Birch Oil and Gas Field (Alberta, Canada)

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Birch Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Alberta, Canada.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Birch Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Birch Operating[1] 1917[2]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Birch Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
gas original gas in place 5643 million m³ 2019 [2]
gas remaining reserves 301 million m³ 2020 [3]
gas remaining reserves 145 million m³ 2022 [1]
oil oil in place 9.57 million bbl 2019 [2]
oil remaining reserves 0.26 million bbl 2020 [3]
oil remaining reserves 0.22 million bbl 2022 [1]

Table 3: Production from Birch Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year million m³ = million cubic meters million bbl = million barrels of oil
Category Fuel Description Quantity Units Data Year Source
cumulative production gas 3633 million m³ 2019 [2]
cumulative production gas 3920 million m³ 2020 [3]
cumulative production oil 0.18 million bbl 2019 [2]
cumulative production oil 0.19 million bbl 2020 [3]
cumulative production oil 0.23 million bbl 2022 [4]
cumulative production gas 3643 million m³ 2022 [4]
production gas 5 million m³/y 2020 [5]
production oil 0.02 million bbl/y 2020 [6]
production gas 5 million m³/y 2022 [1]
production oil 0.02 million bbl/y 2022 [1]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Birch Oil and Gas Field

Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Alberta, Canada[7] 53.343, -111.484 (exact)[7]

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Alberta Energy Regulator. 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231218183852/https://static.aer.ca/prd/documents/sts/ST98/2023/ST98-Reserves-data.zip. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Alberta Oil & Gas Pool Reserves 2019". Alberta Energy Regulator. 2019. Archived from the original on April 1, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Alberta Oil & Gas Pool Reserves 2019". Alberta Energy Regulator. 2019. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Oil and Gas Pool Reserve Files". Alberta Energy Regulator. 2022. Archived from the original on Nov 20, 2023. Retrieved Nov 20, 2023.
  5. Alberta Oil & Gas Pool Reserves 2020, Alberta Oil & Gas Pool Reserves 2019
  6. Alberta Oil & Gas Pool Reserves 2020, Alberta Oil & Gas Pool Reserves 2019
  7. 7.0 7.1 "AER Order System Shapefile". Alberta Energy Regulator. 2020. Archived from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.