Cardium Tight Gas

Born in the U.S., the quest for oil and gas from shales, coal and tight sands now attracts operators in Canada and worldwide.

What was once a depleting play with its glory days long faded has suddenly resurrected itself as a compelling and growing story in the vanguard of North America’s unconventional oil revolution.

The recently sleepy Late Cretaceous Cardium in the Pembina area displays enormous resource potential, with original oil in place estimated at some 7.8 billion barrels of light, sweet, 36-41 gravity crude.