Shales
News
November 18, 2016
In some parts of western Canada, small to moderate earthquakes have been induced by oil and gas hydraulic fracturing operations. In Alberta, this type of induced seismicity is mainly concentrated within an area located about 30 km west of the town of Fox Creek.
News
October 21, 2016
Royal Dutch Shell, through its affiliate Shell Canada Energy, has agreed to sell approximately 206,000 net acres of non-core oil and gas properties in Western Canada to Tourmaline Oil Corp. for a total consideration of approximately $1,037 million.
News
September 29, 2016
Packers Plus Energy Services developed a unique completion design that helped to significantly increase stage counts and pump rates to stimulate more pay zone over previous wells for an operator in British Columbia's Montney formation.
Article
August 2016
Rocked by the worst oil-price collapse in recent memory, Canadian operators are struggling to adapt to the new normal. The industry faces continued market access challenges, with much-needed pipelines bogged down by opposition.
News
July 27, 2016
Painted Pony Petroleum has entered into an asset exchange agreement, which includes Montney acreage, wells and non-operated facility interests, with a large industry partner on jointly held acreage in the Daiber, Cameron and Blair areas of Painted Pony's northeast British Columbia Montney asset.
News
July 19, 2016
Packers Plus Energy Services鈥 StackFRAC Titanium XV HPHT open hole ball drop completion system enabled operators in Alberta's Duvernay formation to achieve cost savings of up to 30% compared to plug-and-perf completion methods.
News
July 06, 2016
Seven Generations Energy Ltd. agreed to buy assets in Alberta鈥檚 Montney shale play from Paramount Resources Ltd. as it presses ahead with an expansion during the industry鈥檚 worst downturn in decades.
News
May 29, 2016
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) has expressed disappointment with the New Brunswick government鈥檚 decision to extend the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.
News
May 11, 2016
Encana Corp. is weighing the sale of some of its shale assets in Western Canada as part of an effort to bolster its balance sheet amid protracted low oil prices, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Article
April 2016
A lot of pain, little gain seen in 鈥16
News
March 16, 2016
The first detailed study estimating the marketable unconventional natural gas resources in the Liard basin has been released by Canada's National Energy Board (NEB), the British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission, the Yukon Geological Survey, the Northwest Territories Geological Survey and the British Columbia Ministry of Natural Gas Development.
Article
February 2016
A protracted pricing slump has led to massive budget cuts, thousands of layoffs and the most dismal market conditions that the Canadian industry has faced in more than 20 years. No positive news is on the horizon.
News
February 01, 2016
Weir Oil & Gas has partnered with Calgary, Alberta-based Canyon Services Group to take its SPM QEM 3000 frac pump to the field. Weir鈥檚 SPM QEM 3000 is the industry鈥檚 first high-horsepower frac pump designed for continuous-duty pressure pumping operations at a sustained 275,000-lb rod load, 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
News
November 18, 2015
OPEC took a swing at U.S. shale and knocked down Canada.
News
August 19, 2015
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation and INPEX Corporation have started a joint study on technology relating to shale gas development in the Horn River, Liard and Cordova areas in the province of British Columbia, Canada, with INPEX Gas British Columbia and Nexen Energy ULC.
News
July 30, 2015
Black Stallion Oil & Gas, Inc. confirms that it will start to execute a detailed exploration program on the 12,233-acre Woodrow Prospect in Teton county, northwest Montana, within the Alberta Basin Bakken fairway.
Article
May 2015
Perhaps the most significant, extensive changes in crude-by-rail transportation were made on May 1, 2015, by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and its agencies, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). The changes are contained in a 鈥渇inal rule鈥 for 鈥渢he safe transportation of flammable liquids by rail.鈥
Article
May 2015
The Class 1 railroads are back in the U.S. crude oil business. Now, the hard part.
Article
May 2015
Drilling, LNG prospects face stiff headwinds
News
May 01, 2015
The huge gas resource base in North America offers significant potential for LNG exports, but currently it is the U.S., not Canada, that is building an LNG export industry, according to Wood Mackenzie鈥檚 latest analysis.
News
February 26, 2015
Alberta鈥檚 energy producers are pivoting toward developing gas reserves rather than oil after crude lost half its value last year.