Research, statistics, and assessments

Information below includes

statistics on oil and gas production in areas we regulate
resource assessments
information for non-confidential wells located on federal lands we administer under the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act

North and offshore production and exploration statistics

Production statistics: These statistics are based on oil and gas production data as received from operating companies on fields located in areas we regulate. Only two fields are producing: (1) Imperial’s operations in Norman Wells Proven Area of the central Mackenzie Valley and (2) the Ikhil field in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region about 50 kilometres north of Inuvik. The report lists monthly hydrocarbon and water production volumes by field.

The Office of the Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations, or OROGO, provides production statistics for fields located in the Northwest Territories outside of the onshore part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region and the Norman Wells Proven Area.

Report: Frontier Production Statistics (Revised 21 May 2019) [EXCEL 521 KB]
Report: OROGO Production Statistics

Exploration statistics: This report is a summary of oil and gas exploration drilling, geophysical, and geological activities in areas we regulate. There will be no report for any week in which there are no oil and gas exploration work or activities.

OROGO provides oil and gas exploration statistics for activities in the Northwest Territories outside of the onshore part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region and the Norman Wells Proven Area.

No reports for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
No updates expected for 2020 (no work is currently being done)

Table of formation tops

This table of formation tops contains information for non-confidential wells located on federal lands we administer under the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act.

The table includes:

well names
unique well identifiers
current formation names
measured depth
true vertical depths with elevations
geographic descriptions

This table is a collaborative effort between us and three of our partners: the Government of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories Geoscience Office, and the Natural Resources Canada's Geological Survey of Canada.