Blair, Sidney Martin
Engineer
1897-1981

Sidney Martin Blair was a professional engineer and former 
President and Director of Canadian Bechtel.  After receiving 
an MSc from the University in 1924, he worked for the 
Alberta Oil Sands Project which aimed at identifying methods 
that would separate oil from the sand deposits.  In 1928 he 
became a manager of the asphalt refinery of Trinidad 
Leaseholds Limited.  He joined Canadian Bechtel in 1949, 
retiring as its President in 1974, although he continued to 
act as an advisor on special projects for the company.  He 
was killed in an accident in 1981.

Multiple media, 1920-1981, 6.20 m    

Alberta oil sands, 1922-1966
Includes or relates to the Blair report; the First Oil Sands 
Conference, 1951; Karl A. Clark; references.

Canadian Bechtel Limited, 1939-1981
Includes or relates to administration; business 
correspondence; personal correspondence; projects; 
publications; references.

Personal, 1920-1981
Includes or relates to biographical material; Blair 
Consulting Services; correspondence; directorships; estates; 
family companies; finances; memberships; property;  
speeches.

Photographs, 1923-1979
Business, personal events and scenes of the oil sands area 
in northern Alberta (406 images).

Trinidad Leaseholds Limited, 1928-1949
Includes or relates to administration; business 
correspondence; personal correspondence; reports; 
references.

Descriptive inventory
Access: Open