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Crude oil and natural gas: Supply and disposition
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Domestic production of crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbons totalled 12.4 million cubic metres in September, down 4.5% from September 2008.
Crude oil and equivalent exports were down 0.8% compared with the same month in 2008. About 72% of Canada's total domestic production went to the export market.
Marketable natural gas production totalled 11.0 billion cubic metres in September, down 10.7% from the same month a year earlier. Domestic sales of natural gas fell 12.4% from the same month a year earlier.
Natural gas exports rose 1.3% from the same month in 2008. Exports accounted for about 72% of marketable natural gas production.
Note: Preliminary data are available on CANSIM at the national level to September 2009 inclusive. At the national and provincial level, detailed information is available for crude oil (126-0001) up to August 2009 inclusive, and for natural gas (131-0001) up to March 2009 inclusive.
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; energ@statcan.gc.ca), Manufacturing and Energy Division.
Table 1
| September 2008 | September 2009p | September 2008 to September 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| thousands of cubic metres | % change | ||
| Crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbons | |||
| Supply1 | |||
| Production | 13 032.6 | 12 446.5 | -4.5 |
| Imports2 | 3 792.7 | 3 258.6 | -14.1 |
| Disposition | |||
| Refinery receipts3 | 7 981.3 | 7 565.6 | -5.2 |
| Exports | 9 030.6 | 8 961.5 | -0.8 |
| millions of cubic metres | % change | ||
| Natural gas | |||
| Supply4 | |||
| Marketable production5 | 12 345.6 | 11 022.3 | -10.7 |
| Imports | 701.6 | 701.6E | 0.0 |
| Disposition | |||
| Domestic sales6 | 3 991.2 | 3 496.7 | -12.4 |
| Exports | 7 844.6 | 7 946.2 | 1.3 |
