Gas-Over-Bitumen Debate Continues As Gas Wells Shut In

摘要

Alberta's Energy Resources Conservation Board has ordered that 33 mmcf per day of natural gas production from 158 wells be shut in on an interim basis, pending a full hearing, because continued production could risk future in situ bitumen recovery.The wells in the Athabasca oilsands about 100 kilometres northwest of Fort McMurray are licensed to Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Paramount Energy Operating Corp. and EnCana Corporation.