place

Woodbend Group

Devonian AlbertaDevonian British ColumbiaDevonian ManitobaDevonian Northwest TerritoriesDevonian Saskatchewan
Devonian System of North AmericaDevonian southern paleotropical depositsFrasnian StageGeologic groups of AlbertaGeologic groups of British ColumbiaGeologic groups of ManitobaGeologic groups of SaskatchewanGeologic groups of YukonGeologic groups of the Northwest TerritoriesWestern Canadian Sedimentary Basin

The Woodbend Group is a stratigraphical unit of Frasnian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It was first described in the British American Pyrcz No. 1 well by Imperial Oil geological staff in 1950.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Woodbend Group (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors).

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 53.34507 ° E -113.6949 °
placeShow on map

Address


T9G 1Z3
Alberta, Canada
mapOpen on Google Maps

Share experience

Nearby Places

Leduc No. 1
Leduc No. 1

Leduc No. 1 was a major crude oil discovery made near Leduc, Alberta, Canada, on February 13, 1947. It provided the geological key to Alberta's most prolific conventional oil reserves and resulted in a boom in petroleum exploration and development across Western Canada. The discovery transformed the Alberta economy; oil and gas supplanted farming as the primary industry and resulted in the province becoming one of the richest in the country. Nationally, the discovery allowed Canada to become self-sufficient within a decade and ultimately a major exporter of oil. The discovery followed years of exploratory failures throughout the province. Imperial Oil had spent millions of dollars drilling 133 dry holes in the previous years as only minor discoveries were made. Leduc No. 1 discovered that oil was trapped in what became known as the Nisku Formation and resulted in numerous major discoveries across the prairies. Leduc No. 1 produced 317,000 barrels (50,400 m3) of oil and 323 million cubic feet (9,100,000 m3) of natural gas before it was decommissioned in 1974, and was part of the Leduc-Woodbend oilfield that has produced over 300 million barrels (48,000,000 m3) of oil total. Billions of investment dollars flowed into Alberta and were followed by massive immigration to the province following the discovery. Alberta's two major cities saw their populations double within a few years. Calgary grew into a major financial centre and within two decades had the highest number of millionaires in Canada, per capita. The provincial capital of Edmonton, immediately northeast of the discovery, became a major petroleum production centre. A farming community with fewer than 900 residents in 1947, Leduc grew to become Alberta's 13th largest city, while several towns, including Devon and Swan Hills, were founded to support workers in the oil and gas industry.