Subsurface (Geology)

Information related to sub-surface geology and reserves in the province of Alberta. For more geological reports, digital data, and maps, please see the Alberta Geological Survey.

Alberta Energy Outlook (ST98)

Frequency of Publication
Annually
Description

The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) provides for the safe, efficient, orderly, and environmentally responsible development of hydrocarbon, geothermal, and mineral resources over their entire life cycle. As part of this mandate, one of the AER's key services is to provide credible information about Alberta's energy resources that can be used for decision making. The AER issues a report every year that gives stakeholders independent and comprehensive information on the state of hydrocarbon reserves and the supply and demand outlook for Alberta's diverse energy resources: crude bitumen, crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, coal, and emerging resources. Following the 2025 partial release, the reserves data in this report has been fully updated to reflect the main findings o the complete external report by McDaniel & Associates. Additionally, this report discusses prices and capital expenditures in the oil and gas sector, pipelines, carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), and other infrastructure related to Alberta's energy resources.

Alberta Energy Outlook also provides downloadable report data for:

  • Executive Summary
  • Petroleum Reserves
  • Prices and Capital Expenditure
  • Crude Bitumen
  • Crude Oil
  • Natural Gas
  • Natural Gas Liquids
  • Coal
  • Pipelines and Other Infrastructure
  • Emerging Resources
  • Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
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Self-Service

Annual Report HTML free self-serve
Statistics and Data XLS free self-serve
Alberta Energy Outlook PDF free self-serve
Highlights Infographic PDF free self-serve
Oil and Gas Pool Reserve Files (current year) XLS free self-serve
Section Gas Table Reserve File TXT free self-serve

Individual Products

Historical Reserves - Single file (annual, files available for 1950-1999, as ST18, ST18A) PDF $10.00
Single annual file. All of Alberta Oil or Gas (files available for 1950-2016) TXT $10.00