Oil and Gas Extraction

Detailed information for 2001

This annual survey collects information on Canadian companies involved in the oil and gas exploration, development and production industry.

Data release - February 4, 2002

• Description
• Data sources and methodology

Description

This annual survey collects information on Canadian companies involved in the oil and gas exploration, development and production industry. The survey collects financial, income and balance sheet information as well as operating statistics.

This data are required for integration into the input-output sector of the Canadian System of National Accounts. Data are intended for use by survey respondents, federal departments and agencies, provincial ministries and authorities, industry associations, industry analysts, the press and the general public to assess trends in the oil and gas extraction sector of the Canadian economy.

Reference period: Calendar year

Subjects

• Business performance and ownership
• Crude oil and natural gas
• Energy
• Financial statements and performance

Data sources and methodology

Target population

The universe is comprised of all companies classified as operating in exploration, development and production of oil and gas in Canada (NAICS 21111) according to the North American Industry Classification System. The target population is those companies found on Statistics Canada's Business Register, classified to NAICS 21111, and whose revenues are above the 10% cut-off threshold used to alleviate response burden (that threshold eliminates all establishments that represent the bottom 10% of the industry total revenues). We are left with a census of all companies above the threshold.

• Additional documentation

Instrument design

The total expenditures collected from all respondents to the annual survey are broken down using proportions generated by a special survey. Once every 5 years the 25 leading oil and gas companies (based on expenditures) supply detailed data on their operating and capital functions. Each expenditure is broken down to salaries and wages, materials and supplies and payments to contractors. These breakdowns are considered representative of the industry. The last special survey covered the 1981 reporting year.

Sampling

This survey is a census with a cross-sectional design.

Data sources

Responding to this survey is mandatory.

Data are collected directly from survey respondents.

The data are collected through a mail-out/mail-back process, while providing respondents with the option of telephone or other electronic filing methods. Follow-up procedures are applied when a questionnaire has not been received after a pre-specified period of time: respondents are phoned or sent a fax to remind them to send their questionnaire in order to reach the survey target response rate of 100%.

Error detection

Previous year (updated data obtained during current year data analysis).

Quality evaluation

Using proportions generated by the Special Report on Net Cash Expenditures (SDDS ID 2188), total expenditures reported by the companies are broken down.

Disclosure control

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Various confidentiality rules are applied to all data that are released or published to prevent the publication or disclosure of any information deemed confidential. If necessary, data are suppressed to prevent direct or residual disclosure of identifiable data.