Table 3.39
Established energy resource reserves
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| Coal 1 | Crude oil | Crude bitumen | Natural gas 2 | Uranium | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reserves | Reserve life | Reserves | Reserve life | Reserves | Reserve life | Reserves | Reserve life | Reserves | Reserve life | |
| megatonnes | years | millions of cubic metres | years | millions of cubic metres | years | billions of cubic metres | years | kilotonnes | years | |
| 1976 | 4,310.7 | 169 | 1,014.6 | 14 | 150.7 | 40 | 1,738.1 | 26 | 405 | 74 |
| 1977 | 4,117.0 | 144 | 969.1 | 13 | 111.2 | 33 | 1,790.2 | 25 | 415 | 72 |
| 1978 | 4,092.6 | 134 | 942.7 | 13 | 321.5 | 68 | 1,911.2 | 25 | 438 | 53 |
| 1979 | 4,021.8 | 121 | 903.3 | 11 | 353.1 | 48 | 1,977.0 | 24 | 468 | 72 |
| 1980 | 4,192.5 | 114 | 860.7 | 11 | 333.9 | 32 | 2,028.3 | 28 | 444 | 66 |
| 1981 | 4,159.9 | 104 | 827.8 | 12 | 325.0 | 37 | 2,084.8 | 27 | 340 | 45 |
| 1982 | 5,704.0 | 133 | 780.6 | 12 | 315.6 | 34 | 2,147.7 | 31 | 376 | 49 |
| 1983 | 5,981.0 | 134 | 792.4 | 12 | 310.4 | 18 | 2,125.9 | 29 | 333 | 49 |
| 1984 | 6,120.6 | 107 | 776.3 | 11 | 328.8 | 28 | 2,106.1 | 27 | 260 | 25 |
| 1985 | 6,011.8 | 99 | 790.5 | 11 | 343.4 | 22 | 2,079.8 | 25 | 263 | 25 |
| 1986 | 6,338.9 | 110 | 774.6 | 11 | 574.4 | 30 | 2,032.1 | 26 | 265 | 23 |
| 1987 | 6,583.5 | 108 | 753.6 | 11 | 572.5 | 28 | 1,955.3 | 25 | 258 | 19 |
| 1988 | 6,542.3 | 93 | 739.2 | 10 | 566.5 | 26 | 1,931.2 | 19 | 248 | 21 |
| 1989 | 6,472.6 | 92 | 707.8 | 10 | 542.2 | 23 | 1,957.1 | 19 | 249 | 23 |
| 1990 | 6,580.7 | 96 | 657.3 | 10 | 524.0 | 23 | 1,978.6 | 18 | 295 | 30 |
| 1991 | 6,545.2 | 92 | 614.9 | 9 | 501.7 | 22 | 1,965.2 | 20 | 305 | 37 |
| 1992 | 6,522.1 | 99 | 590.4 | 8 | 482.2 | 20 | 1,929.1 | 15 | 309 | 34 |
| 1993 | 6,449.4 | 93 | 582.2 | 7 | 457.6 | 19 | 1,859.9 | 13 | 313 | 36 |
| 1994 | 6,372.2 | 88 | 544.5 | 7 | 565.0 | 24 | 1,832.7 | 13 | 300 | 27 |
| 1995 | 6,293.4 | 84 | 553.0 | 7 | 574.0 | 20 | 1,840.9 | 12 | 484 | 47 |
| 1996 | 6,210.7 | 82 | 526.7 | 7 | 660.8 | 24 | 1,725.9 | 11 | 430 | 38 |
| 1997 | 6,132.0 | 78 | 532.2 | 7 | 614.0 | 19 | 1,620.4 | 10 | 419 | 38 |
| 1998 | 6,056.9 | 81 | 673.5 | 8 | 1,336.0 | 35 | 1,562.2 | 10 | 433 | 43 |
| 1999 | 5,502.1 | 76 | 642.5 | 8 | 1,891.1 | 53 | 1,526.8 | 9 | 417 | 41 |
| 2000 | 4,722.8 | 68 | 667.3 | 8 | 1,860.0 | 48 | 1,614.5 | 9 | 437 | 44 |
| 2001 | 4,555.3 | 67 | 644.7 | 8 | 1,830.0 | 44 | 1,547.8 | 9 | 452 | 35 |
| 2002 | 4,485.3 | 66 | 606.1 | 7 | 1,840.0 | 38 | 1,529.6 | 9 | 439 | 34 |
| 2003 | 4,406.4 | 71 | 590.0 | 7 | 1,720.0 | 31 | 1,469.5 | 9 | 429 | 43 |
| 2004 | 4,666.3 | 66 | 603.8 | 8 | 1,660.0 | 26 | 1,497.5 | 9 | 444 | 39 |
| 2005 | 4,560.4 | 68 | 752.3 | 10 | 1,620.0 | 28 | 1,553.7 | 9 | 431 | 34 |
| 2006 | 4,468.8 | 68 | 712.6 | 9 | 3,340.0 | 51 | 1,577.7 | 9 | 423 | 43 |
| 2007 | 4,395.1 | 63 | 722.8 | 9 | 3,500.0 | 50 | 1,534.0 | 9 | 482 | 53 |
Includes bituminous, sub-bituminous and lignite
coal.
Includes natural gas liquids (ethane, butane,
propane and pentanes plus).
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