Energy, Mines, and Resources

Oil and Gas Resources

Resource Assessments

Yukon contains eight distinct sedimentary basins (see map 493 KB) with potential to host oil and gas deposits. Each basin has its own unique geological history and character.

The National Energy Board and the Geological Survey of Canada have undertaken studies of the petroleum resources of all Yukon basins in cooperation with the Yukon government. Each resource assessment undergoes periodic re-interpretation.

Resource Assessments:

Bonnet Plume 1.79 MB	Bibliography
Eagle Plain 8.8 MB	Link
Kandik Basin 4.87 MB	Link
Liard Plateau 2.77 MB	Link
North Coast 798 KB	Link
Old Crow 5.66 MB	Link
Peel Plateau 6.6 MB	Link
Whitehorse Trough 1.92 MB	Link
	Other

Related Links:

Resource Assessment Map 493 KB
Yukon Stratigraphic Correlation Chart 4 MB
Bonnet Plume and Peel Plateau Aeromagnetic Maps (Geological Survey of Canada)
Eagle Plain Background Geological Information 283 KB
- Eagle Plain Seismic Cross-Sections:
  Figure 7: Chance Structure 500 KB (.gif)
  Figure 8: Paleozoic Subcrop 523 KB (.gif)
  Figure 9: Middle Devonian Carbonate 543 KB (.gif)
  Figure 10: North Eagle Plain 391 KB (.gif)
Peel Plateau Background Geological Information 713 KB

Resource Assessment Bibliographies