Who We Are: The Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) represents Canada's transmission pipeline companies. Our members transport 97% of Canada's daily crude oil and natural gas production from producing regions to markets throughout Canada and the United States.

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CEPA Statistics - 2007

CEPA Members:

Transport 97% of the oil and natural gas produced in Canada.

Crude Oil & Equivalent:

CEPA Members transport approximately 2.72 million barrels/day of crude oil & equivalent on member pipelines:

870,000 barrels/day to Canadian markets
1.85 million barrels/day to international markets

The value of this exported crude oil was approximately $41.2 billion

Canada is the largest supplier of crude oil to the United States

Natural Gas:

CEPA Members transport approximately 16.3 billion cubic feet/day of natural gas on member pipelines:

6.3 billion cubic feet/day to Canadian markets
10.4 billion cubic feet/day to U.S. markets

The value of this exported natural gas was approximately $27.8 billion

Canada is the second largest global exporter of natural gas

Other Facts & Figures:

Operate over 100,000 kilometres of pipelines in Canada and the United States, Canada has the largest pipeline network in the world for crude oil

Have an asset value of approximately (USD) $20 billion

Pipeline assets must double in size by 2015 to meet forecast production increases

Employ over 24,000 people (direct and indirect)

Canadian operations: Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

United States operations: Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Maine

Canadian Production & Reserves

Crude Oil & Equivalent:

2.8 million barrels/day total production:

1.57 million barrels/day of conventional crude oil and condensate
1.23 million barrels per day of oil sands product (synthetic crude oil and unprocessed bitumen)

178.3 billion barrels proven reserves:

4.9 billion barrels of conventional
173.4 billion barrels of oil sands reserves in active development areas

315 billion barrels of ultimately recoverable oil sands reserves

Natural Gas:

16.8 billion cubic feet/day total production
58.1 trillion cubic feet proven conventional reserves
500 trillion cubic feet of potential unconventional gas reserves

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