# Little Chicago Prospect

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The **Little Chicago Prospect** is an oil and natural gas deposit on the [Mackenzie River](/source/Mackenzie_River) in the [Sahtu Region](/source/Sahtu_Region) of the [Northwest Territories](/source/Northwest_Territories), Canada. For census purposes [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada) shows it being located in the unorganized part of [Region 2, Northwest Territories](/source/Region_2,_Northwest_Territories), and as of the [2021 census](/source/2021_Canadian_census), its population was 0, unchanged from 2016.[1]

The closest populated community is [Fort Good Hope](/source/Fort_Good_Hope), about 127 km (79 mi) to the southeast, and it is situated 917 km (570 mi) northwest of [Yellowknife](/source/Yellowknife), the capital of Northwest Territories, and 3,957 km (2,459 mi) away from [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), the capital of Canada.[2]

## Petroleum resources

In 2007, [Kodiak Energy](/source/Kodiak_Energy) completed a survey of the petroleum resources along the Mackenzie River in the Little Chicago area and concluded that there could be up to 1 billion barrels of oil and up to 600 billion cubic feet of natural gas.[3][4] The project was a part of the planned [Mackenzie Valley Pipeline](/source/Mackenzie_Valley_Pipeline) that was scrapped in 2017.[5][6]

## See also

- [Norman Wells](/source/Norman_Wells)
- [Norman Wells Proven Area Agreement](/source/Norman_Wells_Proven_Area_Agreement)

## References

1. ["Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Region 2, Unorganized, Unorganized (NO) \[Census subdivision\], Northwest Territories"](https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/search-recherche/results-resultats.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Little+Chicago). *www12.statcan.gc.ca*. [Government of Canada](/source/Government_of_Canada), [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada). 8 March 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

1. ["Little Chicago, Canada - Facts and information on Little Chicago - Canada.Places-in-the-world.com"](https://canada.places-in-the-world.com/6055237-place-little-chicago.html). *canada.places-in-the-world.com*. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

1. ["Kodiak Energy's 'Little Chicago Prospect' in Northern Canada Shows Big Potential"](https://www.naturalgasintel.com/kodiak-energys-little-chicago-prospect-in-northern-canada-shows-big-potential/). *Natural Gas Intelligence*. 21 March 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

1. ["N.W.T. oil, gas exploration program targets Little Chicago"](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/n-w-t-oil-gas-exploration-program-targets-little-chicago-1.675215). *CBC.ca*. 22 February 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

1. ["Kodiak Petroleum Signs Major NWT Project in the Mackenzie River Valley"](https://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/36105/kodiak_petroleum_signs_major_nwt_project_in_the_mackenzie_river_valley/). *www.rigzone.com*. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

1. Strong, Walter (28 December 2017). ["Mackenzie Valley pipeline project officially one for the history books"](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/mackenzie-valley-gas-project-no-more-1.4465997). *CBC.ca*. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

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