[Ost-news] "Oil patch split over proposal for partial moratorium"

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Oil patch split over proposal for partial moratorium  
NORVAL SCOTT  
February 25, 2008

CALGARY -- A business-led lobbying effort to create a partial moratorium on oil sands development in order to free up conservation land has divided Canada's major energy companies, while a government decision on the issue will likely be delayed until after next Monday's provincial election.

Major oil producers - led by Petro-Canada Corp., Suncor Inc., Husky Energy Ltd., Shell Canada and Imperial Oil - have for the first time called on Alberta to slow development in the Athabasca region.

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