Drilling & Completions
Shale suffers growing pains that could slow U.S. oil production
Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 7:03 AM MDT
The dramatic ramp-up in U.S. shale production is running into a combination of issues -- technical and financial -- that…
B.C. fracking report recommends improvements to Montney regulatory regime
Thursday, March 21, 2019, 7:27 AM MDT
B.C.’s existing regulations for hydraulic fracturing are “robust,” a special scientific panel reports.But it adds that the rapid adoption of…
B.C. aims to clean up hundreds of orphan well sites
Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 7:25 AM MDT
Plug “Dawson Creek” or “Fort Nelson” into Google Earth, and zoom into the surrounding rural areas, and you will see…
Precision makes headway on debt reduction with sale of Mexico rigs
Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7:20 AM MDT
Precision Drilling is exiting Mexico with the sale of five idle drilling rigs and ancillary equipment for US$48 million (C$64…
‘Inspiring’ Pimee Well Servicing recognized as 2019 Aboriginal Economic Development Corporation of the Year
Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7:09 AM MDT
The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) and Sodexo Canada have named Pimee Well Services LP as the recipient of…
Meet the Energy Excellence Awards finalists
Monday, March 18, 2019, 1:12 PM MDT
With low and volatile prices, market access and diversification challenges and continuing regulatory issues, it wouldn’t seem like Canada’s oil…
Western Canada’s rig count down 20 percent compared to last year
Monday, March 18, 2019, 7:24 AM MDT
Less than 30 percent of the drilling fleet in Western Canada was active as last week came to a close.…
U.S. oil drillers scale back activity as shale weakness emerges
Monday, March 18, 2019, 7:14 AM MDT
Oil drillers settled into the deepest hibernation in more than a year as the U.S. shale patch struggles to maintain…
Mounting orphan B.C. oil, gas wells pose environmental, financial risks: auditor
Friday, March 15, 2019, 7:19 AM MDT
VICTORIA — British Columbia's auditor general says there are almost 7,500 inactive oil and gas wells in the province that…
U.S. cuts oil production forecast for the first time in 6 months
Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 7:11 AM MDT
The U.S. government cut its oil production forecast for the first time in six months as drillers scale back in…
Producers in emerging Alberta oil play shrug off glut, curbs
Monday, March 11, 2019, 7:34 AM MDT
Producers are moving ahead in a corner of Canada’s oilsands that saw a flurry of land grabs in recent years,…
Alaska regulators order BP to plug, abandon 14 wells
Friday, March 8, 2019, 6:56 AM MST
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — State oil and gas regulators have ordered BP to plug and abandon 14 wells in northern Alaska…
