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The Daily. Thursday, July 26, 2001

Crude oil and natural gas

May 2001 (preliminary)

Crude oil production totalled 10 952 800 cubic metres in May, down 0.1% from May 2000. Exports, which accounted for 62.1% of total production, decreased 7.8%.

Crude oil and natural gas


  May 2000 May 2001 May 2000 to May 2001
  Thousands of cubic metres % change
Crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbons(1)      
Production 10,960.8 10,952.8 -0.1
Exports 7,379.7 6,803.8 -7.8
Imports(2) 4,539.4 4,869.3 7.3
Refinery receipts 8,289.7 8,782.2 5.9
       
  Millions of cubic metres % change
Natural gas(3)      
Marketable production 13,637.3 14,027.3 2.9
Exports 7,925.1 8,466.3 6.8
Canadian domestic sales(4) 4,942.1 4 535.3 -8.2
       
  Jan. to May 2000 Jan. to  May 2001 Jan.-May 2000  to  Jan.-May 2001
       
  Thousands of cubic metres % change
Crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbons(1)      
Production 52,755.4 53,753.1 1.9
Exports 33,417.8 33,430.8 0.0
Imports(2) 21,789.1 24,016.8 10.2
Refinery receipts 41,109.5 43,789.2 6.5
       
  Millions of cubic metres % change
Natural gas(3)      
Marketable production 69,528.8 71,965.5 3.5
Exports 41,042.1 46,156.5 12.5
Canadian domestic sales(4) 35,635.9 33,358.2 -6.4
1Disposition may differ from production because of inventory change, industry own-use, etc.
2Crude oil received by Canadian refineries from foreign countries for processing. Data may differ from International Trade Division estimates because of timing differences and the inclusion of crude oil landed in Canada for future re-export in the division's data.
3Disposition may differ from production because of inventory change, usage as pipeline fuel, pipeline losses, line-pack fluctuations, etc.
4Includes direct sales.

Marketable natural gas production rose 2.9% from May 2000, while domestic sales fell 8.2%. Warmer-than-normal temperatures in Canada resulted in sharply lower sales to the residential (-25.2%) and commercial (-14.0%) sectors. Sales to the industrial sector fell 3.3% compared with May 2000, largely because of lower demand for natural gas by electric utilities and the chemical industry. Natural gas exports, which accounted for 60.4% of total marketable production, gained 6.8%.

Year-to-date production of crude oil to the end of May grew 1.9% compared with the same period in 2000, while crude oil exports remained relatively unchanged.

January-to-May marketable production of natural gas was up 3.5% compared with the same period in 2000. Natural gas exports rose 12.5%, whereas domestic sales fell 6.4%.

Available on CANSIM: tables 1260001 and 1310001 and matrices 530 and 539.

The May 2001 issue of Supply and disposition of crude oil and natural gas (26-006-XPB, $19/$186) will be available in August.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Gerry Desjardins (613-951-4368, desjger@statcan.gc.ca) or Eleonore Harding (613-951-5708, hardele@statcan.gc.ca), Energy Section, Manufacturing, Construction and Energy Division.


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