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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

Figure 1 Total energy production in Alberta

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Figure 1.1 OPEC crude basket reference price 2007

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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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Figure 1.5 2006 Average monthly reference prices of Alberta crudes

Figure 1.5 2007 average monthly reference prices in Alberta

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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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nts

U.S./Cdn Exchange Rate

1.95.24.1

5.5

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3.1 3.1 2.8 2.7

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8.36.8 6.3

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Real GDP growth Unemployment rate

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2.7

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1.9 2.22.0 2.2

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6.4 5.84.0

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Inflation rate Prime rate on loans

Figure 1.10 Canadian economic indicators

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Figure 1.11 Alberta real investment

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Other PublicResidential Coal and metal mining*Conventional oil and gas Oil sands

actual forecast

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers*includes support activities to mining and oil and gas extraction

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Figure 3 Alberta supply of crude oil and equivalent

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SCO

Pentanes plusHeavy

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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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Crude Oil Bitumen* Gas** Other***

Bitumen* - includes producing and evaluation wellsGas** - includes CBM wellsOther *** - includes unsuccessful, service, and suspended wells

Figure 5 Drilling Activity in Alberta, 1948-2007

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Figure 6 Alberta Conventional Crude Oil Production and Price

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Source: Prices - CAPP Statistical Handbook

EUB Prorationing Plan (restricted production)

Major Oil Field Discoveries1947 – Leduc1948 – Redwater1949 – Golden Spike1952 – Bonnie Glen1953 – Pembina1957 – Swan Hill1959 – Judy Creek1959 – Swan Hill 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 (EUB) created to enforce productionstandards

Export Pipelines1950 – Interprovincial Pipeline (Enbridge)1953 – Trans Mountain Pipe Line

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Figure 7 Alberta mined bitumen and synthetic crude oil production and price

Cd

n$/

cub

ic m

etre

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

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/cu

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Figure 9 Historical natural gas production and price

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Gas production Alberta plant gate price

Gas prices as a by-product of oil production. Price less than replacement cost

Arbitration awardsprice increase

Regulated gas pricetied to oil prices.

Surplus built up

Price deregulation

Surplus gas drivesdown prices

PGT expansion

Late 1998: Northern Border/TCPL expansion 2000: Alliance Pipeline

Hurricanes Katerina and Ritahit U.S. Gulf Coast

Foothills Pipe Lines built for gas exports to California and the mid-western U.S.

1956: TransCanada Pipelinesbuilt to take Alberta gas to central Canada and the U.S. after debate over its charter in Parliament

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Figure 10 Sulphur closing inventories in Alberta and price

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ains

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Figure 11 Historical coal production and priceAustralian-Japan contract price for thermal coal (Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics - ABARE)

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Figure 2.2 Remaining established reserves under active development

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0%

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Figure 2.8 Alberta crude oil and equivalent production

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Figure 2.9 Total in situ bitumen production and producing bitumen wells

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Figure 2.10 In situ bitumen production by oil sands area (OSA)

Synthetic Crude Oil

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Athabasca OSA

Peace River OSA

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Figure 2.11 In situ bitumen production by recovery method

Synthetic Crude Oil

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CSS Production

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Figure 2.12 Alberta crude bitumen production

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In situ

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Figure 2.13 Alberta synthetic crude oil production

Synthetic Crude Oil

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Figure 2.16 Alberta oil sands upgrading coke inventory

Synthetic Crude Oil

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Figure 2.17 Alberta demand and disposition of crude bitumen and SCO

Synthetic Crude Oil

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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

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Figure 3.2 Annual changes in conventional crude oil reserves

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Figure 3.3 Annual changes to waterflood reserves

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New waterflood Waterflood revisions

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Figure 3.4 Distribution of oil reserves by size

Remaining reserves

(103m3)

Total number of pools

(103m3)

Initial reserves

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Figure 3.7 Geological distribution of reserves of conventional crude oil

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Figure 3.9 Alberta’s remaining established oil Reserves versus cumulative production

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Figure 3.14 Conventional crude oil production by modified PSAC area

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Figure 3.17 Crude oil well productivity in 2007

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Figure 3.18 Total conventional crude oil production by drilled year

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Figure 3.19 Comparison of crude oil production

Texas onshore

Louisiana onshore

Alberta crude oil

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Figure 3.20 WTI crude oil price and well activity

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actual forecast

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Figure 3.21 Alberta daily production of crude oil

Heavy

Light-medium

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Figure 3.22 Capacity and location of Alberta refineries

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Figure 3.23 Alberta demand and disposition of crude oil

Crude oil removals from Alberta

Alberta demand

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Figure 3.24 Alberta supply of crude oil and equivalent

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actual forecast

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Light-medium

SCO

Pentanes plusHeavy

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Figure 3.25 Alberta crude oil and equivalent production

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actual forecast

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actual forecast

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m3

Additions Production

Figure 5.1 Annual reserves additions and production of conventional marketable gas

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Figure 5.3 New, development, and revisions to conventional marketable gas reserves

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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 pools by size and discovery year

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MiddleDevonian

109 m

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Figure 5.7 Geological distribution of conventional marketable gas reserves

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Figure 5.8 Remaining conventional marketable reserves of sweet and sour gas

Sweet natural gas

Sour natural gas

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Per

cent

age

of c

ompo

nent

Removed at field plants Removed at straddle plants Marketable gas

Figure 5.9 Expected recovery of conventional natural gas components

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Figure 5.11 Conventional gas ultimate potential

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Remaining reserves

Production

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LowerCretaceous

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Gas

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lace

(10

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Ultimate potential Discovered gas in place

Figure 5.13 Conventional gas in place by geological period

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Figure 5.15 Successful conventional gas wells drilled and connected

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Figure 5.18 Marketable gas production by modified PSAC area

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PSAC 1

Gas from oil wells

PSAC 7

PSAC 8

% of totalproduction

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6%

9%

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Figure 5.19 Conventional marketable gas production and number of producing wells

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Figure 5.22 Natural gas well productivity in 2007

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Figure 5.23 Raw gas production by connection year

% of totalproduction from gas wells

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Figure 5.24 Raw gas production of sweet and sour gas

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Tcf

Figure 5.25 Comparison of raw natural gas production

Texas onshore

Louisiana onshore

Alberta

US total production

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du

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AlbertaAlberta excluding PSAC Area 3PSAC Area 3 (Southeastern Alberta)

Figure 5.26 Average initial natural gas well productivity in Alberta

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Figure 5.27 Alberta natural gas well activity and price

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New well connections Alberta plant gate price

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Figure 5.28 Conventional marketable gas production

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Figure 5.29 Gas production from bitumen upgrading and bitumen wells used for oil sands operations

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Figure 5.30 Total gas production in Alberta

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Figure 5.31 Alberta natural gas storage injection/withdrawal volumes

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Figure 5.34 Alberta marketable gas demand by sector

Reprocessing plant shrinkage

Transportation

Electricity generation

Other industrial

Industrial - petrochemical

Industrial – oil sands

Residential

Commercial

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Figure 5.35 Historical volumes “available for permitting”

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Mining and Upgrading

In Situ

In Situ Cogeneration

Mining and Upgrading Cogeneration

Figure 5.36 Purchased natural gas demand for oil sands operations

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Figure 5.37 Gas demand for bitumen recovery and upgrading

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Process gas from upgrading*

* Does not included process gas for electricity generation.

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Process Gas for Mining/Upgrading

Produced Gas from Bitumen Wells for In situ Recovery

Purchased Gas for In situ Recovery

Purchased Gas forElectricity Cogeneration

Purchased Gas for Mining/Upgrading

Process Gas for Electricity Cogeneration

Figure 5.38 Total Purchased, Process and Produced Gas for Oil

Sands Production

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Figure 5.39 Total marketable gas production and demand

25% 27% 31% 41% 50%

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Figure 6.1 Remaining established NGL reserves expected to be extracted from conventional gas and annual production

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Figure 6.2 Remaining established reserves of conventional natural gas liquids

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Figure 6.4 Ethane Supply and Demand

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Figure 6.5 Propane supply from natural gas and demand

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Supply Alberta Demand*

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Actual Forecast

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Figure 6.6 Butanes supply from natural gas and demand

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Figure 6.7 Pentanes plus supply from natural gas and demand for diluent

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Supply Alberta Demand*

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Demand met by alternative sources and types of diluent

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Figure 7.1 Sources of sulphur production

Sour gas

Refining and upgrading

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Figure 7.2 Sulphur production from gas processing plants in Alberta

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Figure 7.4 Canadian sulphur offshore exports

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Figure 7.5 Sulphur demand and supply in Alberta

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Removed from Alberta

Stockpile

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Stockpile

WithdrawalTotal Demand

Production

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Figure 9.1. Alberta electricity generating capacity

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Figure 9.2. Alberta electricity generation

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Figure 9.3. Alberta electricity transfers

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Figure 9.4. Alberta electricity consumption by sector

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Commercial Residential Agriculture

actual forecast

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9.5. Alberta oil sands electricity generation and demand* Industrial – oil sands historical data on electricity demand was estimated using an assumption of 10 kWh/bbl for thermal in situ oil sands projects that do not operate cogeneration units.

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Electricity Generation

Demand