Crude oil and natural gas: Supply and disposition, February 2012 (preliminary data)

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Domestic production of crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbons was up 11.4% to 14.9 million cubic metres in February from February 2011.

During the same period, crude oil exports rose 15.9%.

Marketable natural gas production was down 2.3% to 12.4 billion cubic metres.

Domestic sales of natural gas decreased 1.0%, while natural gas exports declined 10.3%.

From January to February, domestic production of crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbons decreased 6.4% while marketable production of natural gas fell 7.3%.

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Preliminary data are available on CANSIM at the national level to February 2012 inclusive. At the national and provincial level detailed information is available for crude oil (126-0001) and for natural gas (131-0001) up to September 2011 inclusive.

Table 1 
Crude oil and natural gas: Supply and disposition (key indicators)

Available without charge in CANSIM: tables CANSIM table126-0001 and CANSIM table131-0001.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number survey number2198.

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