Drilling & Completions
Drilling and service rigs facing an existential crisis: CAODC
Friday, June 14, 2019, 7:20 AM MDT
The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC) is disappointed and frustrated with the federal government’s decision not to accept…
Fernando Aguilar retires as Calfrac CEO
Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 6:05 PM MDT
There’s an executive shakeup underway at Calfrac as Fernando Aguilar, its president since 2010 and CEO since 2014, has retired.…
Oil drillers scale back U.S. activity as crude falls into bear market
Sunday, June 9, 2019, 5:47 PM MDT
U.S. crude producers reduced drilling to a 15-month low as oil dipped into bear-market territory.Working American oil rigs fell by…
Texas producers increasingly injecting natural gas glut for EOR
Sunday, June 9, 2019, 5:28 PM MDT
Texas drillers may have found a solution to the stubborn natural gas glut that’s forced them to either burn it…
Tervita to build new Montney water disposal network valued at $25MM to $30MM
Thursday, June 6, 2019, 7:22 AM MDT
Tervita Corporation says it has entered into a long-term deal with an unnamed senior producer to develop a pipeline connected…
Alberta, Saskatchewan to work together to streamline regs for service rigs
Thursday, June 6, 2019, 7:20 AM MDT
WEYBURN, Sask. — The premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan are pledging to harmonize regulations governing the movement of oil and…
Permian oil explorers expand activity as drilling costs decline
Monday, June 3, 2019, 7:09 AM MDT
Oil explorers deployed more rigs for the first time in four weeks as shrinking drilling costs outweighed concern about sliding…
AER restricts fracking near Brazeau dam following earthquake
Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 7:33 AM MDT
CALGARY — The Alberta Energy Regulator is moving to restrict oilfield fracking activity near the Brazeau Reservoir in east central…
Schlumberger suffers credit hit as oil clients stick to cuts
Monday, May 27, 2019, 7:10 AM MDT
Schlumberger Ltd. had its debt rating lowered by S&P Global Inc. as belt-tightening in the U.S. shale patch translates into…
U.S. drilling rights go for less than a cup of coffee per acre
Friday, May 24, 2019, 7:08 AM MDT
The Trump administration’s auction of drilling rights on roughly 300,000 acres in Nevada last September appeared to be a bust…
Energy Excellence Award champion Citadel Drilling’s reluctant transition from Canada to the Permian Basin is a sign of the times
Wednesday, May 22, 2019, 7:30 AM MDT
The Daily Oil Bulletin’s first annual Energy Excellence Awards were held in Calgary on Thursday, May 2.Awards were handed out…
Saskatchewan drilling sleepy at 10 rigs while 65 running in nearby North Dakota
Friday, May 17, 2019, 7:17 AM MDT
Estevan – Drilling activity in Saskatchewan usually doesn’t pick up until June, and that’s definitely the case again this year,…
