Well Counts by Municipality and Year in Alberta

Alberta's well drilling activity is detailed by municipal district and year. The dataset likely contains counts for total development, exploratory, evaluation, and experimental wells, covering natural gas, coalbed methane, crude oil, and crude bitumen. It is provided by the Government of Alberta and was last updated on April 17, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional drilling trends based on municipal district and year.
• Compare activity levels for different well types (e.g., exploratory vs. development) mentioned in the description.
• Model the relationship between energy commodity types (e.g., natural gas, crude bitumen) and drilling activity over time.
• Benchmark municipal-level energy extraction intensity based on well counts.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative Government of Alberta.
• Covers multiple well types including development, exploratory, evaluation, and experimental.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and XML.
• Last updated on April 17, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and total temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:38:15.202742; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada (by municipal district)