Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol.4, No.4, pp. 347-375, 1982

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CANADIAN HYDROCARBON RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT UP TO THE YEAR 2000

H. H. Teitz and F. G. Young*

*Home Oil Company Ltd, 2300 Home Oil Tower, 324-8th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2P 2Z5, Canada. This paper forms one of a series on "World Petroleum Prospects".

Abstract

Canada is blessed with numerous large and small sedimentary basins, both onshore and offshore, many of which have hardly been probed for their hydrocarbon potential. Only the most promising aspects of this potential can be highlighted in a brief review such as this, and hence the objectives of the report are (i), to present a regional assessment of the onshore and offshore basins in Canada and to document reservoir units for both conventional and non-conventional hydrocarbon occurrences within the basin fills which may yield significant discoveries in the future (Map 1), and (ii) to emphasize Canada's political-investment environment, and the roles of Petro-Canada, Native Land claims, etc., since most, if not all, of the exploratory targets mentioned require large financial commitments and stable domestic and global conditions.