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Open Image ModalProduction in 2013 set a new record of 177.9 million barrels, or 487,400 barrels per day. That\'s up from the previous record of 172.9 million barrels or 472,500 barrels per day set in 2012. (credit:Shutterstock)
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Open Image ModalIn 2012, Saskatchewan\'s oil and gas sales totalled $12.6 billion. (credit:Shutterstock)
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Open Image ModalSaskatchewan\'s remaining recoverable reserves are 1.1 billion barrels (167.3 million m3). (credit:Shutterstock)
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Open Image ModalSaskatchewan’s upstream oil and gas industry provides an estimated 34,100 person years of employment (direct and indirect) (credit:Shutterstock)
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Open Image ModalThe province says 2,433 horizontal oil wells were drilled in 2013, surpassing the 2,036 horizontal oil wells drilled in 2012. (credit:Flickr:waferboard)
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Open Image ModalSaskatchewan was ranked second in Canada for oil and gas investment in the Fraser Institute’s 2012 Global Petroleum Survey. (credit:Shutterstock)
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Open Image ModalSaskatchewan is the second largest oil producer in Canada, accounting for 15% of total crude oil production, behind only Alberta. (credit:Flickr:katsrcool (Kool Cats Photography))
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Open Image ModalSaskatchewan has an estimated 2.7 million hectares of oil sands potential adjacent to the massive Athabasca deposit in Northern Alberta. (credit:Shutterstock)
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Open Image Modal$4.7 billion was spent in exploration and development in 2012. (credit:Shutterstock)
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Open Image ModalSaskatchewan is the 6th largest oil producing jurisdiction in North America behind only Alberta, Texas, North Dakota, Alaska and California. (credit:Flickr:taylorandayumi)
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Open Image ModalSaskatchewan\'s refining and upgrading capabilities are among the most advanced in Canada with crude oil refining capacity of 105,000 barrels (16,687 m3) per day and heavy crude oil upgrading capacity of 137,000 barrels (21,773 m3) per day.\n (credit:Shutterstock)
10. Oil And Gas Accounts For 4.8 Per Cent Of GDP(12 of21)
Open Image ModalThe oil and gas industries accounted for around $65 billion of economic activity in Canada annually in recent years, or slightly less than 5 per cent of GDP. Source: Canada Energy Research Institute
9. Oil Exports Have Grown Tenfold Since 1980(13 of21)
Open Image ModalCanada exported some 12,000 cubic metres of oil per day in 1980. By 2010, that number had grown to 112,000 cubic metres daily. Source: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
8. Refining Didn't Grow At All As Exports Boomed(14 of21)
Open Image ModalCanada refined 300,000 cubic metres daily in 1980; in 2010, that number was slightly down, to 291,000, even though exports of oil had grown tenfold in that time. Source: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
7. 97 Per Cent Of Oil Exports Go To The U.S.(15 of21)
Open Image ModalDespite talk by the federal government that it wants to open Asian markets to Canadian oil, the vast majority of exports still go to the United States -- 97 per cent as of 2009. Source: Natural Resources Canada
6. Canada Has World's 2nd-Largest Proven Oil Reserves(16 of21)
Open Image ModalCanada\'s proven reserves of 175 billion barrels of oil -- the vast majority of it trapped in the oil sands -- is the second-largest oil stash in the world, after Saudi Arabia\'s 267 billion. Source: Oil & Gas Journal
5. Two-Thirds Of Oil Sands Bitumen Goes To U.S.(17 of21)
Open Image ModalOne-third of Canada\'s oil sands bitumen stays in the country, and is refined into gasoline, heating oil and diesel. Source: Natural Resources Canada
4. Alberta Is Two-Thirds Of The Industry(18 of21)
Open Image ModalDespite its reputation as the undisputed centre of Canada\'s oil industry, Alberta accounts for only two-thirds of energy production. British Columbia and Saskatchewan are the second and third-largest producers. Source: Natural Resources Canada
3. Alberta Will Reap $1.2 Trillion From Oil Sands(19 of21)
Open Image ModalAlberta\' government will reap $1.2 trillion in royalties from the oil sands over the next 35 years, according to the Canadian Energy Research Institute.
2. Canadian Oil Consumption Has Stayed Flat(20 of21)
Open Image ModalThanks to improvements in energy efficiency, and a weakening of the country\'s manufacturing base, oil consumption in Canada has had virtually no net change in 30 years. Consumption went from 287,000 cubic metres daily in 1980 to 260,000 cubic metres daily in 2010. Source: Source: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
1. 250,000 Jobs.. Plus Many More?(21 of21)
Open Image ModalThe National Energy Board says oil and gas employs 257,000 people in Canada, not including gas station employees. And the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers says the oil sands alone will grow from 75,000 jobs to 905,000 jobs by 2035 -- assuming, of course, the price of oil holds up.