Canadian exporters now compete for US trade with relatively few regulatory and market impediments and further increases in sales can be expected. Natural gas resources are available and an excess of productive capacity in conventional areas of western Canada as high as 1 EJ per year is possible. Considerable supplies from unconventional sources are expected to be available. Exports now utilize 80% of pipeline capacity with expansions planned to serve the Californian market, to serve the Northeast US and to market northern Canadian gas. Exports of 1.9 to 2.0 Tcf/yr are possible.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (AERCB) (1979). Ultimate Potential for Gas in Alberta, Report 79-6, November, 1989, Calgary, Alberta.
2.
KevinBrown J. (1988). Towards a Continental Natural Gas Market: Historical Perspectives and Long-Term Outlook, Study No. 26, Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI). Calgary, Alberta, March, 1988.
3.
California Gas and Electric Utilities (1989). 1988 California Gas Report, Sacramento, California.
4.
Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) (1990). 2020 Vision, Working Paper.
5.
Gas Research Institute (GRI) (1990). Baseline Projection Data Book, Washington, D.C.
6.
LeonardA. Coad and DavidH. Maerz, Continental Natural Gas Market: Canadian Export Capacity in the 90's.
7.
National Energy Board (NEB) (1987). Reasons for Decision in the Matter of Review of Natural Gas Surplus Determination Procedures, Appendix 6, July, 1987.
8.
National Energy Board (NEB) (1988). Canadian Energy Supply and Demand: 1987-2005, Ottawa, Ontario, September, 1988.
9.
National Energy Board (NEB) (1989). 1989 Annual Report, Ottawa, Ontario.
10.
National Energy Board (NEB) (1989). Reasons for Decision in the Matter of Review of Natural Gas Surplus Determination Procedures, GH-10-88, Ottawa, Ontario: August, 1989.
11.
ProctorR.M., TaylorG.D., and WadeJ.A. (1983). Oil and Natural Gas Resources of Canada, 1983, Paper 83-31, Calgary, Alberta: Geological Survey of Canada, 1983.
