November 02, 2026
This chart shows the Canadian natural gas resource cost curve estimating full cycle cost vs. resources for five major producing plays in Western Canada. Most Canadian plays have 7 data points associated with 7 well productivity ranges (from 0 to 3 MMcf/d, 3 to 6 MMcf/d, etc.). Duvernay has 5 data points. The Canadian resource cost curve has 33 data points in total.
Incorrys estimated resources and full cycle costs for each data point in each basin. For example, Duvernay has 2.2 Tcf of resources available at a full cycle cost of USD$1.38/Mcf and below.
The resource curve helps to estimate total gas resources available at various full cycle cost levels. In total, Western Canadian basins have over 540 Tcf of natural gas resources, of which 508 Tcf are available at costs below USD $4/Mcf.