Alberta Energy: Facts and Statistics

It creates jobs and tax revenue for government which support the social programs and capital infrastructure projects we rely on. Oil sands facts, statistics and indicators are subject to change as new information becomes available.

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Facts and Statistics On this page Alberta's oil sands underlie , square kilometres km 2 of land in the Athabasca, Cold Lake and Peace River areas in northern Alberta. Reserves shallow enough to mine up to 75 meters are found only within the Athabasca oil sands area.

Surface Mineable Area SMA equals to about 4, km2 and accounts for about 3.