Alberta’s crude oil output in September 2025 slipped to 4.22 MMb/d (height of stacked columns inside dashed rectangle in chart below), a record for the month, a small loss of 0.02 MMb/d versus August and 0.39 MMb/d greater than a year ago. The small monthly decline was driven by a small reduction in output of synthetic crude oil (red columns) to 1.31 MMb/d, a loss of 0.05 MMb/d versus August. Some offset was provided by an increase in non-upgraded bitumen (green columns) of 0.04 MMb/d to 2.26 MMb/d, just short of the record 2.31 MMb/d set in July, with other production categories largely unchanged month-on-month.
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