Eva Longstreet and her helper, daughter Sandra, making pies for dinner at Imperial Oil’s well Atkinson H-25, located 50 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(283-285) Liberian flag tanker “Arrow” with her 110,000-barrel cargo (3,800,000 gallons) of bunker C fuel oil, aground on Cerberus Rock, her forward section awash in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(286-292) Oil pollution from “Arrow” spill in Chedbucto Bay in the waters and on the shoreline of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. – 1970 IP-14d-70-293 Member of the Fisheries Department Dalziel (left) and biologist Warner discuss problems of cleaning up the oil polluting the waters and shoreline along Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia as a result of the “Arrow” spill. – 1970
IP-14d-70-294 Department of Transport minister Jamieson being brought up-to-date by on- scene commander Him Hornsby of the newly-formed operational force dealing with the oil pollution from “Arrow” spill in Chedbucto Bay in the waters and on the shoreline of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. – 1970
IP-14d-70-295 Harvey Clare, Imperial Oil’s environmental coordinator, relating to newsmen the latest developments and strategy of the operational force dealing with the oil pollution from the “Arrow” spill. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(296-297) Imperial Oil’s president W.O. Twaits, environmental protection coordinator Harvey Clare, and public affairs advisor for the Atlantic Provinces Glen Hancock, at a press briefing for the “Arrow” spill. – 1970
IP-14d-70-298 A Canadian Coast Guard helicopter lands at a temporary landing field in front of the Port Hawksbury Motel, Nova Scotia. – 1970
IP-14d-70-299 On-scene commander Jim Hornsby of the task force set up at Port Hawksbury, and Imperial Oil’s Harvey Clare, environmental protection coordinator, study charts. – 1970
IP-14d-70-300 Three members of the task force set up at Port Hawksbury – Imperial Oil’s environmental protection coordinator Harvey Clare; Bill O’Connell, responsible for transportation, supplies and communication; and Edgar Bemister, transportation analyst from Halifax Region and assistant to Bill O’Connell.
IP-14d-70-301 Nodwell recorder vehicle waiting for the rest of Imperial Oil’s seismic party #23, during operations in the Mackenzie Delta between Inuvik and Aklavik, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-302 Mobile trailer camp with a Bombardier tracked vehicle in the foreground, during Imperial Oil’s seismic party #23 operations in the Mackenzie Delta between Inuvik and Aklavik, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-303 Party surveyor in the forground, followed by a Nodwell tracked vehicle, during Imperial Oil’s seismic party #23 operations in the Mackenzie Delta between Inuvik and Aklavik, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(304-305) Surveyor at work during Imperial Oil’s seismic party #23 operations in the Mackenzie Delta between Inuvik and Aklavik, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(306-307) Camp moving to next location in the series of testing during Imperial Oil’s seismic party #23 operations in the Mackenzie Delta between Inuvik and Aklavik, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(308-309) In the trailer camp office, party chief Clarence McIntosh examines records of the previous day’s shooting during Imperial Oil’s seismic party #23 operations in the Mackenzie Delta between Inuvik and Aklavik, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-310 Mechanic Dan Ireland at work in the camp’s trailer shop during Imperial Oil’s seismic party #23 operations in the Mackenzie Delta between Inuvik and Aklavik, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(311-312) View of camp with one of the tracked vehicles being refueled during Imperial Oil’s seismic party #23 operations in the Mackenzie Delta between Inuvik and Aklavik, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(313-314) Camp cook Terry Vandepol bakes rolls for the day’s meals during Imperial Oil’s seismic party #23 operations in the Mackenzie Delta between Inuvik and Aklavik, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-315 A single-engine Otter plane lands on the Beaufort Sea carrying the research team which will perform ice tests to determine ice movement and changes in current. In the foreground are huge blocks of ice, approximately 15’x20’, thrust up through the surface by pressure. – 1970
IP-14d-70-316 A single-engine Otter plane lands on the Beaufort Sea carrying the research team which will perform ice tests to determine ice movement and changes in current. Note pressure ridges on the Beaufort Sea in the foreground. – 1970
IP-14d-70-317 Claude Cochard (Elf Oil Company) taking temperature readings during ice tests on the Beaufort Sea. – 1970
IP-14d-70-318 Members of the research team drilling a hole for temperature reading and cutting cores samples of ice during ice tests on the Beaufort Sea. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(319-323) Ice tests on the Beaufort Sea. – 1970
IP-14d-70-324 Two members of the research team measure the strength of the ice during ice tests on the Beaufort Sea. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(325-329) Imperial Oil’s drill rig #2 at Nuvorak, located near Dalhousie, northeast of Atkinson Point, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(330-336) Imperial Oil’s drill rig #4 at Natagnak, six miles from Atkinson Point, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(337-338) Water truck being filled for camp use at Imperial Oil’s drill rig #4 at Natagnak, six miles from Atkinson Point, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-339 Camp water truck at Imperial Oil’s drill rig #4 at Natagnak, six miles from Atkinson Point, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-340 Trailer camp at Imperial Oil’s drill rig #4 at Natagnak, six miles from Atkinson Point, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(341-342) Brass elevator doors at the Canada Permanent Building, located a Bay and Richmond Streets, Toronto, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(343-351) Manufacturing of polyvinyl siding at Building Products of Canada Limited, Acton, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(352-353) Polyvinyl pellets used in the manufacturing of siding at Building Products of Canada Limited, Acton, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-354 Trevor Moore, director and vice-president of Imperial Oil, at his retirement coffee party given by the Public Affairs Department. – 1970
IP-14d-70-355 Computer programmers working at Imperial Oil head office building, Toronto, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(586-590) Imperial Oil’s new Avitat building at Dorval International Airport, Montreal, Quebec. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(591-595) Interior views of Avitat building at Dorval International Airport, Montreal, Quebec. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(596-598) Model of Imperial Oil’s new self-service gasoline stations. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(599-601) Night view of Imperial Oil’s ESF service centre at Don Mills road and Sheppard Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-602 Artist Alan Collier in his studio, Toronto, Ontario. Review story. – June, 1970
IP-14d-70-603 Sketch of Petty Harbour near St. John’s, Newfoundland, by artist Alan Collier. Review story. – June, 1970
IP-14d-70-(604-609) Pacific Western Airlines airlift of rig #2 from Hay River to Imperial Oil’s drill site at Nuvorak near Dalhousie, northeast of Atkinson Point, Northwest Territories. – 1970
IP-14d-70-610 View of Imperial Oil’s Sarnia Refinery, taken from the 150-foot level of the coker. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(611-613) A section of the new coker unit at Imperial Oil’s Sarnia Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(614-615) Part of the control room which controls the operations of the coker complex and other sections of Imperial Oil’s Sarnia Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-616 Lighted panels in the coker control room which show how the equipment is functioning at Sarnia Refinery. – 1970 IP-14d-70-(617-620) Expansion of coker complex and other parts of Sarnia Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(621-623) “Imperial Skeena” during the builder’s trials. The tanker will move products from Imperial Oil’s IOCO Refinery to west coast ports, Vancouver, British Columbia. – April, 1970
IP-14d-70-(624-627) Interior views of the new 4,500-ton tanker “Imperial Skeena”. – April, 1970
IP-14d-70-628 Some of Imperial Oil’s merchandise offerings through direct mail promotions. Reporter story. – May, 1970
IP-14d-70-629 Members of Imperial Oil’s Home Products Division with Esso home products. Division manager, Jack Burkholder, right foreground. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(630-631) Machine for applying waxes to corrugated paper, Imperial Oil’s research laboratories, Sarnia, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(632-634) Doctor D.M. MacLeod experiments with the machine for applying waxes to corrugated paper at Imperial Oil’s research laboratories, Sarnia, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(635-639) W.J. (Bill) Duffield testing the stability of polyvinyl chloride at Imperial Oil’s research laboratories, Sarnia, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(640-646) C.F. (Carmen) Acton evaluating the process ability of polyvinyl chloride at Imperial Oil’s research laboratories, Sarnia, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(647-651) Member of Imperial Oil’s PVC Applications laboratory producing a pipe on a twin-screw extruded to demonstrate the improved output of dry blend. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(652-656) Member of Imperial Oil’s PVC Applications laboratory producing a “cap nut” on an injection moulder to evaluate material for use in plumbing fixtures. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(840-854) Imperial Oil’s first self-serve gasoline station in Ontario, located on Eglingon Avenue East near Midland Avenue 1970
IP-14d-70-897 Imperial Oil’s mineral exploration camp on the shore of Lac Laliberte in the Ungava Bay region, 85 miles northwest of Fort Chimo. – 1970
IP-14d-70-898 Bush plane bringing food, supplies, new faces and mail to Imperial Oil’s mineral exploration camp on the shore of Lac Laliberte in the Ungava Bay region, 85 miles northwest of Fort Chimo. – 1970
IP-14d-70-899 Dan Larkin, party chief for Imperial Oil’s mineral exploration in the Ungava Bay region, 85 miles northwest of Fort Chimo. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(900-908) University students George Carscallen and Spencer Eig on a rock sampling trip during Imperial Oil’s mineral exploration in the Ungava Bay region, 85 miles northwest of Fort Chimo. – 1970
IP-14d-70- (909-910) Geologists Fenton Scott (left) and Peter Lewis during Imperial Oil’s mineral exploration in the Ungava Bay region, 85 miles northwest of Fort Chimo. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(911-913) University student Spence Eig carries out research in the company’s field laboratory during Imperial Oil’s mineral exploration in the Ungava Bay region, 85 miles northwest of Fort Chimo. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(914-915) Van Tassell conducts research in the company’s field laboratory during Imperial Oil’s mineral exploration in the Ungava Bay region, 85 miles northwest of Fort Chimo. – 1970
IP-14d-70-916 Geologist Fenton Scott examines results in the company’s field laboratory during Imperial Oil’s mineral exploration in the Ungava Bay region, 85 miles northwest of Fort Chimo. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(917-919) Party members relax after a day’s work during Imperial Oil’s mineral exploration in the Ungava Bay region, 85 miles northwest of Fort Chimo. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(920-921) Camp cook, Don Black, for Imperial Oil’s mineral exploration in the Ungava Bay region, 85 miles northwest of Fort Chimo. – 1970
IP-14d-70-922 Illuminated tent at Imperial Oil’s mineral exploration camp on the shore of Lac Laliberte in the Ungava Bay region, 85 miles northwest of Fort Chimo. – 1970
IP-14d-70-923 As part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program, samples are collected from the water treating unit at Montreal East Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-924 Seagull. – 1970
IP-14d-70-925 Engineer Thor Lonstrup checks the mounting of a new diesel engine to test experimental lubricants at Imperial Oil’s Sarnia laboratories. Review story. – September, 1970
IP-14d-70-926 George Young, one of the men who helped develop the oil that keeps diesel engines running. Review story. – September, 1970
IP-14d-70-(927-934) Econo service station, Toronto, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-935 As part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program, water cooling towers at the Sarnia Refinery conserve water by cooling and recirculating it. – 1970
IP-14d-70-936 As part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program, water falls down “baffles” into a basin in the water cooling towers at Sarnia Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-937 As part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program, water cooling towers (foreground) and smokeless flare stacks are used at Sarnia Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(938-939) As part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program, huge convex mirrors allow the control room operator to observe the operating conditions of the stacks at Sarnia Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-940 As part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program, the company has constructed oil-water separators (foreground) and cooling towers (background) at Sarnia Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-941 As part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program, the company has hired students such as Jim Hart who is taking samples at one of the oil-water separators at Sarnia Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-942 As part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program, the company has hired students such as Jim Hart who is taking samples at the phenol treating plant, Sarnia Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-943 As part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program, the company has hired students such as Jim Hart who is returning to the laboratory with samples taken at the phenol treating plant, Sarnia Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-944 Valves on the oil-water separator at Sarnia Refinery which is a part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program. – 1970
IP-14d-70-945 As part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program, the company has hired students such as Jim Hart who is taking effluent samples at the river outlet, Sarnia Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(946-947) Huge fans which cool water to be circulated at the Sarnia Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-948 CO2 incinerator at Sarnia Refinery, part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(949-950) Sour water stripper at Sarnia Refiner, part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program. – 1970
IP-14d-70-951 Coker furnace at Sarnia Refinery, part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program. – 1970
IP-14d-70-952 Construction of new oil-water separator at Sarnia Refinery, part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program. – 1970
IP-14d-70-953 Construction of new coke-holding tank at Sarnia Refinery, part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(954-955) A TV camera keeps watch on the flare stacks at Sarnia Refinery, part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program. – 1970
IP-14d-70-956 Technician changing the film in an 8mm movie camera which records the condition of the flare stacks at intervals of 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program. – 1970
IP-14d-70-957 An 8mm movie camera which records the condition of the flare stacks at intervals of 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program. – 1970
IP-14d-70-958 An operator checks data in the conversion complex control room at Sarnia Refinery, part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(959-960) Operators in the conversion complex control room with the TV monitors showing the flare stacks in operation, part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program. – 1970
IP-14d-70-961 University student Jim Hart, employed during his vacation as a chemical technician, analyses effluent samples, part of Imperial Oil’s environmental protection program. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(1151-1153) Sedco 1, built in Halifax, is towed to Bedford Basin from Halifax harbour for sea trials. The semi-submersible drilling platform will be used by Imperial Oil in association with another company, to drill for oil in the Grand Banks area off the east coast. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(1154-1159) Sedco 1 in position in the Bedford Basin for sea trials. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(1160-1165) After two days of sea trials, Sedco 1 is towed from Bedford Basin back to Halifax Harbour. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(1166-1168) Launching of Imperial Oil’s new bunkering barge “Imperial Dartmouth” at Collingwood, Ontario. – Mrs. J.G. Livingstone, wife of Imperial director and vice- president, christened the ship. – 1970
IP-14d-70-1169 Esso sign for Voyageur restaurant at Esso service centre near the Dorchester interchange on Highway 401, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(1170-1174) Voyageur restaurant at Esso service centre near the Dorchester interchange on Highway 401, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(1175-1177) Seaford Boys’ Choir from England singing in the lobby at Imperial Oil’s head office, 111 St. Clair, Toronto, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(1178-1180) Wildlife scientists Dr. W.W. Gunn (left) and Dr. J.A. Livingstone (right) discuss results of study of Arctic bird nesting locations with associate F.A. Lewis. The survey was sponsored by Imperial Oil and two other oil companies. – 1970 IP-14d-70-(1181-1184) Dealers’ franchise meeting. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(1185-1187) Loading asphalt at Imperial Oil’s Montreal East Refinery asphalt plant. – 1970
IP-14d-70-1188 Asphalt plant at Imperial Oil’s Montreal East Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(1189-1193) Storage tanks at asphalt plant, Imperial Oil’s Montreal East Refinery. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(1194-1198) Pollution check at Imperial Oil’s Montreal East Refinery. A meter is being used to measure the conductivity of the impounded basin water to evaluate the solids present in the water. – 1970
IP-14d-70-1199 Pollution check at Imperial Oil’s Montreal East Refinery. Collected water samples are placed in a tester located beside the basin. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(1200-1201) Kanata Homes heated by Esso Home Comfort fuel, Ottawa, Ontario. – 1970
IP-14d-70-(1202-1203) Examples of the hardy little flowers and moss which survive weather extremes and provide unexpected color in the Ungava region which is primarily barren. – 1970