OIL & GASBitumen

McMurray Formation (Athabasca)

McMurray Formation (Lower Cretaceous) — mined and SAGD fairway

Athabasca in-place bitumen inventory; the plank for the province's largest surface assets and the terminal anchor for the sub-surface wealth view.

VALUE UNDER EACH SCENARIO

How the price deck moves this asset

Scenario	Price index	Recoverable	Economic	Clears break-even
Reference	1.00×	$15T	$13T	87%
High Oil Price	1.57×	$23T	$23T	100%
Low Oil Price	0.50×	$7T	$3T	43%
Energy Transition	0.78×	$12T	$8T	68%
High Demand	1.28×	$19T	$19T	100%
Supply Shock	1.67×	$25T	$25T	100%
User Defined	1.00×	$15T	$13T	87%

Driver: oil-linked. Use the Scenario Laboratory sliders on the map for arbitrary assumptions.

SURVEY COVERAGE

Geology of Alberta — bedrock geology compilationAlberta Geological Survey (AGS) · Bedrock geology · 1:1,000,000 compilation over 1:50,000 ATS mappingHarmonizedPublication ↗
3D geological framework and depth models of AlbertaAlberta Geological Survey (AGS) · Subsurface geometry · 3D grids, 400–1,600 m cells; formation tops from AER well controlHarmonizedPublication ↗

Bedrock & surficial geology compilation — Alberta Geological Survey + GSC, Province-wide at 1:100,000 to 1:1,000,000 (ATS-tiled) (Harmonized)
3D geological framework & depth models — Alberta Geological Survey, Province-wide 3D grids, 400–1,600 m cells (Harmonized)

PROVENANCE

L13 · AGS Open Data Portal (surficial and bedrock geology)Alberta Geological Survey · Land · FreeSource ↗
L20 · AER well data (well lists, ST37)Alberta Energy Regulator · Land · MixedSource ↗
T11 · Geochemistry of Lithium-Bearing Groundwater in the Alberta Basin (DIG 2021-0021)Alberta Geological Survey · Target · FreeSource ↗