ARCTIC NATURAL GAS
CLEAN ENERGY FOR THE
FUTURE
Honourable Robert R. McLeod
Minister
Industry, Tourism and Investment
Government of Northwest Territories
Canada
CANADA
Northwest Territories
Population
43,000
Area
1.18 million square kilometres
Capital
Yellowknife
Key Industries
Mining, Construction, Petroleum,
Public Administration, Tourism
Oil and Gas Reserves and Resources
in the NWT
Oil
Natural Gas
(Billion Barrels)
(Trillion Cubic
Feet)
Discovered
Resources
1.2
16.2
Ultimate
Potential
6.8
81.2
Arctic Natural Gas
Mackenzie Gas Project
800 million to 1.2 billion cubic feet
natural gas per day to North American
markets
208,000 person years of employment
$86.3 billion to the Canadian Economy
In less than a generation,
the polar ice cap melt is significant.
THE CONTINENTIAL
ENERGY DILEMMA
RISING DEMAND = INCREASED
GREENHOUSE EMMISSIONS
100 tcf
51 tcf
36 tcf
9 tcf
8 Billion
tcf/per day
Thank You