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Canadian Oil Sands upstream summary

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Canada's oil sands are one of the world's largest single petroleum deposits - estimated to hold between 1.5 and 2.5 trillion barrels of in-place bitumen. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has estimated remaining established reserves of 165.4 billion barrels, placing Canada alongside Saudi Arabia and Venezuela as one of the largest reserve holders globally. Canada enjoys a position as a strategically important source of reserves and production. Furthermore, in contrast to its ...

Table of contents

  • Introduction
  • Structure
  • Reservoirs
  • Western Canadian sedimentary basin
    • Overburden
    • Colorado Group
    • Grand Rapids Formation
    • Clearwater Formation
    • McMurray Formation
    • Devonian
    • McMurray Formation
    • Wabiskaw Formation
    • Clearwater Formation
  • Licensing
  • Regulation
  • Oil/Liquids-Editable
  • Production Techniques
  • Introduction
  • Oil infrastructure
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    Resources by Sector at 2026Reserves at 01/01/2026Liquids Production (kb/d) 2015-2024
    Liquids Production (kb/d) 2025-2034Liquids ProductionOil Sands Infrastructure MapAlberta Oil PipelinesAthabasca Oil Sands Stratigraphic ColumnKey Fields Capital Expenditure (US$ Million) 2015-2024
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