KPMG’s Michael McKerracher is guardedly optimistic industry may finally be finding firmer footing

$91 billion of new upstream oil and gas M&A deals were secured during Q2 2019 – virtually nine times greater than the disappointing $10.4 billion total value in Q1.

Energy Excellence Awards nominees work together to answer Canada’s oil and gas challenges.

Evaluate Energy, the Daily Oil Bulletin and Sproule assess the impact of oil prices and the political climate in Latin America on upstream M&A activity.

Global spending falls dramatically on the back of low prices & changing spending habits. Two years of acquisitions create new 90,000 boe/d for Appalachian Basin producer in U.S. Deal-making grinds to complete halt in uncertain Canadian climate.

The Canadian oil and gas industry is in crisis, with volatile prices, regulatory issues, and market access and diversification concerns driving down capital investment, according to the third annual Daily Oil Bulletin Industry Survey.

Last year was a disappointing one for the Canadian oilfield service industry as a whole, and 2019 will be even worse based on results of the 2019 Daily Oil Bulletin Service & Supply Outlook Survey.

Read this post report providing insights into leading edge and future-oriented research on low carbon transport, along with their implications for Alberta—including the challenges of developing biofuels, lithium, and hydrogen industries within Alberta.

How much U.S. companies increased hedged vol. since 2017. Why gas companies were far more inclined to hedge production than more oil-focused counterparts? Top 10 O&G hedgers by volume heading into Q4 2018.

This specialized guidance report summarizes the top 10 key trends in 2019 guidance, as reported in company announcements published from mid-November 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019.

Despite signs of stability in the 2018 O&G markets, overall global M&A upstream spend was at its lowest in a decade at $132 billion. North American deals dominated with 71% of M&A activity.

The oil and gas industry is responsible for 42 per cent of methane released into the atmosphere, says Environment Canada, so reducing emissions from industry facilities has great potential to further position Alberta as a clean energy supplier in the future.How can we accelerate progress and thrive in a more competitive, low carbon future?

The global energy ecosystem is transitioning to lower a carbon future in an effort to battle climate change, presenting opportunities and challenges for Alberta's energy producers and suppliers. Learn more about the Energy.AI workshop and the key recommendations by downloading the post report today!

Digitalization of the energy industry will have a profound effect on aspects of operational efficiency, capital, operating and general and administrative cost reduction, and environmental performance, presenting both risk and opportunity to Canada's oil and gas sector. PTAC’s Digital Disruption workshop highlighted the potential and challenges digitalization offers. Learn more by downloading the post report today.

This free Going Global report provides intelligence about 16 key export markets for oil and gas technology and services that account for 2/3 of the global revenue opportunity.

Integrated operators found their footing in 2017, while gas producers stumbled

Which of Canada's two biggest natural gas resource plays has the edge? This study compares companies with the majority of their production in the Montney and in the Deep Basin.

An Inspired Conversation: Uncovering real approaches to industry-wide collaboration This report offers solutions and recommendations for oil & gas operators, suppliers, industry groups and government.

Lower capital costs and improved productivity make the Duvernay liquids and oil plays possible, but operating costs will drive profitability

This study compares the early stage development of the Duvernay shale play in Alberta with the later stage development of the Eagle Ford shale play in Texas, looking for similarities between the two plays. It looks at the geology of both plays, activity in each play since its inception, and how productivity has improved.

A lot went right for Canada’s oil and gas industry in 2017 but the outlook for 2018 is less certain, according to JWN’s second annual industry outlook survey. An uptick in commodity prices, combined with two years of supply cost cuts, created some room to get financial houses in order and invest in production growth in 2017. But the dual spectre of market access limitations and a growing regulatory burden is capping any newfound enthusiasm. With these issues playing out in real time, the respondents to our second annual Oil & Gas Industry Survey present a mixed outlook for 2018.

Canada’s oilfield services industry saw a major turnaround in 2017 as higher oil and gas prices resulted in increased capital investment by producers. The third annual JWN Oil & Gas Service & Supply Outlook Survey finds the sector still in recovery mode, with most companies remaining shy on spending capital for growth. Companies also continue to look for diversification opportunities within the industry, into new markets, and into other industries. And they continue to invest in new technologies to make their operations — and their customers’ operations — more efficient.

Recently, JWN Energy hosted Achieving Better Technology Validation & Adoption Success. This event brought together stakeholders to identify the barriers and advance the solutions to improve technology validation and adoption. JWN has compiled a summary report outlining the key findings from the discussion.

The energy industry operates in a complex environment across multiple geographies in highly intricate business models across subsidiaries, joint venture and supplier/subcontractor relationships. These factors make the energy industry ripe to benefit from blockchain advantages such as digitalizing and simplifying transactions, enhancing security and fraud prevention, and cost reduction and accelerated efficiency.

There is a technological shift in how oil and gas companies collect, track and store data as more shift towards reporting automation and digitization. Spira Data Corp.’s robust, configurable cloud-based ORPTM solution offers a paperless solution that enables collection of field data and transmitted effortlessly and seamlessly to the back office.

The total global spend on upstream oil and gas M&A reached $41.7 billion in Q3 2017. Evaluate Energy’s latest report highlights all the major deals and transaction trends around the world.

The total global spend on upstream oil and gas M&A reached $41.7 billion in Q3 2017. Evaluate Energy’s latest report highlights all the major deals and transaction trends around the world.

As the Canadian market faces $50/bbl oil, stakeholders in the project delivery chain recognize that business models and processes need to change to be competitive, reduce costs and protect investments. Alberta’s industry can apply learnings from more mature markets to dramatically reduce inefficiencies.

Most oilfield assets are equipped with supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) which requires producers to collect data often in an ad hoc way. New remote-sensing technologies are offering the opportunity to remotely monitor production assets while gathering valuable, real-time data.

With a better understanding of fracture stress, operators can promote shear fracture development without impinging on fracture development in successive stages. This white paper examines the rock stress after a stage has been stimulated and how that impacts fracture complexity, fracture surface area and reservoir drainage efficiency.

The 2017 Service & Supply Outlook report will seek to understand the industry’s perceptions of the future, and explore how these have changed over the last year with respect to collaboration, succession transition, culture-shift, and technology disruptions

Low oil and gas prices continued beating down the revenues of Canadian oil and gas producers in 2016, with this year’s top 100 companies reporting a combined revenue decline of $6.4 billion, or 10 per cent, from 2015.

This summary report captures the essences of two-day summit held on May 2-3, 2017. The two-day summit provided a forum for policy discussion, cross-border trade information sessions and panels on export success in a complex global trading environment —all with the goal of helping businesses identify and implement cross-border trade opportunities.

The recent downturn has resulted in significant budget cuts - forcing oil and gas companies to do more with less. Discover how to bridge the digital divide and harness the power of analytics to improve efficiency, decrease costs, and strengthen the bottom line. Download this complimentary copy of the Summary Report.

The second Going Global Phase 2 report identifies immediate and long-term business opportunities that matched Alberta oilfield service expertise in heavy oil, unconventional resources and enhanced oil recovery in 10 countries. Get the tools and practical advice you need to expand your business in Export Markets

Learn the biggest barriers to IIoT adoption and how can we overcome them. Companies are facing increasingly complex sociological, environmental, political, and technical challenges. Canadian businesses will need to leverage Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to evolve operations and optimize efficiencies. Download the report and learn the biggest barriers to IIoT adoption and how can you can overcome them.

Rig Locator's Canadian Drilling report provides the Q4 2016 drilling contractor market share rankings, drilled wells depths and types, and producer activity rankings for western Canadian PSAC regions.

Compare prices for all well cost services across Canada using PSAC’s latest well cost data. The data provides financial, geological and technical data on more than 100 categories of costs, plus detailed wellbore graphics for each well.

Interested in 2017 production forecasts and plans for capital expenditure for publicly listed Canadian oil and gas companies? The basic CanOils’ Corporate Guidance package includes 2017 data and final 2016 guidance in a downloadable spreadsheet. The more advanced package includes source documents and press releases in a downloadable zip file.

You need to get JWN’s next insightful report in the Digital Oilfield series. It focuses on Predictive Maintenance and Production Asset Optimization — two of the most highly rated Digital Oilfield solutions for their ability to impact the bottom line.

Rig Locator's Canadian Drilling report provides the Q3 2016 drilling contractor market share rankings, drilled wells depths and types, and producer activity rankings for western Canadian PSAC regions.

This comprehensive study targets oilfield services and supply companies in oil and gas that may lack the “know-how” but aspire to become successful global exporters.

Based on workshop findings, where both producers and pipeline operators collaborated in an open discussion sharing experiences, insights and best practices on the critical issue of asset integrity.

With an emphasis on fleet management and field productivity solutions, the second Digital Oilfield Report provides recommendations that could accelerate technology adoption and enhance industry competitiveness.

A complete overview on the challenges the heavy industrial construction industry is facing and key strategies for improvement.

Financial tables from the top 100 Canadian producers, including comparative costs analysis.

This summary report compares production costs of junior and intermediate producing companies including international and domestic players.

A comprehensive overview of the current state of the oil and gas service and supply industry globally and within Canada.

Based on workshop findings, this document outlines the challenges of cyber security in the energy industry.

The Digital Oilfield Outlook Report: Opportunities and Challenges for Digital Oilfield Transformation, posits that the digital oilfield offers a direct remedy for slumping oil and gas prices with proven and adaptable technologies, enabling considerable efficiency within Canada’s oil and gas field operations