Natural gas & condensate (Montney, Duvernay, Deep Basin)
136 Tcf proved gas feeds oil sands steam, power, petrochemicals, hydrogen and LNG Canada.
Alberta holds 136 Tcf of proved marketable gas (151 Tcf proved + probable) with Montney alone at 58 Tcf. Marketable output was 11.5 Bcf/d in 2025 and the AER sees 13.5 Bcf/d by 2035 as LNG Canada and petrochemical demand pull on the basin. AECO under C$2/GJ means liquids and ethane credits decide which wells get drilled.
Deep Basin Spirit River (Wilrich, Falher, Notikewin)
Cardium gas
Foothills Devonian sour gas
Official reserve pins on the map
Marketable natural gas — proved136 Tcf · Remaining established reserves · 31 Dec 2023AGS/AER INF 161 ↗
Montney gas — P+P (plus 2.9 Bbbl condensate)64.5 Tcf · Remaining established reserves · 31 Dec 2023AER ST98 2026 reserves ↗
Spirit River (Deep Basin) gas — P+P41.7 Tcf · Remaining established reserves · 31 Dec 2023AER ST98 2026 reserves ↗
Duvernay gas — P+P17.7 Tcf · Remaining established reserves · 31 Dec 2023AER ST98 2026 reserves ↗
Live Atlas valuation (reference scenario)
2 subsurface assets priced by the Atlas engine: economic value $135B. Move the Scenario Laboratory sliders on the map to reprice.
Montney (Alberta side)390K Bcf in place · recoverable $81B · economic $74B (91% clears break-even)
Duvernay Shale Fairway15K MMbbl in place · recoverable $65B · economic $62B (95% clears break-even)
GEOLOGY: WHAT MAKES A DEPOSIT MORE LIKELY
Basin-centred and shale gas systems with liquids windows controlled by thermal maturity; conventional sour gas in Devonian carbonates.
Host formations
Montney · Duvernay · Spirit River Group · Cardium · Leduc / Wabamun (sour)
Depth range
2K–4K m
Favourable conditions
Montney 150–300 m thick, over-pressured, in the condensate window along the Alberta trend
Duvernay TOC 3–8 % with carbonate content that fractures well
Deep Basin: stacked tight sands with continuous gas saturation below the water line
Short tie-in distance to NGTL and deep-cut straddle plants
Prospectivity envelopes on the map (1)
Montney (Alberta side)Producing / drill-proven
Tight siltstone liquids-rich gas, multi-stage fractured horizontals · 2K–4K m
Triassic Montney 150–300 m thick, over-pressured, 2,000–3,500 m deep
Condensate-rich windows along the Grande Prairie–Valhalla trend
NGTL pipeline and LNG Canada feed-gas pull
Source: AER ST98 Montney reserves; AGS Montney play atlas.
DATASETS THAT TEST THE TARGET
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Discriminating datasets first, then every catalogued public dataset tagged to this commodity. Verified endpoints draw directly; link-only entries open the publisher page.
3D Provincial Geological Framework: Precambrian subcrop zonesAlberta Geological Survey · Structure, depth & isopach · drawable · verifiedEntry point to the provincial 3D framework: which Paleozoic zone sits on basement controls helium traps, brine aquifers and storage seals.Source ↗
3D PGF depth-to-Precambrian grid (LERC, link only)Alberta Geological Survey · Structure, depth & isopach · link only · verifiedBasement depth controls geothermal gradient, helium source proximity and basin-centred gas pressure.Source ↗
Active producing wells (Alberta Energy Geoview)Alberta Energy and Minerals · Wells · link only · verifiedWhere hydrocarbons are flowing today: live reservoir pressure, produced-water (brine) access, helium-bearing gas streams and infrastructure for re-entry.Source ↗
Petroleum & natural gas agreementsAlberta Energy and Minerals · Mineral tenure · drawable · verifiedWho holds the hydrocarbon (and helium) rights; open Crown land shows where a posting is possible.Source ↗
Subsurface temperature points (BHT-derived)Alberta Geological Survey · Geothermal · drawable · verifiedThermal gradient for geothermal doublets and for DLE kinetics in lithium brines; basement temperature grids exist as LERC tiles.Source ↗