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Description

Alberta 's oil sands (or tar sand) underlie 142,200 square kilometres (km2) of land in northern Alberta and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels (270×109 m3) of bitumen.

These oil sands, hosted primarily in the McMurray Formation, consist of a mixture of crude bitumen (a semi-solid rock-like form of crude oil), silica sand, clay minerals, and water. The Athabasca deposit is the largest known reservoir of crude bitumen in the world and the largest of three major oil sands deposits in Alberta

Alberta’s three oil sands areas of Athabasca, Cold Lake and Peace River have regulatory boundaries established by the Alberta Energy Regulator. Each region has a Comprehensive Regional Infrastructure Sustainability Plan (CRISP).

Image RemovedMajor Oil and Gas Projects is a subset of Alberta Major Projects. It is an inventory of private and public sector projects in Alberta valued at $5 million or greater. Projects are grouped into the following categories:

  • Oil and Gas

  • Pipeline

  • Infrastructure

  • Industrial

  • Commercial

  • etc.

Originator

  1. Government of Alberta

Use Cases

Source(s)

Description

Source

Format

Date

Update Frequency

Metadata

Cost

Link

Remarks

Alberta Major Oil Sandsand Gas Projects

Alberta Government

Web Map

N/AExcel XLSX

Current

N/A

N/A

Free

Web Map

For reference only

Alberta Oil Sands

Canada Open Data

ESRI REST

N/A

N/A

N/A

Free

ESRI REST

Designated Oil Sands Area

Alberta Government

ESRI REST

N/A

N/A

N/A

Free

ESRI REST

Remarks

...

https://majorprojects.alberta.ca/#/

Click XLSX Full Dataset Download

Remarks

  1. Uses FME httpcaller to download spreadsheet.

Process for EGIS integration

ESRI REST:

  1. ESRI REST can be integrated directly into EGISFME workflow automation uses httpcaller to download Excel spreadsheet direct from source and geocode using Lat/Long for output to EGIS portal.

TC Smart Maps:

  1. Not all GIS applications can consume KML file directly due to its unique data structures such as networklinks, folders, models etc.

  2. Please contact Lawrence Chong, Digital Services Directorate for TC Smart Maps KML dataset and format translation.

  3. TC Smart Maps KML link: \\tc.gc.ca\tcgis\GISData\Google Mashup\EnvironmentalAffairs\ALbertaOilSands\AlbertaOilSands.kmz

Customization:

  1. Schema transformation: As required

  2. Denormalization: Not required

  3. Value coding: Not required

  4. Attribute renaming: As required to improve readability

  5. Attribute removal: It is highly recommended as some fields are unnecessary, this will also reduce file size and improve performance

  6. Geoenrichment: Feature symbolization is recommended to improve visualization

  7. Format translation: Not required

  8. Language translation: French version available for some dataset