Alberta upstream summary Report

Country Report 24 May 2023

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Report summary

Alberta has seen the bulk of activity in the development of Canada's prolific Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Production from the province started a century ago, with Alberta geology offering players a wide variety of potential targets. The basin is now mature and many conventional pools are in decline. However, ongoing advances in drilling and completion technologies continue to attract capital to the region, with players chasing the emergence of unconventional plays as commercial ...

Executive summary
Key facts
Location maps
Key companies
Geology
- Introduction
- WCSB Structure and Sedimentation
- WCSB basin
- Source Rocks
- Conventional Reservoir Rocks, Cap Rocks and Traps
  - Ordovician/Silurian Reservoirs
  - Devonian Reservoirs
  - Carboniferous Reservoirs
  - Permian Reservoirs
  - Triassic Reservoirs
  - Jurassic Reservoirs
  - Lower Cretaceous Reservoirs
  - Middle/Upper Cretaceous Reservoirs
  - Tertiary Reservoirs
Exploration
- Drilling
  - Drilling activity
- Plains Gas
  - Upper Cretaceous Shallow Gas
  - Lower Cretaceous and Jurassic
  - Triassic to Devonian
- Foothills
- Deep Basin Gas
- Coalbed Methane (CBM)
- Shale Gas
- Conventional Heavy Oil
- Conventional Light Oil
  - Alberta Basin
  - Tight Oil
Reserves and resources
- Reserves Growth and Yet-To-Find Reserves
- Western Canada - Methodology
  - Estimated working interests
  - Sales point and measurement assumptions
  - Infrastructure
  - Production forecast
Production
- Oil/Liquids
  - Historical Background
  - Current Trends and Outlook
  - Historical Background
  - Current Trends and Outlook
Infrastructure
- Oil infrastructure
- Hubs and Storage
- Refineries
  - Enbridge Mainline
  - Express Pipeline
  - TransMountain Pipeline
  - Rangeland Pipeline
  - Milk River Pipeline
  - NGL Transmission Pipelines
- Gathering Systems
- Gas infrastructure
  - Historical Overview
  - Proposed west coast lines
- Gathering Systems
  - NOVA (TransCanada Alberta System)
  - Westcoast
  - TransGas
  - ATCO Pipelines
- Gas Processing
  - Alberta
- Gas Storage
Costs
- Capital costs
  - Capital expenditure by location
Policy and regulation
- Key legislation
  - Canada
  - Alberta
- Regulatory body
  - Canada
  - Alberta
- Government depletion policy
- Development Approval
- Production Sharing
- Licensing
- Crown Lands
  - Alberta
  - Freehold Lands
Fiscal terms
- Overview
- Upstream
- Mid/Downstream
- Pipelines
- Gas Utilisation
- Current fiscal terms
  - State equity participation
  - Bonuses, rentals and fees
  - Signature bonuses
  - Area rentals
  - VAT/Sales Taxes
- Royalty
  - The 2007 Albertan royalty framework
  - The 2010 review of competitiveness
  - The 2015 royalty review - Modernized Royalty Framework
  - Emerging Resources Program and Enhanced Hydrocarbon Recovery Program
- Freehold Mineral Tax (FMT)
  - Alberta
  - Liquids
  - Gas
  - Domestic Market Obligation (DMO)
  - Product Pricing
- Corporate Income Tax
  - Federal Income Tax
  - Provincial Income Tax
  - Taxable Income
  - Resource Allowance
  - Provincial Royalty Tax Credits
  - Loss Carry Forward/Backward
  - Fiscal/Contractual Ring-Fences
- Incentives available prior to the Modernised Royalty Framework
  - Drilling Royalty Credit
  - New well incentive programme
  - Deep Oil Exploration Well Program
  - Natural Gas Deep Drilling Programme (NGDDP)
  - Natural Gas Well Event Average Royalty Rate (WEARR)
  - Provincial Capital Tax
  - Municipal taxes
  - Dividend Withholding Tax
- Transfer of a licence interest
- Corporate Structures
  - Trusts
  - Flow-through shares