Alberta Reported Oil Edges Up 0.1% in August as Cenovus Well Leads at 162.4K Barrels
A Cenovus Energy Inc. well in Division No. 16 led Alberta's August oil standings at 162.4K barrels a month as reported output edged up 0.1% month over month, according to Strata9 data.
Cve X06p03 Hardy 6-2-77-6, a well listed under Cenovus Energy Inc. in Division No. 16, ranked first in Alberta's oil standings for August 2026, the province's latest reported month, at 162.4K barrels a month, according to Alberta Energy Regulator filings compiled by Strata9. The well reported 162,376 barrels, down 5.9% from 172,626 barrels in July, and held the top spot it had the month before.
Across Alberta, 42,599 wells reported 75.37M barrels of oil for August. Among the 40,743 reporting in both of the last two reported months, output edged up 0.1% month over month. Decliners outnumbered advancers 5,366 to 3,429 among wells producing at least 1,000 barrels a month with three or more months reported.
For buyers, sellers and investors, the top of the board is concentrated. Cenovus Energy Inc. is the operator of record on nine of the top 10 wells and 13 of the top 20, and eight of the top 10 are in Division No. 16. Canadian Natural Resources Limited is the operator of record on six of the top 20 and Suncor Energy Inc. on one.
A young well on top
The well card shows a producing oil well at survey location 06-02-077-06W4 in Division No. 16, Alberta, with Cenovus Energy Inc. as operator of record. It was spud on 2023-09-25, completed on 2023-12-08 and first produced in August 2025. The card lists a total depth of 7,559 feet, a true vertical depth of 1,297 feet and a lateral of 6,707 feet. It notes there is no API on the record and names no field. The well is shown as active and not listed for sale or lease.
Its reported output went from 14,960 barrels in August 2025 to 34,283 barrels in September 2025, its 12-month low, and reached a 12-month high of 179,300 barrels in April 2026. The well then reported 174,782 barrels in May, 157,506 in June and 172,626 in July before August's 162,376.
Cenovus fills the board
Cve X06p01 Hardy 11-2-77-6 rose two places to second at 153.3K barrels, up 10.3%, and Cve X06p05 Hardy 6-2-77-6 rose three places to third at 136.8K barrels, up 8.8%. Cve N25p05-2 Fisher 4-3-71-4, in Division No. 12, fell one place to fourth at 132.5K barrels, down 10.2%.
The biggest climber in the top 10 was Cve X02p02 Leismer 3-15-77-6, which jumped 58 places to fifth at 128.2K barrels, up 107.2% and at its 12-month high. Cve X01p01 Leismer 3-15-77-6 rose 13 places to eighth at 101.9K barrels, up 13.3%.
Cnrl Pk101-05p Kirby 9-1-75-6, listed under Canadian Natural Resources Limited in Division No. 12, slipped two places to 10th at 99K barrels, down 7.3%. Suncor P2p9b Firebag 16-35-94-6, listed under Suncor Energy Inc., climbed eight places to 15th at 89.7K barrels, up 2.1%.
Alberta reports oil production per well. Figures are as reported to the Alberta Energy Regulator for August 2026, from the Petrinex Alberta Public Data conventional volumetrics dataset, and compiled by Strata9. The operator of record is the name on the filing. Wells listed for sale or lease appear in the Strata9 market.