Ch F-X ang PD e w Click to buy NOW! w m o w c .d k. ocu-trac PETROLEUM HISTORY SOCIETY OIL SANDS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT TRANSCRIPT GEORGE SKULSKY BEGAN WORK AT GREAT CANADIAN OIL SANDS (GCOS)/SUNCOR IN DEC. 1966 HE IS ONE OF THE FIRST “300 HIRES.” THIS GROUP WAS CHARGED WITH THE START-UP AND GIVEN INTENSIVE TRAINING TO WORK ON THE PROJECT, UPGRADER, POWERHOUSE, EXTRACTION AND THE MINE. ASSIGNED TO EXTRACTION HE WORKED HIS WAY UP BECOMING SUPERINTENDENT OF EXTRACTION OPERATIONS AND HELD THAT POSITION UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1996. HE THEN WORKED AS A OIL SANDS CONSULTANT FOR THE SHELL/ BHP/ALBIAN MUSKEG RIVER MINE PILOT PLANT, CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD (CNRL) DURING DESIGN AND THE “TOTAL” JOSLYN CREEK OIL SANDS PROJECT. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: August 14th, 1938 in Calgary, Alberta Date and Place of Interview: 9 am, May 31st, 2012, the residence of interviewer Adriana Davies at 14312 – 90A Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5R 4X6 Address of Interviewee: 10647 149 ST. NW Edmonton Alberta T5P1L9 Tel. 780-482-4007 Email
[email protected] Name of Interviewer: Adriana A. Davies, CM, PhD Name of Videographer: Jimmy Bustos 1 Sponsors of The Oil Sands Oral History Project include the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation, Athabasca Oil Sands Corp., Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Canadian Oil Sands Limited, Connacher Oil and Gas Limited, Imperial Oil Limited, MEG Energy Corp., Nexen Inc., Suncor Energy and Syncrude Canada. Ch F-X ang PD e w Click to buy NOW! w m o w c .d k. ocu-trac Consent form signed: Yes Initials of Interviewer: AD Last name of subject: SKULSKY DISK 1: GS: I haven’t done one of these for a while.