Canada’s oil sands in a carbon-constrained world

Figures & data

Figure 1. Oil sands bitumen production (top) and upgrading (bottom). Data: AER (2022c).

Figure 2. GHG emissions from oil sands production and upgrading. Data: Government of Canada (2022a).

Figure 3. Canadian emissions, projections, commitments and long-term goals (Government of Canada, 2022a, 2021b).

Figure 4. Mean Primary Energy Supply, IPCC SSP2 Scenarios (Data via Byers et al., 2022).

Figure 5. Mean, median, and range of oil demand in IPCC SSP2 scenarios for C1, C4, C6, and C7 warming scenarios (Data via Byers et al., 2022).

Figure 6. Forecast Western Canadian oil export demand (Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, 2014; CER, 2021a) and pipeline capacity (CER, 2020, 2021a).

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