Key sectors, and what they bring to BC
Oil & gas
The figures
GDP: Oil and gas extraction contributed $6.1 billion to B.C.`s industrial gross domestic product in 2011, or 3.2 per cent of provincial GDP.
Employment: Oil and gas extraction, direct jobs 2012: 3,500
Trade/exports: Value of B.C. natural gas exports to all countries in 2012: $1.5 billion (2011, $1.9 billion). Total for Canada: $8.5 billion in 2012.Oil, other energy exports (not including electricity or coal), B.C. in 2012: $766 million (2011, $641 million). Total for Canada $98.8 billion in 2012.
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