Located in Western Canada, Alberta is a province rich with a beautiful environment, abundant natural resources, a strong economy and a stable political system. Oil sands are located in three major areas in northeast Alberta underlying 140,200 square kilometres. Learn more about the region, resource, economic and investment, and the people behind the Alberta oil sands at http://oilsands.alberta.ca. Comments are welcome, but moderated during office hours. Please see our comment policy at