Table S4.2  Alberta new crude oil wells placed on production by PSAC area
Year PSAC 1a PSAC 2a PSAC 3 PSAC 3 PSAC 4 PSAC 4 PSAC 5a PSAC 6ab PSAC 7 PSAC 7
Foothills Foothills Front Southeastern Alberta East Central Alberta Central Alberta Northeastern Alberta Northwestern Alberta
  horizontal  horizontal  vertical horizontal  vertical horizontal  horizontal  horizontal  vertical horizontal 
2001 7 235 303 172 460 73 384 0 278 54
2002 3 168 260 296 365 45 300 0 236 30
2003 10 281 342 408 446 128 355 1 261 30
2004 8 286 223 267 498 96 381 1 223 42
2005 18 286 235 262 395 56 359 0 302 66
2006 17 376 218 158 448 65 364 7 289 77
2007 7 243 206 174 415 142 302 4 255 60
2008 4 291 242 163 370 118 334 9 246 82
2009 1 137 161 147 261 73 178 5 93 40
2010 2 386 213 242 316 187 525 0 141 153
2011 6 722 241 288 357 331 740 1 107 291
2012 16 839 215 301 246 322 777 2 72 329
2013 15 794 114 298 254 323 622 3 45 271
2014 22 721 59 335 186 386 518 0 52 289
2015 0 325 21 192 53 141 167 0 22 119
2016 0 138 16 128 35 105 165 0 18 49
2017 2 309 28 247 25 434 391 0 18 229
2018 0 389 27 381 27 492 282 5 19 345
2019 0 290 13 421 29 395 252 8 16 321
2020 0 156 5 206 2 185 220 1 7 279
2021 1 287 9 180 15 387 392 0 5 489
2022 0 366 5 342 4 670 886 0 11 1,182
2023 0 345 6 274 15 691 464 < 5 10 955
2024 0 375 5 295 15 710 460 < 5 10 950
2025 0 375 5 295 15 705 465 < 5 10 940
2026 0 370 5 290 15 695 470 < 5 10 930
2027 0 365 5 290 15 685 475 < 5 10 925
2028 0 365 5 285 15 680 475 < 5 10 915
2029 0 365 5 285 15 675 475 < 5 10 905
2030 0 365 5 280 15 675 470 < 5 10 900
2031 0 370 5 280 15 675 465 < 5 10 895
2032 0 370 5 280 15 680 455 < 5 15 895
2033 0 375 5 280 15 685 445 < 5 15 890
a Majority of wells are horizontal.
b PSAC Area 6 overlaps with the Athabasca Oil Sands Area boundary and does not have significant activity.