Abstract
In 1946 the petroleum industry in Western Canada was in a rather sad state. Thirty years of exploration had proved up a relatively small measure of oil and gas. Imperial had been actively explor- ing since 1917 but did not hit the jack-pot until February, 1947, when it brought in Imp Leduc #1, the discovery well of the Leduc oilfield. This event triggered the greatest oil boom in Canada’s history.
