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Crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbon production continued to show steady growth, reaching its highest level since January 2006.
| Crude oil and natural gas | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | July 2006p | July 2005 to July 2006 | |||||||||||
| thousands of cubic metres | % change | ||||||||||||
| Crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbons1 | |||||||||||||
| Production | 12,167.1 | 13,002.4 | 6.9 | ||||||||||
| Exports | 7,803.0 | 8,549.9 | 9.6 | ||||||||||
| Imports2 | 4,852.1 | 4,747.0 | -2.2 | ||||||||||
| Refinery receipts | 9,404.3 | 9,354.4 | -0.5 | ||||||||||
| millions of cubic metres | % change | ||||||||||||
| Natural gas3 | |||||||||||||
| Marketable production | 13,902.0 | 13,748.1 | -1.1 | ||||||||||
| Exports | 8,967.0 | 9,112.6 | 1.6 | ||||||||||
| Canadian domestic sales4 | 3,749.4 | 3,896.2 | 3.9 | ||||||||||
| January to July 2005 | January to July 2006 | January–July 2005 to January–July 2006 | |||||||||||
| thousands of cubic metres | % change | ||||||||||||
| Crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbons1 | |||||||||||||
| Production | 82,543.5 | 87,078.6 | 5.5 | ||||||||||
| Exports | 51,936.4 | 58,436.2 | 12.5 | ||||||||||
| Imports2 | 31,119.0 | 28,075.7 | -9.8 | ||||||||||
| Refinery receipts | 62,554.8 | 59,000.6 | -5.7 | ||||||||||
| millions of cubic metres | % change | ||||||||||||
| Natural gas3 | |||||||||||||
| Marketable production | 98,169.6 | 99,872.2 | 1.7 | ||||||||||
| Exports | 61,711.3 | 58,798.6 | -4.7 | ||||||||||
| Canadian domestic sales4 | 43,745.0 | 41,192.5 | -5.8 | ||||||||||
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July production reached 13.0 million cubic metres, a year-over-year increase of 6.9%. (One cubic metres is equivalent to 6.3 barrels)
Growth was due to higher bitumen and synthetic production from Alberta. This was dampened by lower production of offshore crude production in Newfoundland and Labrador because of scheduled maintenance at the Terra Nova Oilfield.
Crude oil exports, which accounted for 65.8% of total production, advanced 9.6% over the same month last year.
Marketable natural gas production totalled 13.7 billion cubic metres in July, down 1.1% from a year earlier.
Domestic sales of natural gas have increased by 3.9% since last July. According to July data for natural gas sales, this increase was a result of gains in commercial (+8.1%) and residential sales (+4.3%).
Exports of natural gas, which made up 66.3% of marketable production, increased 1.6% over July 2005.
Note: Preliminary data are available on CANSIM at the national level to July 2006 inclusive. At the national and provincial level, detailed information is available for crude oil (126-0001) up to and including May 2006, and for natural gas (131-0001) up to and including January 2006.
Available on CANSIM: tables 126-0001 and 131-0001.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2198.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact the dissemination officer (toll-free 1-866-873-8789; 613-951-9497; energy@statcan.gc.ca), Manufacturing, Construction and Energy Division.
