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Resource Assessments

Yukon contains eight distinct sedimentary basins with potential to host oil and gas deposits. Each basin has its own unique geological history and character.

 North Yukon Conceptual Oil and Gas Development Scenario and Local Benefits Assessment  3 MB
The Yukon government formed a working group in 2005 with North Yukon First Nations under the Northern Yukon Economic Development Partnership Agreement. In partnership with this group, government commissioned independent industry experts to develop an oil and gas development scenario and local benefits assessment for northern Yukon.

The purpose of the North Yukon Conceptual Oil and Gas Development Scenario and Local Benefits Assessment is to project plausible levels of oil and gas activities and then assess the local benefits and challenges to the Yukon people. This information will be used to guide and inform land use planning in north Yukon, future resource management and development decisions, and provide information that will assist Yukon’s intervention in the regulatory hearings currently underway for the Mackenzie Gas Project.

In the course of this research the government looked closely at the work of the Pembina Institute's report “A Peak Into the Future” who engaged in a similar exercise in relation to a development scenario in the Peel Plateau region of North Yukon. A technical review  208 KB of the portion of the report that pertains to the Peel Plateau has been completed.

Investment OpportunitiesYukon Oil and Gas: a Northern Investment Opportunity 2007  9.7 MB
This publication provides an overview of current Yukon oil and gas investment opportunities.

This document is also available as a series of web pages on this site.

 

Yukon Stratigraphic Correlation Chart (2007)  4 MB        

 The Alaska Highway Pipeline Project: Economic Effects on the Yukon and Canada (April 2002)  537 KB
Informetrica Ltd. was contracted by the Yukon government in October 2001 to analyze the economic impact of the construction and operation of the proposed Alaska Highway pipeline on the Yukon, provincial and Canadian economies.

The Explorer NewsletterThe Explorer Newsletter: Yukon's Oil and Gas Information Resource, Volume 2 (2002)
The 2002 Yukon Forest Health Report focuses primarily on the spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, epidemic in southwest Yukon.
This infestation has resulted in the death of mature white spruce over an area in excess of 250,000 hectares since first identified in 1994.

Northern Pipelines - Backgrounder - April 2002
This document takes a look at the market conditions and their present impact on pipeline development in the Northern area.

Contact Us:

For any oil and gas or pipeline related publications, please call 867.393.7042
You can also request hard copies of these publications via email at oilandgas@gov.yk.ca.