Table S5.3  Forecast number of Alberta new natural gas wells placed on production
Year PSAC 1 PSAC 2  PSAC 2  PSAC 3 PSAC 4 PSAC 5  PSAC 5  PSAC 6 PSAC 7  PSAC 7  Shale CBMa - HSCb CBM - Mannville
Foothills Foothills Front Southeastern Alberta East Central Alberta Central Alberta Northeastern Alberta Northwestern
Alberta
    vertical horizontal     vertical horizontal   vertical horizontal      
2003 66 1280 67 5142 742 1300 19 601 936 13 0 840 51
2004 91 1581 46 6876 985 1664 6 535 951 6 0 1806 75
2005 63 1974 34 5626 962 2195 19 372 1129 10 1 2814 124
2006 89 2279 41 5654 820 1823 25 542 1049 19 0 3296 520
2007 66 1837 49 4549 510 1297 8 368 612 14 18 2507 262
2008 65 1495 123 3605 384 939 20 234 461 69 53 2030 251
2009 34 717 142 1990 160 437 11 129 154 64 4 1784 177
2010 15 769 278 1198 106 360 61 67 145 110 9 1082 53
2011 11 414 501 864 69 150 75 24 38 97 21 1138 50
2012 5 224 474 196 13 39 56 4 14 66 40 454 3
2013 2 97 520 181 14 40 51 1 16 56 73 230 7
2014 4 59 813 227 28 37 91 7 16 81 91 191 2
2015 4 27 740 162 11 29 54 1 5 48 116 167 1
2016 1 27 527 36 14 28 17 5 8 56 132 16 2
2017 1 47 850 42 24 44 30 24 15 85 112 17 8
2018 1 33 645 23 2 9 10 3 5 60 104 10 1
2019 1 10 554 14 2 11 6 2 1 55 73 9 1
2020 5 9 402 9 3 10 1 1 2 75 66 2 6
2021 0 7 535 19 18 15 16 0 4 131 54 12 2
2022 2 15 650 42 6 13 10 3 3 125 56 18 9
2023 1 15 650 29 1 19 1 2 7 102 61 29 4
2024 0 9 564 5 0 2 14 0 3 107 106 0 0
2025 0 10 630 10 0 5 15 0 5 110 120 10 0
2026 0 10 655 10 0 5 15 0 5 120 120 10 0
2027 0 10 670 15 0 5 15 0 5 120 125 10 0
2028 0 10 695 15 5 5 20 0 5 120 125 10 0
2029 0 10 715 15 5 5 20 0 5 120 130 10 0
2030 0 5 730 20 5 10 20 0 10 120 130 10 0
2031 0 5 745 20 5 10 25 0 10 125 130 10 0
2032 0 5 760 20 5 10 25 0 10 125 135 10 0
2033 0 5 770 20 5 10 25 0 10 125 135 10 0
2034 0 5 775 20 5 10 25 0 10 130 140 10 0
Note: Forecast values have been rounded.
a Coalbed methane.
b Horseshoe Canyon.