Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

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geological formation sedimentary basin

The Western Canada Sedimentary Basin is a vast, resource-rich geological basin spanning much of western Canada, renowned for its extensive oil and natural gas reserves.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ
boundedBy Canadian Shield to the east NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Athabasca oil sands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bakken Formation (Canadian portion) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cardium Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cold Lake oil sands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duvernay Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leduc Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montney Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peace River oil sands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Viking Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wabamun Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment deltaic ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
marine ⓘ
economicImportance major contributor to Alberta economy ⓘ
major contributor to Canadian energy production ⓘ
explorationStart late 19th century ⓘ
extendsInto Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
Paleozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStratigraphy thick succession of sedimentary rocks ⓘ
hostsIndustry natural gas industry ⓘ
petroleum industry ⓘ
hydrocarbonType bitumen ⓘ
conventional oil ⓘ
shale gas ⓘ
tight gas ⓘ
tight oil ⓘ
knownFor large conventional oil reserves ⓘ
large natural gas reserves ⓘ
large unconventional oil reserves ⓘ
oil sands development ⓘ
locatedIn Alberta ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
Northwest Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saskatchewan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorDevelopmentPeriod 20th century ⓘ
maximumThickness over 6000 metres ⓘ
overlies Canadian Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf North American sedimentary basins ⓘ
primaryResources coal ⓘ
crude oil ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
natural gas liquids ⓘ
potash ⓘ
underlies Prairie Provinces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Interior Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Ridley Island Propane Export Terminal → feedstockSource → Western Canada Sedimentary Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
Bow River → locatedIn → Western Canada Sedimentary Basin ⓘ