Conventional Oil Statistics

2007 Statistics (unless othewise stated)
Initial volume in-place 66.3 billion barrels
Remaining established reserves 1.5 billion barrels
Remaining ultimate potential 3.9 billion barrels
Successful oil wells drilled 1,769 wells
Wells drilled (all types) 16,702 wells
Production 525,000 barrels per day
2007/2008 Royalties $1.6 billion
Investment (upstream conventional oil and gas) $115 billion (2000-2006)

1,860,000 = barrels of Canadian crude exported to U.S. daily
2,623,000 = barrels of Canadian crude produced daily (2006 statistics)
1 = Canada’s rank as supplier of imported crude oil and refined products to U.S.

U.S. Sources of Crude Oil and Refined Product Imports - Thousand barrels per day/2007 average. (Source: U.S. DOE.EIA)

  • Canada – 2,426
  • Mexico – 1,533
  • Saudi Arabia – 1,489
  • Venezuela – 1,362
  • Nigeria – 1,132
  • Algeria – 670
  • Angola - 507
  • Iraq - 485
  • Russia - 413
  • Virgin Islands - 346 

 

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Last reviewed/revised: 2009-04-09