Open File 5343 (CD-ROM) Oil and gas potential of the northern mainland, Canada (Mackenzie Corridor and northern Yukon) P.K. Hannigan, J. Dixon, and D.W. Morrow About the CD-ROM ---------------- A description of petroleum resource potential for all sedimentary strata in the northern mainland of Canada is presented in this open. The study area includes the Interior Platform of Northwest Territories, Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Northern Foreland Belt and Northern Yukon Fold Complex in Northwest Territories and Yukon. Very conservative estimates of total resource endowment in the Interior Platform are 1.22 x 109 m³ and 1.56 x 10¹² m³ of in-place oil and gas, respectively. Very high petroleum potential is expected to occur in the subcrop extent of Cambrian sands in the Colville Hills area, the Kee Scarp reef fairway near Norman Wells, and on the barrier and in the back-barrier of Presqu’ile barrier complex in the south. The greatest number of discoveries and potential in the northern mainland occurs in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, where total resource estimates are 1.13 x 109 m³ of mean recoverable oil and 3.32 x 10¹² m³ of mean recoverable gas. Gas hydrate potential in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin is immense (2.4 - 87 x 10¹² m³). In Liard Plateau of the Mackenzie Fold Belt, in-place resource potential for natural gas is 2.77 x 10¹¹ m³. In Eagle Plain basin, total resource endowment is predicted to be 6.94 x 107 m³ and 1.71 x 10¹¹ m³ (in-place volumes). With respect to nation-wide petroleum potential, Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin is rated high while the remainder of the northern mainland has a low to moderate rating. Data format is PDFV7.0.5(a PDFV7.0.5 reader can be found on this CD-ROM), CorelDRAW 12 and Microsoft Word. If you are reading this with a Mac or Unix operating system the autostart will not work. The user will find the complete pdf file (of5152.pdf) in the /pdf folder on this CD. Open Files are products that have not gone through the GSC formal publication process. CITATION -------- Hannigan, P.K., Dixon, J., and Morrow, D.W. 2006: Oil and gas potential of the northern mainland, Canada (Mackenzie Corridor and northern Yukon); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5343, 1 CD-ROM. Contents: -------------------- abstract.txt (abstract of this publication) adobe.txt (Adobe Acrobat Reader attribution statement) citation.txt (how to refer to this CD) licence.txt (legal information) metadata.txt (standard metadata describing this CD publication) \apps\AdbeRdr705_enu_full.exe (Adobe Acrobat Reader) \coreldraw\ (CorelDRAW 12.0 figures) \excel\ (Microsoft Excel files) \pdf\of5343.pdf (full text of publication in PDFV7.0.5 Format) \word\of5343.doc (complete report in Microsoft Word format) Contact Information ------------------- Questions, suggestions, and comments regarding this CD-ROM should be addressed to the author: P.K. Hannigan phone: (403) 292-7167 e-mail: Peter.Hannigan@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca fax: (403) 292-4961 Mailing address: Geological Survey of Canada Calgary 3303 - 33 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2L 2A7 J. Dixon phone: (403) 292-7136 e-mail: Jim.Dixon@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca fax: (403) 292-5377 Mailing address: Geological Survey of Canada Calgary 3303 - 33 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2L 2A7 D. W. Morrow phone: (403) 292-7143 e-mail: Dave.Morrow@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca fax: (403) 292-4961 Mailing address: Geological Survey of Canada Calgary 3303 - 33 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2L 2A7