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Friday, March 31, 2006 Crude oil and natural gas: Supply and disposition
Crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbons production was 8.6% higher in January than the same month a year earlier, mainly as a result of the 55.1% year-over-year percentage increase of synthetic crude in Alberta. A major fire at an oil sands facility last January significantly curtailed production of synthetic crude for most of 2005. By comparison, from January 2004 to January 2006 synthetic crude output increased by 12.0%. The production of crude bitumen in Alberta advanced 20.1% between January 2006 and the same period last year. Crude oil exports, which accounted for 66.6% of total production, climbed 15.1% compared with the same period last year. Marketable natural gas production edged up 0.2% compared with January 2005. Exports of natural gas, which made up 58% of marketable natural gas, fell 11.2% over last January. Domestic natural gas sales fell 17.9% in January compared to the same period last year, mostly as a result of the warmer than usual weather experienced nationally in January.
Available on CANSIM: tables 126-0001 and 131-0001. Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2198. Preliminary data are available on CANSIM at the national level to January 2006 inclusive. At the national and provincial level detailed information is available for crude oil (126-0001) up to November 2005 inclusive, and for natural gas (131-0001) up to July 2005 inclusive. For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact the dissemination officer (1-866-873-8789; 613-951-9497; energ@statcan.gc.ca), Manufacturing, Construction and Energy Division. |
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