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Proactive disclosure Print version   | |  Northern Resources Development Program Integrated petroleum resource potential and geoscience studies of the Bowser and Sustut basins, northern British Columbia
With the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) reaching maturity, intermontane oil and gas frontier basins are becoming more economically competitive. However, these frontier basins tend to be geologically more complex and less well known than their WCSB counterparts and consequently require thorough initial geoscientific investigation in order to responsibly guide industry exploration in the area.
The Integrated petroleum resource potential and geoscience studies of the Bowser and Sustut basins, northern British Columbia project is a four-year mapping and multi-thematic synthesis initiative aimed at stimulating industry activity in this energy prospective area. The project inception is timely because it will merge with current provincial funding for which recent results show that the former view of poor prospectivity of the area is based on inappropriate assumptions. These results have since inspired industry to invest in an exploration program in the area. The project will deliver web- and CD-releases of published and new GIS-enabled maps, datasets, petroleum resource assessments, and a digital basin atlas with synthesis of a new multi-thematic geoscience model that exploits a range of field and analytical studies. Marketing the new digital datasets and models will ensure industry interest in this region of existing transportation and pipeline corridors. Engaging and involving northerners throughout the project will increase the level of geoscience awareness in schools, the ability to use geoscience in decision making, and motivate northerners to undertake geoscience careers. Nontechnical reports will aid those making resource related policy decisions. Project Priorities:
Project Partners:
For More Information: Carol Evenchick
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