The Daily, Wednesday, February 8, 2006. Crude oil and natural gas: Supply and disposition

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Crude oil and natural gas: Supply and disposition

November 2005 (preliminary)

Previous release

The production of crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbons continued to grow in November, rising 5.3% compared to November 2004. The increase was mostly attributable to higher crude oil production in Newfoundland and Labrador, with the Terra Nova field returning to full production and the White Rose field coming online. Alberta continued to show increased production, particularly for synthetic crude.

Crude oil exports, which accounted for 61.4% of total production, increased 3.9% over the same period in 2004.

The year-to-date production of crude oil was 3.6% lower over the same period in 2004, while crude oil exports declined 3.9%.

Marketable natural gas production edged down 0.8% compared with November 2004. A 2.9% drop in domestic natural gas sales from November 2004 was the result of lower sales in the industrial (-13.8%) sector.

Year-to-date production of marketable natural gas advanced 1.4% compared to the same period in 2004. This increase was offset by a year-to-date decrease in domestic sales of 3.2%.

Crude oil and natural gas

Nov. 2004

Nov. 2005

Nov. 2004 to Nov. 2005

thousands of cubic metres

% change

Crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbons¹

Production

12 359.8

13 019.9

5.3

Exports

7 694.4

7 991.0

3.9

Imports²

4 359.5

5 169.6

18.6

Refinery receipts

9 095.0

9 086.1

-0.1

millions of cubic metres

% change

Natural gas³

Marketable production

13 899.1

13 789.9

-0.8

Exports

8 993.5

8 945.6

-0.5

Canadian domestic sales⁴

6 403.2

6 216.8

-2.9

Jan. to Nov. 2004

Jan. to Nov. 2005

Jan.-Nov. 2004 to Jan.-Nov. 2005

thousands of cubic metres

% change

Crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbons¹

Production

137 157.9

132 251.6

-3.6

Exports

86 432.7

83 054.4

-3.9

Imports²

49 704.2

49 620.6

-0.2

Refinery receipts

101 300.1

98 030.2

-3.2

millions of cubic metres

% change

Natural gas³

Marketable production

151 928.0

154 075.0

1.4

Exports

95 090.2

96 901.7

1.9

Canadian domestic sales⁴

63 892.7

61 850.7

-3.2

1.	Disposition may differ from production because of inventory change, industry own-use, etc.
2.	Crude oil received by Canadian refineries from foreign countries for processing. Data may differ from International Trade Division (ITD) estimates because of timing differences and the inclusion of crude oil landed in Canada for future re-export in the ITD data.
3.	Disposition may differ from production because of inventory change, usage as pipeline fuel, pipeline losses, line-pack fluctuations, etc.
4.	Includes direct sales.

Available on CANSIM: tables 126-0001 and 131-0001.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2198.

Preliminary data are available on CANSIM at the national level to November 2005 inclusive. At the national and provincial level, detailed information is available for crude oil (126-0001) up to August 2005 inclusive, and for natural gas (131-0001) up to May 2005 inclusive.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact the dissemination officer (1-866-873-8789; 613-951-9497; energ@statcan.gc.ca), Manufacturing, Construction and Energy Division.