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Canadian oil and gas data, cleaned and explained.

Clean regulator files, fit decline curves and explore production in your browser. Download the open monthly dataset, read plain-language analysis here or by newsletter, and see our forecasts graded against what happened. Open source, and your files stay on your machine.

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Latest data: September 2026

Alberta oil2,631 thousand bbl/d+6.6% on a year earlier
Alberta gas13,540 MMcf/d+4.0% on a year earlier
Saskatchewan oil436 thousand bbl/d+4.1% on a year earlier
BC gas8,099 MMcf/d+11.4% on a year earlier

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Latest analysis

November 2026How fast do new wells decline in their first year?

A typical new Alberta oil well is producing about 40% of its early peak rate a year in; Saskatchewan oil 38%, Alberta gas 50%. The shape barely changed from 2022 to 2025.

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Decline-curve toolFit a curve to one well, forecast it and run simple economics.Production explorerMonthly charts for Alberta, Saskatchewan and BC.File cleanerTurn a regulator file into one tidy CSV, in your browser.Your Well posterMake a poster from your own well's production data.

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Open dataDownload the monthly dataset and see how it is checked.AnalysisA new study about every two weeks, plus monthly snapshots.Forecast scorecardForecasts written down first and graded in public.Data revisionsWhat the regulators changed after first publishing a month.

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MethodsSources, rules and limits behind every number.Data guideHow the regulator files work and where they trip people up.GlossaryOil and gas terms in plain words.What didn't workNegative results and mistakes we found.

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