Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Rokosh, C.D.
Originator: Lyster, S.
Originator: Anderson, S.D.A.
Originator: Beaton, A.P.
Originator: Berhane, H.
Originator: Brazzoni, T.
Originator: Chen, D.
Originator: Cheng, Y.
Originator: Mack, T.
Originator: Pana, C.
Originator: Pawlowicz, J.G.
Publication Date: 201307
Title:
Alberta Shale Report: Shale- and Siltstone-Hosted Hydrocarbon Resources of Alberta (tabular data, tab-delimited format, to accompany Open File Report 2012-06)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: tabular digital data
Series Information:
Series Name: Digital Data
Issue Identification: DIG 2013-0023
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications/DIG/ZIP/DIG_2013_0023.zip
Description:
Abstract:

This digital data release contains the estimated quantities of shale- and siltstone-hosted hydrocarbons in Alberta described in Energy Resources Conservation Board/Alberta Geological Survey (ERCB/AGS) Open File Report 2012-06. The estimates are for the following units:

- Duvernay Formation

- Muskwa Formation

- Montney Formation

- Combined basal Banff and Exshaw formations in southern Alberta

- North Nordegg Member

- Wilrich Member

For information on the extent and characteristics of the shale and siltstone units and the overall resource assessment approach see Energy Resources Conservation Board/Alberta Geological Survey Open File Report 2012-06.

For a detailed description of the resource assessment methodology see Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey Open File Report 2013-13.

Purpose:
To provide the public with estimates of Alberta's shale- and siltstone-hosted hydrocarbon resources in place.
Supplemental Information: Language: In English;
Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Range of Dates/Times:
Beginning Date: 2010
Ending Date: 2012
Currentness Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: Unknown
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -120
East Bounding Coordinate: -110
North Bounding Coordinate: 60
South Bounding Coordinate: 49
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: none
Theme Keyword: banff formation
Theme Keyword: duvernay formation
Theme Keyword: exshaw formation
Theme Keyword: montney formation
Theme Keyword: muskwa formation
Theme Keyword: natural gas
Theme Keyword: nordegg member
Theme Keyword: oil
Theme Keyword: resource assessment
Theme Keyword: shale
Theme Keyword: shale gas
Theme Keyword: wilrich member
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: none
Place Keyword: 72e
Place Keyword: 72l
Place Keyword: 72m
Place Keyword: 73d
Place Keyword: 73e
Place Keyword: 73l
Place Keyword: 73m
Place Keyword: 74d
Place Keyword: 74e
Place Keyword: 74l
Place Keyword: 74m
Place Keyword: 82g
Place Keyword: 82h
Place Keyword: 82i
Place Keyword: 82j
Place Keyword: 82n
Place Keyword: 82o
Place Keyword: 82p
Place Keyword: 83a
Place Keyword: 83b
Place Keyword: 83c
Place Keyword: 83d
Place Keyword: 83e
Place Keyword: 83f
Place Keyword: 83g
Place Keyword: 83h
Place Keyword: 83i
Place Keyword: 83j
Place Keyword: 83k
Place Keyword: 83l
Place Keyword: 83m
Place Keyword: 83n
Place Keyword: 83o
Place Keyword: 83p
Place Keyword: 84a
Place Keyword: 84b
Place Keyword: 84c
Place Keyword: 84d
Place Keyword: 84e
Place Keyword: 84f
Place Keyword: 84g
Place Keyword: 84h
Place Keyword: 84i
Place Keyword: 84j
Place Keyword: 84k
Place Keyword: 84l
Place Keyword: 84m
Place Keyword: 84n
Place Keyword: 84o
Place Keyword: 84p
Place Keyword: alberta
Place Keyword: canada
Access Constraints: Public
Use Constraints:
Acknowledgement of the Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey as the originator/source of this information is required as described in the Open Government License - Alberta.
Point of Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Alberta Energy Regulator
Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW
City: Edmonton
State or Province: Alberta
Postal Code: T6B 2X3
Country: Canada
Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
Contact Electronic Mail Address: AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Data Set Credit: K. Mckay
Native Data Set Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Energy Resources Conservation Board
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Rokosh, C.D.
Originator: Lyster, S.
Originator: Anderson, S.D.A.
Originator: Beaton, A.P.
Originator: Berhane, H.
Originator: Brazzoni, T.
Originator: Chen, D.
Originator: Cheng, Y.
Originator: Mack, T.
Originator: Pana, C.
Originator: Pawlowicz, J.G.
Publication Date: 20121105
Title: Summary of Alberta's Shale- and Siltstone-Hosted Hydrocarbon Resource Potential
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: document
Series Information:
Series Name: Open File Report
Issue Identification: OFR 2012-06
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
Other Citation Details: ISBN: 978-1-4601-0082-0
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Lyster, S.
Publication Date: 201306
Title: Quantification of Uncertainty in Shale Gas Resources
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: document
Series Information:
Series Name: Open File Report
Issue Identification: OFR 2013-13
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Energy Resources Conservation Board
Other Citation Details: ISBN: 978-1-4601-0108-7
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Rokosh, C.D.
Originator: Lyster, S.
Originator: Anderson, S.D.A.
Originator: Beaton, A.P.
Originator: Berhane, H.
Originator: Brazzoni, T.
Originator: Chen, D.
Originator: Cheng, Y.
Originator: Mack, T.
Originator: Pana, C.
Originator: Pawlowicz, J.G.
Publication Date: 201307
Title: Alberta Shale Report: Outlines of Evaluated Shale and Siltstone Units (GIS data, polygon features)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Series Information:
Series Name: Digital Data
Issue Identification: DIG 2013-0024
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
Data Quality Information:
Logical Consistency Report:

These resource tables are associated with the Alberta Township System. Each township may have multiple resource values associated with it for different shale and silstone units.

The probabalistic nature of the resource estimation methodology means that the P10, P50, and P90 values at the township scale (as provided in this release) do not sum to the P10, P50, and P90 values at the assessment unit scale (as provided in Energy Resources Conservation Board/Alberta Geological Survey Open File Report 2012-06).

Completeness Report:

This dataset only includes those shale and siltstone units that were evaluated for original hydrocarbons in place for Energy Resources Conservation Board/Alberta Geological Survey Open File Report 2012-06. There are other geological units included in that report that were not quantitatively assessed and are not included in this dataset.

Only townships that are within the assessed area for a shale or siltstone unit have associated values.

Lineage:
Process Step:
Process Description:

We modelled the shale and siltstone hosted hydrocarbons of select units using a novel method for quantification of uncertainty. The steps are as follows:

1. Map the densely-sampled variables (e.g. depth or thickness) using geostatistical techniques.

2. Model the relationship of secondary variables to the mapped variables (e.g. pressure based on depth).

3. Assign distributions to the other variables (e.g. water saturation) based on the limited samples that are available.

4. Determine the extents of different fluid zones for oil/condensate/gas saturations.

5. Use Monte Carlo simulation to vary all of the input parameters and generate 1000 realizations of the resources in place.

See Energy Resources Conservation Board/Alberta Geological Survey Open File Report 2013-13 for a full writeup of the methodology.

Process Date: 2012
Spatial Data Organization Information:
Direct Spatial Reference Method: Point
Point and Vector Object Information:
SDTS Terms Description:
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: Point
Point and Vector Object Count: 6429
Spatial Reference Information:
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude Resolution: 0.000180
Longitude Resolution: 0.000105
Geographic Coordinate Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model:
Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-Major Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222
Entity and Attribute Information:
Detailed Description:
Entity Type:
Entity Type Label: tbl_Resources
Entity Type Definition: Results for shale and siltstone hosted hydrocarbon resources.
Entity Type Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Township
Attribute Definition: Township number of the Alberta Township System.
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 1
Range Domain Maximum: 126
Attribute Units of Measure:
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Range
Attribute Definition: Range number of the Alberta Township System.
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 1
Range Domain Maximum: 30
Attribute Units of Measure:
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Meridian
Attribute Definition: Meridian number of the Alberta Township System.
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 4
Range Domain Maximum: 6
Attribute Units of Measure:
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Evaluation_Unit
Attribute Definition: Geological unit for which resources were assessed.
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Values do not exist in a known, predefined set.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Number_of_Sections_Evaluated
Attribute Definition:
Number of sections that were evaluated in the township for the specified geological unit. The maximum number is 36.
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 1
Range Domain Maximum: 36
Attribute Units of Measure:
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Gas_P90
Attribute Definition:
The P90 (low case) estimate for the original natural gas in place with 90% certainty that there is at least this much natural gas in the assessed unit within the specified township in [billions of cubic feet].
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 5199.3
Attribute Units of Measure: billions of cubic feet
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Gas_P50
Attribute Definition:
The P50 (medium case) estimate for the original natural gas in place with 50% certainty that there is at least this much natural gas in the assessed unit within the specified township in [billions of cubic feet].
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 7232.1
Attribute Units of Measure: billions of cubic feet
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Gas_P10
Attribute Definition:
The P10 (high case) estimate for the original natural gas in place with 10% certainty that there is at least this much natural gas in the assessed unit within the specified township in [billions of cubic feet].
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 9386.3
Attribute Units of Measure: billions of cubic feet
Attribute:
Attribute Label: NGL_P90
Attribute Definition:
The P90 (low case) estimate for the original natural gas liquids in place with 90% certainty that there is at least this much natural gas liquids in the assessed unit within the specified township in [millions of barrels].
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 113.5
Attribute Units of Measure: millions of barrels
Attribute:
Attribute Label: NGL_P50
Attribute Definition:
The P50 (medium case) estimate for the original natural gas liquids in place with 50% certainty that there is at least this much natural gas liquids in the assessed unit within the specified township in [millions of barrels].
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 201.8
Attribute Units of Measure: millions of barrels
Attribute:
Attribute Label: NGL_P10
Attribute Definition:
The P10 (high case) estimate for the original natural gas liquids in place with 10% certainty that there is at least this much natural gas liquids in the assessed unit within the specified township in [millions of barrels].
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 394.6
Attribute Units of Measure: millions of barrels
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Oil_P90
Attribute Definition:
The P90 (low case) estimate for the original oil in place with 90% certainty that there is at least this much oil in the assessed unit within the specified township in [millions of barrels].
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 836.4
Attribute Units of Measure: millions of barrels
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Oil_P50
Attribute Definition:
The P50 (medium case) estimate for the original oil in place with 50% certainty that there is at least this much oil in the assessed unit within the specified township in [millions of barrels].
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 1534.1
Attribute Units of Measure: millions of barrels
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Oil_P10
Attribute Definition:
The P10 (high case) estimate for the original oil in place with 10% certainty that there is at least this much oil in the assessed unit within the specified township in [millions of barrels].
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 2607.5
Attribute Units of Measure: millions of barrels
Distribution Information:
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Alberta Energy Regulator
Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW
City: Edmonton
State or Province: Alberta
Postal Code: T6B 2X3
Country: Canada
Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
Contact Electronic Mail Address: AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Distribution Liability:
The Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey (AER/AGS) licenses this information under the Open Government License - Alberta. Any references to proprietary software in our documentation, and/or any use of proprietary data formats in our releases, do not constitute endorsement by the AER/AGS of any manufacturer's product.
Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata Date: 20131107
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Alberta Energy Regulator
Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW
City: Edmonton
State or Province: Alberta
Postal Code: T6B 2X3
Country: Canada
Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
Contact Electronic Mail Address: AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time
Metadata Access Constraints: none
Metadata Use Constraints: none