PetroleumGeology

ofSaskatchewan
MelindaYurkowski
SaskatchewanMinistryoftheEconomy
SaskatchewanGeologicalSurvey
 OilandGaspools
~570,000km2 ofPhanerozoiccover
Totalvolumeestimatedat687,750
km3

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Geoscape Southern Saskatchewan

Over35Formations/MembersproduceinSK
Oilisproducedfromundergroundreservoirsrangingindepth
from415to2900meters.
Insight:Oilmigrationandtrapping

http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/earth/waton/s0010.html
Winnipegosis
 OilandGaspools
~570,000km2 ofPhanerozoiccover
Totalvolumeestimatedat687,750
km3

Image modified from

Geoscape Southern Saskatchewan

Over35Formations/MembersproduceinSK
Oilisproducedfromundergroundreservoirsrangingindepth
from415to2900meters.
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2000

1000
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Phanerozoic (thesedimentary pile)

-2000
Precambrian Basement

-3000

-4000
metres

Saskatchewan
G Saskatchewan Manitoba
Manitoba G

Manitoba
1000 Escarpment
500

Sea Level
Phanerozoic (thesedimentary pile)

-1000 Precambrian Basement

-2000

-3000
metres
 Heavy
Light

Medium

LighttoMedium
Image modified from
Geoscape Southern
Saskatchewan
 MannvilleHeavyOil

Viking

Shaunavon

Bakken
Torquay

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Geoscape Southern
Saskatchewan
Mississippian
4500
SaskatchewanOilandGasWellDrilling
4000
total 3,665
3500 Hzwells

575ToMarch31;483hz
3000

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

0
1982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
2013HzoilProduction(bbl) 48,763,567.66bblunconventional
187,603,840.1bbltotal
26%ofallproduction2014
13,082,610.71

24,579,582.52
3,382,010.99
2014HzoilProduction(bbl)
1,174,989.63

Viking 19,380,561.23
23,140,544.80

LShaunavon

Torquay
2,522,695.48 3,719,766.15

BakkenSE
(incBKTQ)
 200 Light,MediumandHeavyCrudeOilProduction
180
inSaskatchewan
2014toendof
CrudeOilProduction(millionbarrels)

160 DecemberNumbers
(bbls):
140 Heavy:73,267,266.6
Medium:40,749,594.9 LightOil
120
Light:73,603,840.1
Total:187,603,840.1
100
MediumOil
80

60

HeavyOil
40

20

Year
 Numberofwellsdrilled
BakkenTorquay Other in2014thatwere
putonproduction
Mississippian
Viking
HeavyOil HeavyOil

(primarilyMannville) Viking

Shaunavon

Mississippian

Image modified from

Geoscape Southern
Saskatchewan

BakkenTorquay
 Viking

Viking

Image modified from

Geoscape Southern
Saskatchewan
01/05333022W3M VikingOilPlay
Depth~694.7m
Proveninitialoilinplace~2.3billion
barrels
RecoverableReservesbasedon
verticalwellsandwaterflood
technology~14millionbarrels(9per
cent)
Over2billionbarrelspresently
unrecoverable
Shallowtarget(600700metres)of
36 APIoil
Existinginfrastructure
 R28W3 R20W3 R12W3

T30
VikingOilandGaswells
VikingOilandGaswells

2009andolder
2009andolder

T30

25
T25
 R28W3 R20W3 R12W3

T30
VikingOilandGaswells
VikingOilandGaswells

2009andolder
2010

T30

T25
 R28W3 R20W3 R12W3

T30
VikingOilandGaswells
2009andolder
2010
2011

T30

T25
 R28W3 R20W3 R12W3

T30
VikingOilandGaswells
2009andolder
2010
2011
2012

T30

T25
 R28W3 R20W3 R12W3

T30
VikingOilandGaswells
2009andolder
2010
2011
2012
2013

T30

T25
 R28W3 R20W3 R12W3

T30
VikingOilandGaswells
2009andolder
2010
2011
2012
2013

T30 2014&2015

T25
 Bakkenand
Torquay

Mississippian
Bakken
Torquay

BakkenTorquay
Image modified from
Geoscape Southern
Saskatchewan
Mississippian TorquayStratigraphy
 T15

Viewfield T10

T1
 Viewfield
Ryerson

FlatLake,Northgate
 TorquayTrapping
UpperBakken Mississippian
MiddleBakken

LowerBakken
Torquay
Birdbear

FlatLake
Ryerson
 4,000,000 450
TorquayandBakkenTorquayProduction
3,500,000 400
Totaloilproduction PRDMonthlyOIL(Bbl)
PRDWellCount
10,784,325bbls 350
3,000,000
300
2,500,000
250
2,000,000
200
Bbl

1,500,000
150
1,000,000
100

500,000 50

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