Report shows Alberta producing more oil and less emissions

The 2023 Oil Sands Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity Analysis shows Alberta’s oil sands have reduced emissions per barrel by 26 per cent, a 4 per cent improvement over the 2022 reporting period.

Alberta’s Oil Sands Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity Analysis shows that while production has grown by 96 per cent since 2012, reaching 1.56 million barrels per day, oil sands emissions continue to decline.

The new report supports the federal government's 2025 National Inventory Report, which shows that Alberta had the greatest absolute reduction in emissions of any Canadian province or territory between 2022 and 2023, reducing emissions by 2.1 million tonnes.

This data is part of declining emissions across Alberta’s economy:

• Overall emissions have declined by nine per cent since 2015, while overall energy production increased by 20 per cent.
• Conventional oil emissions have declined 19 per cent since 2015, while production increased by seven per cent.
• Transportation emissions have declined 12 per cent since 2015.
• Heavy industry emissions have declined eight per cent since 2015.
• Natural gas production and processing emissions have declined 24 per cent since 2015.
• Methane emissions have declined 52 per cent since 2014.
• Electricity emissions have declined 45 per cent since 2015.