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Energy Overview
Proven Oil Reserves (January 1, 2009E) 178 billion barrels
Oil Production (2008E) 3,350 thousand barrels per day
Oil Consumption (2008E) 2,320 thousand barrels per day
Crude Oil Distillation Capacity (2008E) 2,030 thousand barrels per day
Proven Natural Gas Reserves (January 1, 2009E) 57.9 trillion cubic feet
Natural Gas Production (2007E) 6.6 trillion cubic feet
Natural Gas Consumption (2007E) 3.3 trillion cubic feet
Recoverable Coal Reserves (2005E) 7,251 million short tons
Coal Production (2007E) 76.5 million short tons
Coal Consumption (2007E) 68.7 million short tons
Electricity Installed Capacity (2007E) 125.6 gigawatts
Electricity Production (2006E) 595 billion kilowatt hours
Electricity Consumption (2006E) 530 billion kilowatt hours
Total Energy Consumption (2006E) 13.95 quadrillion Btus*, of which Oil (32%), Hydroelectricity (25%), Natural Gas (24%), Coal (10%), Nuclear (7%), Other Renewables (1%)
Total Per Capita Energy Consumption (2006E) 427 million Btus
Energy Intensity (2006E) 13,097 Btu per $2000-PPP**
Environmental Overview
Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions (2006E) 614 million metric tons
Per-Capita, Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions (2006E) 18.8 metric tons
Carbon Dioxide Intensity (2006E) 0.58 Metric tons per thousand $2000-PPP**
Oil and Gas Industry
Organization Private sector. Major companies include ExxonMobil (via its Imperial Oil subsidiary), Royal Dutch Shell, Suncor, EnCana, and Talisman Energy
Major Pipelines Enbridge, Kinder Morgan, TransCanada, Alliance Pipeline Limited, Maritimes and Northeast.
Major Refineries (capacity, bbl/d) Irving Oil St. John (250,000), Valero Energy Levis (215,000), Imperial Oil Edmonton (187,200)
* The total energy consumption statistic includes petroleum, dry natural gas, coal, net hydro, nuclear, geothermal, solar, wind, wood and waste electric power.
**GDP figures from Global Insight estimates based on purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates.

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July 2009
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