We Gambled Everything
The Life and Times of an Oilman |
Arne Nielsen
Foreword Peter C. Newman |
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| “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
The memoir of Canadian petroleum industry leader Arne Nielsen is not a conventional business biography. During his six decades in the business, he witnessed critical events in the oil industry that influenced Canada’s economic history. From rain-soaked tents on the Arctic barren land to the luxurious New York offices of a multinational oil company, Arne Nielsen’s expansive knowledge of geology and the oil industry made him one of the most influential and well-known figures of his time. 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. |
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| Format: Trade Paperback |
| ISBN: 978-0-88864-598-2 |
| Price: CND$ 29.95, USD$ 29.95, £ 24.99 |
| Discount: Trade |
| Subject: Memoir/Petroleum Industry/Business/Canadian History |
| Publication Date: November 2012 |
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| 2013 Petroleum History Society |
| Petroleum History Society Book of the Year, Book of the Year |
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| Reviews |
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| #7 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of March 23, 2013. |
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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 |
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| #1 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of January 12, 2013. |
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| #5 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of December 14, 2012. |
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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 |
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