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Hydro, wind, and other renewables. forecast. actual. Conventional heavy oil. Figure 1. Total energy production in Alberta. NGLs. Coalbed methane. Conventional natural gas. Mined and in situ bitumen. Conventional L&M oil. Coal. actual. forecast. Non upgraded bitumen. SCO. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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NGLs
Coalbed methaneHydro, wind, and other renewables
Conventional natural gas
Mined and in situ bitumen
Conventional heavy oil
Conventional L&M oil
Coal
Total energy production in AlbertaFigure 1
Figure 3. Alberta supply of crude oil and equivalent
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Residential demand Commercial demand Other Alberta demand Alberta gas removals
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Figure 4 Total marketable gas production and demand
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Figure 5. Drilling Activity in Alberta, 1948 – 2008
Bitumen* - includes producing and evaluation wellsGas** - includes CBM wellsOther *** - includes unsuccessful, service, and suspended wells
Figure 6. Alberta Conventional Crude Oil Production and Price
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ERCB Prorationing Plan (restricted production)
Major Oil Field Discoveries1947 – Leduc1948 – Redwater1949 – Golden Spike1952 – Bonnie Glen1953 – Pembina1957 – Swan Hills1959 – Judy Creek1959 – Swan Hills South1965 - Rainbow
Major Events Affecting Price1973 – Oil Embargo1979 – Iranian Revolution1980 – Iran / Iraq War1986 – OPEC Crumbles1990 – Gulf War1998 – Asian Econ. Crisis2001 – 9 / 112003 – Iraq War
1938 - Petroleum and Natural Gas ConservationBoard (ERCB) created to enforce productionstandards
Export Pipelines1950 – Interprovincial Pipeline (Enbridge)1953 – Trans Mountain Pipe Line
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Mined Bitumen SCO Production SCO Price
Figure 7. Alberta mined bitumen and synthetic crude oil production and price
Great Canadian Oil Sands (Suncor) Startup
Syncrude Startup
Alberta Oil Sands Project Startup
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Cold Lake Pilot Production Cold Lake Phases 1-6 Cold Lake Phases 7-13
Shell Peace River Startup
First SAGD ProductionAEC (EnCana) Foster Ck.
Amoco (CNRL)Wolf Lake &Primrose Startup
Figure 8. Alberta in situ bitumen production and price
Figure 9 Historical natural gas production and price
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Arbitration awardsprice increase
Regulated gas pricetied to oil prices;Surplus built up
Price deregulation
Surplus gas drivesdown prices
PGT expansion
Northern Border pipeline expansion
Hurricanes Katrina and Ritahit U.S. Gulf Coast
Foothills Pipe Lines built for gas exports to California and the mid-western U.S.
Alliance Pipeline on stream
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Figure 10 Sulphur closing inventories in Alberta and price
Prices reached highs in theUS$650-$840/tonne rangein 2008
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Subbituminous Bituminous Thermal Bituminous Metallurgical
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in c
oal-f
ired
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tric
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’s –
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de o
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l gas
repl
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ourc
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Australian-Japan contract price for thermal coal
Figure 11Historical coal production and price
Australian-Japan contract price for thermal coal (Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics - ABARE)
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ine
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Figure 1.1 OPEC crude basket reference price 2008
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Figure 1.3 Price of WTI at Chicago
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Figure 1.4 Average price of oil at Alberta wellhead
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n$/m
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Figure 1.5 2008 average monthly reference prices in Alberta
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Bitumen
Figure 1.7 Average price of natural gas at plant gate
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Figure 1.8 Alberta Wholesale Electricity Prices
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6.56.06.87.67.77.6 7.2 7.2
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1.9 2.22.0 2.2 2.3
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02468
1012
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Per
cent
age
Figure 1.10 Canadian economic indicatorsSource: Statistics Canada, Bank of Canada
Exchange Rate
Prime rate on Loans
Inflation rate
Prime vs. inflation
Unemployment vs. GDP growth
Unemployment rate
Real GDP growth
Figure 1.11 Alberta real investment
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billi
ons
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002
Cdn
$actual forecast
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers*includes support activities to mining and oil and gas extraction
Other
Public
Residential
Coal and metal mining*
Conventional oil and gas
Oil sands
2007 - 2008 Value of Production in Alberta
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NaturalGas
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Figure 2.2 Remaining established reserves under active development
ATHABASCA
COLD LAKE
PEACE RIVER
6.4 36.9
49.4
114.7
Figure 2.8.Production of Bitumen in Alberta, 2008 103 m3/d
Mined Bitumen
In Situ
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Figure 2.9. Alberta crude oil and equivalent production
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Producing Wells Production
Figure 2.10. Total in situ bitumen production and producing bitumen wells
Figure 2.11. In situ bitumen production by oil sands area (OSA)
Synthetic Crude Oil
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uctio
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Cold Lake OSA
Athabasca OSA
Peace River OSA
Figure 2.12. In situ bitumen production by recovery method
Synthetic Crude Oil
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uctio
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Primary Production
CSS Production
SAGD Production
Experimental Production
Figure 2.13. Alberta crude bitumen production
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uctio
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Surface mining
In situ
actual forecast
Figure 2.14. Alberta synthetic crude oil production
Synthetic Crude Oil
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Prod
uctio
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03 m
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Synthetic crude oil
actual forecast
Figure 2.17. Alberta oil sands upgrading coke inventory
Synthetic Crude Oil
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Inve
ntor
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Oil Sands Plants – Coke Inventory
Figure 2.18. Alberta demand and disposition of crude bitumen and SCO
Synthetic Crude Oil
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Dem
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(103
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d)
Alberta demand (mainly SCO)
actual forecast
SCO removals from Alberta
Nonupgraded bitumen removals
from Alberta
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Figure 3.1 Remaining established reserves of crude oil
Heavy
Light-medium
Figure 3.2 Annual changes in conventional crude oil reserves
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Res
erve
Cha
nges
(106 m
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Additions Revisions
Figure 3.3 Annual changes to waterflood reserves
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25
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Res
erve
Cha
nges
(106
m3)
New waterflood Waterflood revisions
`
Figure 3.4 Distribution of oil reserves by size
Remaining reserves
(103m3)
Total number of pools Initial reserves
(103m3)
(103 m3)
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al e
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lishe
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serv
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06 m3 )
Average Median
Figure 3.5 Oil pool size by discovery year
Figure 3.7 Geological distribution of reserves of conventional crude oil
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6 m3 )
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2008 Initial established reserves2773 106 m3
2008 Remaining established reserves233 106 m3
Fig. 3.8. Regional distribution of Alberta oil reserves 2008 (106 m3)
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21
490
48
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71
467
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38
5
18
Figure 3.9 Alberta’s remaining established oil reserves versus cumulative production
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aini
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Figure 3.11.Alberta successful oil well drilling Bymodified PSAC area
2007 Wells Drilled = 1796
2008 Wells Drilled = 1788
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Total wells = 1738
Figure 3.12.Oil wells placedon production, 2008by modified PSAC area 296
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428 350431
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35
Figure 3.13. Initial operating dayrates of oil wells placed on production, 2008by modified PSAC aream3/day/well
16.1[101]
9.6[60]
8.5[54]
5.1[32]
7.6[48]
2.4[15]
6.6[42]
Figure 3.14. Conventional crude oil production by modified PSAC area
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Figure 3.15. Total crude oil production and producing wells
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Figure 3.17. Crude oil well productivity in 2008
Figure 3.18. Total conventional crude oil production by drilled year
% of totalproduction from oil wells
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20062005
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Prod
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03 bbl
/d)
Figure 3.19. Comparison of crude oil production
Texas onshore
Louisiana onshore
Alberta crude oil
Figure 3.20. WTI crude oil price and well activity
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e (U
S$/b
bl)
Wells placed on production WTI @ Chicago
actual forecast
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actual forecast
Figure 3.21. Alberta average daily production of crude oil
Heavy
Light-medium
Figure 3.22. Capacity and location of Alberta refineries
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Petro-Canada Edmonton
Shell Scotford
Husky Lloydminster
Parkland Bowden
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Dem
and
(103
m3/
d)
actual forecast
Figure 3.23. Alberta demand and disposition of crude oil
Crude oil removals from Alberta
Alberta demand
Figure 3.24. Alberta supply of crude oil and equivalent
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Supp
ly (1
03 m
3 /d)
actual forecast
Non upgraded bitumen
Light-medium
SCO
Pentanes plusHeavy
Figure 3.25. Alberta crude oil and equivalent production
0%
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60%
80%
100%
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Prod
uctio
n (P
erce
ntag
e)
Conventional crude oil & pentanes plus SCO & bitumen
actual forecast
Figure 4.7 CBM Production from CBM Wells
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HSC
Mannville
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oduc
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Additions Production
Figure 5.1 Annual reserves additions and production of conventional marketable gas
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aini
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Figure 5.2 Remaining conventional marketable gas reserves
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Res
erve
Cha
nges
(10
9 m3 )
New Development Revisions
Figure 5.3 New, development, and revisions to conventional marketable gas reserves
* Distribution of changes revised in 2008
Figure 5.5 Distribution of conventional gas reserves by size
Remaining reserves
(109m3)
Total number of pools
(106m3)Initial reserves
(109m3)
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Figure 5.6 Conventional gas pool size by discovery year
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LowerCretaceous
Jurassic Triassic Permian-Belloy Mississippian UpperDevonian
MiddleDevonian
Mar
keta
ble
Gas
Res
erve
s (1
09 m
3 )
Initial marketable reserves Remaining marketable reserves
Figure 5.7 Geological distribution of conventional marketable gas reserves
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2000
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
Rem
aini
ng R
eser
ves
(10
9 m3 )
Figure 5.8 Remaining conventional marketable reserves of sweet and sour gas
Sweet natural gas
Sour natural gas
25
50
60
9040
35
30
10
100
35
15 10
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Methane Ethane Propane Butanes Pentanes plus
Perc
enta
ge o
f com
pone
nt
Removed at field plants Removed at straddle plants Marketable gas
Figure 5.9 Expected recovery of conventional natural gas components
Figure 5.11 Conventional gas ultimate potential
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Ulti
mat
e Po
tent
ial (
109 m
3 )
Ultimate potential based on EUB/NEB 2005 Report
Remaining reserves
Production
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UpperCretaceous
LowerCretaceous
Jurassic Triassic Mississippian Upper Devonian
Gas
in p
lace
(10
9 m3 )
Ultimate gas in place Discovered gas in place
Figure 5.13 Conventional gas in place by geological period
Figure 5.14Alberta successful gaswell drilling (conventional)by modified PSAC area
95
111
1248308
4959
91
61
43288152
2128 2106
986
56
302
3604
36%
38%
47%
61%
27%
2%
21% 1%
2007 wells drilled = 9228 21%
2008 wells drilled = 7310
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14000
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Num
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Drilled Connected
Figure 5.15 Successful conventional gas wells drilled and connected
Figure 5.16 Conventional gaswell connectionsby modified PSAC area
119
168
1427477
4557100
96
84
270 193
2168 2004
1213
70
378
3869
2007 WellsTotal Wells connected = 9286 2008 WellsTotal Wells connected = 7907
Figure 5.18 Marketable gas production by modified PSAC area
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Mar
keta
ble
Prod
uctio
n (1
09 m
3)
PSAC 6
PSAC 4
PSAC 5
PSAC 2
PSAC 3
PSAC 1
Gas from oil wells
PSAC 7
PSAC 8
% of totalproduction
1%
4% 3%11%
4%
20%
42%
6%
9%
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Num
ber o
f pro
duci
ng w
ells
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Prod
uctio
n (1
09 m
3 )
Producing wells Production
Figure 5.19 Conventional marketable gas production and number of producing wells
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
80000
90000
100000
0-2 2-5 5-10 10-20 20-50 50-100 100+
Production category (103m3/d)
Num
ber o
f pro
duci
ng w
ells
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
280
320
360
400
Prod
uctiv
ity (1
03 m
3 /d)
Producing wells Average rate
Figure 5.21 Natural gas well productivity in 2008
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Prod
uctio
n (1
09 m3 )
Pre - 1999
20082007
20062005
2003 20042002
20012000
1999
Gas from oil wells
Figure 5.22 Raw gas production by connection year
% of totalproduction from gas wells
5
Connection year
3 4
27
8
11
9
13
6
5
9
0
50
100
150
200
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Prod
uctio
n (1
09 m
3)
Sour Sweet
Figure 5.23 Raw gas production of sweet and sour gas
0
5
10
15
20
25
1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008
Tcf
Figure 5.24 Comparison of raw natural gas production
Texas onshore
Louisiana onshore
Alberta
US total production
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Prod
uctiv
ity (1
03 m
3 /d)
AlbertaAlberta excluding PSAC Area 3PSAC Area 3 (Southeastern Alberta)
Figure 5.25 Average initial natural gas well productivity in Alberta
Figure 5.26 Alberta natural gas well activity and price
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
Num
ber o
f wel
ls
$0
$2
$4
$6
$8
$10
Pric
e ($
Cdn
/GJ)
New well connections Alberta plant gate price
actual forecast
Figure 5.27 Conventional marketable gas production
0.0
30.0
60.0
90.0
120.0
150.0
180.0
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Prod
uctio
n (1
09 m
3 )
actual forecast
Figure 5.28 Gas production from bitumen upgrading and bitumen wells used for oil sands operations
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Prod
uctio
n (1
09 m
3 )
Process gas from upgrading bitumen Gas from bitumen wells
actual forecast
Figure 5.29 Total gas production in Alberta
0
50
100
150
200
250
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Prod
uctio
n (1
09 m
3 )
Conventional marketable gas Coalbed methaneProcess gas from upgrading bitumen Gas from bitumen wells
actual forecast
Figure 5.30 Alberta natural gas storage injection/withdrawal volumes
-2000
-1500
-1000
-500
0
500
1000
1500
2000
Inje
ctio
ns/W
ithdr
awal
s (1
06m
3)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2006 2007 2008
0
10
20
30
40
50
6019
99
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Dem
and
(109 m
3 )
Figure 5.33 Alberta marketable gas demand by sector
Reprocessing plant shrinkage
Transportation
Electricity generation
Other industrial
Industrial - petrochemical
Industrial – oil sands
Residential
Commercial
actual forecast
0
100
200
300
400
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Nat
ural
Gas
Vol
umes
(10
9 m3 )
Figure 5.34 Historical volumes “available for permitting”
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Dem
and
(109 m
3 )
actual forecast
Mining and Upgrading
In Situ
In Situ Cogeneration
Mining and Upgrading Cogeneration
Figure 5.35 Purchased natural gas demand for oil sands operations
Figure 5.36 Gas demand for bitumen recovery and upgrading
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
3519
99
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Dem
and
(109 m
3 )
actual forecast
Purchased gas
Produced gas from bitumen
Process gas from upgrading*
* Does not included process gas for electricity generation.
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
40.0
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Gas
Use
(109 m
3 )
actual forecast
Process Gas for Mining/Upgrading
Produced Gas from Bitumen Wells for In situ Recovery
Purchased Gas for In situ Recovery
Purchased Gas for
Electricity Cogeneration
Purchased Gas for Mining/Upgrading
Process Gas for
Electricity Cogeneration
Figure 5.37 Total Purchased, Process and Produced Gas for Oil Sands Production
0
50
100
150
200
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Prod
uctio
n an
d de
man
d (1
09 m
3 )
Residential demand Commercial demand Other Alberta demand Alberta gas removals
actual forecast
Figure 5.38 Total marketable gas production and demand
23% 26% 33% 44% 58%
Figure 6.1 Remaining established NGL reserves expected to be extracted from conventional gas and annual production
0
30
60
90
120
150
Ethane Propane Butanes Pentanes Plus
Liqu
id v
olum
e (1
06 m3 )
Reserves Annual production
Figure 6.2 Remaining established reserves of conventional natural gas liquids
0
50
100
150
200
250
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Esta
blis
hed
rese
rves
(106 m
3 )
Ethane Propane Butanes Pentanes plus
Figure 6.4. Ethane supply and demand
0
20
40
60
80
100
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Supp
ly a
nd D
eman
d (1
03 m
3 /d)
Ethane Supply Alberta Demand*Potential supply from conventional gas Potential supply from oil sands off-gas
* excludes solvent flood volumes
actual forecast
Figure 6.5. Propane supply from natural gas and demand
0
10
20
30
40
Supp
ly a
nd D
eman
d (1
03m
3/d)
actual forecast
* excludes solvent flood volumes
Alberta Demand*
Supply
Figure 6.6. Butanes supply from natural gas and demand
0
5
10
15
20
25
Supp
ly a
nd D
eman
d (1
03
m3 /d
)
actual forecast
* excludes solvent flood volumes
Alberta Demand*
Supply
Figure 6.7. Pentanes supply from natural gas and demand for diluent
0
10
20
30
40
50
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
Supp
ly a
nd D
eman
d (1
03
m3 /d
)
actual forecast
* excludes solvent flood volumes
demand met by alternative sources and types of diluent
Alberta Demand*
Supply
0
2
4
6
8
1966 1969 1972 1975 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008
Prod
uctio
n (1
06 t)
Figure 7.1 Sulphur production from gas processing plants in Alberta
0
200
400
600
800
1000
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Prod
uctio
n (1
03 t)
Syncrude Suncor Shell
Figure 7.2 Sulphur production from oil sands
0
2
4
6
8
10
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Prod
uctio
n (1
06 t)
actual forecast
Figure 7.3 Sources of sulphur production
Sour gas
Refining and upgrading
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
Australia Brazil China NewZealand
SouthAfrica
Others
Expo
rts (1
03 t)
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Figure 7.4 Canadian sulphur offshore exports
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9Su
pply
/Dem
and
(10
6 t)
Alberta Demand
Removed from Alberta
Stockpile WithdrawalsStockpile
Total Demand
Production
actual forecast
Figure 7.5 Sulphur demand and supply in Alberta
0
10
20
30
40
50
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Prod
uctio
n (M
t)
Subbituminous
Thermal bituminous
Metallurgical bituminous
Figure 8.2Alberta marketable coal production
actual forecast
0
5
10
15
20
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Gen
erat
ing
Cap
acity
(103
MW
)
Coal Natural Gas Hydro Other
actual forecast
Figure 9.1. Alberta electricity generating capacity
Figure 9.2. Alberta electricity generation
0
25
50
75
100
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Gen
erat
ion
(103 G
Wh)
Coal Natural Gas Hydro Other
actual forecast
Figure 9.3. Alberta electricity transfers
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Ele
ctric
ity T
rans
fers
(GW
h)
Deliveries Receipts
Figure 9.4. Alberta electricity consumption by sector
0
25
50
75
100
2017
AIL
0
25
50
75
100
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Con
sum
ptio
n (1
03 GW
h)
Industrial Industrial on site Direct ConnectCommercial Residential Agriculture
actual forecast
9.5. Alberta oil sands electricity generation and demand
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Gen
erat
ion
and
Dem
and
(103 G
Wh) actual forecast
Electricity Generation
Demand