Thomson ReutersAn oil pumpjack operates beneath the aurora borealis just north of Calgary.
Conventional production, which uses vertical wells, does not include the oilsands that account for the vast majority of Canada's crude output. Oilsands emissions were flat in 2022 even as output grew, a separate independent analysis showed this month.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government plans to cap Canada's oil and gas emissions, angering Alberta's government that says those plans amount to a limit on production, which is a provincial responsibility.
An animated chart showing Canada's greenhouse gas emissions from the upstream oil and gas sector, with and without the oilsands included, from 1990 to 2021. CAPP's analysis only includes emissions from oil and gas production, not indirect emissions from energy that a company purchases or from combustion of gas and oil such as through driving — which accounts for the majority of emissions associated with oil and gas.