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Production of conventional oil and gas in Alberta — excluding oil sands projects – fell by 8% between the third quarter of 2014 and the first quarter of 2015, when oil prices crashed as a result of OPEC’s fight for global market share.

According to research firm CanOils, production fell by 56,880 barrels of oil equivalent a day during the period, primarily because of falling global commodity prices, though pipeline constraints and maintenance also played a role.

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The biggest declines were in the province’s Foothills region, where production dropped 11% or 24,888 boe/d during the period, and in Northwestern Alberta, where production dropped 7% or 14,077 boe/d between the fourth quarter of 2014 and the first quarter of 2015, CanOils said in a report Wednesday.