Canada's oil sands: The mark of a new ‘oil age’ or a potential threat to Arctic security?

摘要: Abstract For more than a decade, nation states globally have been actively engaged in the exploration of unconventional fuel sources such as tight oil, shale gas and coal bed methane. As technology has developed over time, these newer hydrocarbon, once thought economically nonviable, are now offering renewed hope for increased energy security. In Canada, while deposits development, it is, however, nation's oil sands that proving most lucrative. Located province Alberta, being touted means to make Canada ‘an emerging superpower’. While this geopolitical posturing plans pipelines through Canada's Arctic North welcomed by some, others fear heavy toll extraction will on environment. addressing arguments, paper tells two stories: one development lens peak oil/scarcity debate other, narratives utilised Canadian government create nexus between building securing its spaces. Both essentially suggest is same factors regionally pursuing an agenda where ‘liquid modernity’ become reality ( Bauman, 2000 ).