The tar sands are finished. The honest truth ladies and gentlemen  to the west is that the frackers, OPEC, non OPEC and especially the countries whoes bulk fortunes rely on oil,  Nigeria, Libia, Algeria, Venezuela and many many more will desparately hold on to any market share they have.....the oil market is NEVER going to gain the past glory.
At mid 40s all of the tar players will be finished...perhaps CNQ and Suncor may eke out a small profit that will allow them to proceed, however with dimishining demand worldwide in the forseeable future, its best we pack in this filthy business and start to cap and clean up the mess that besets Alberta as I pen this article.
Alta  is the second worse polluting jurisdiction, next to Texas, and it must be accountable for its mess.
We have passed by the stone age and time to move into the next century.