Introduction to Manitoba’s Oil Industry
GIS Lesson 1
Student Answer Sheet
Name:
Q1
Where are the majority of wells located?
Q2
How many wells are there in the Daly Sinclair Field? You will see the # of wells at the bottome
of the table beside ‘records’.
Q3
By looking at the map and your legend, what Deviation type has more wells?
Q4
How many horizontal (H) wells are selected?
Q5
Based on the number of horizontal wells __________ and the “Average” depth of each
horizontal well __________ (Using the Average Wages and Cost Sheet 2010) , what are the
total meters drilled for all horizontal wells?
Q6
Based on the cost per meter to drill a horizontal well, how much did it cost to drill ALL the
horizontal wells? (Using the Average Wages and Cost Sheet 2010)
Q7
Based of horizontal wells, what were the TOTAL wages paid for ALL horizontal wells in the
Daly Sinclair Field?
Q8
How many vertical (V) wells are selected?
Q9
Based on the number of vertical wells ________ and the “Average” depth of each vertical well
___________ (Using the Average Wages and Cost Sheet 2010) , what are the total meters
drilled for ALL vertical wells?
Q10
Which drilling method (vertical, horizontal) produces more oil? Why?
Hint: refer to the Definitions sheet to find your answer.
Q11
How many wells were drilled between the years 1951 and 2004 (DRILL_YR field).
Q12
How many wells were drilled since 2005 (DRILL_YR field).
Q13
What is the significance of these values?
Q14
What is the sum of the Oil_Prodm3 field?
Q15
If the average oil price was $419.03 per cubic metre, what is the total value of the 2009 Oil
Production?
Q16
What is the difference between “Surface Rights” and “Mineral Rights”?
Q17
How many mineral rights parcels belong in each category (mineral_rt)?
Crown ______________
Portional ____________
Freehold ____________
Q18
In your opinion, what are the advantages to the Province of Manitoba retaining Crown
Mineral Rights?
Q19
In your opinion, what are the advantages to Freehold Mineral Rights?
Q20
In your opinion, what are some disadvantages to the landowner who has an oil well on their
property?
Q21
How many oil wells are on their land ________
Q22
This landowner currently receives $2500 per well per year for surface rights, what would their
annual revenue for surface rights be?
Q23
Adding together the above production values from the OilProdm3 line, what is the total
annual production in 2009 for all this property’s wells?
Q24
If the 2009 average oil price is $419.03 per cubic metre, and the mineral rights owner receives
15% of the production as a royalty, what was their annual income in 2009 from the wells on
NW-10-11-29-W?
Q25
By looking at the Layer Properties table, consider the 2009 Production data; what was the
most common land use on which wells were drilled?
Q26
How many wells were there on this land class?
Q27
What would be the advantages to the oil company for drilling oil wells on this class of land?
Q28
Which Era is the Bakken from?
Q29
What Age (in millions of years before present) is the Bakken formation?
Q30
By looking at the map and your legend, what type of formation is most prominent in the Daly
Sinclair Field?
Q31
By looking within the DSFieldBuffer15km boundary, (or open attribute table by right clicking
on the towns layer and clicking Open Attribute Table).
Which towns are within 15 kms of the Daly Sinclair Oil Field that would experience some kind
of economic benefit? You can also click on the identify tool to see the town name.
Q32
What would be some of the economic spin off benefits for these towns?
Q33
What are some social and environmental impacts that the oil industry has on south western
Manitoba? Think in terms of both positive and negative impacts.
Negative:
Positive:
Q34
What kinds of oil field employment are there? (Using the Average Wages and Cost Sheet 2010)
What are the advantages of employment in the oil field industry?